Contact:

John Niehuss
Director
Private Investment in Infrastructure Center
International Law Institute
The Foundry Building
1055 Thomas Jefferson St, NW
Washington, DC 20007 USA
Tel: (202) 247-6006
Fax: (202) 247-6010
Email: jniehuss at ili dot org

The Private Investment in Infrastructure Center (PII Center) of the International Law Institute provides training and technical assistance related to the policy, financial and legal aspects of private participation in the provision of infrastructure. Lack of infrastructure is a major impediment to economic growth in many countries. Governments which lack the resources to carry out needed infrastructure development often seek ways to obtain private sector assistance, and this has led to various forms of public-private cooperation. The design and implementation of the projects that result from this collaboration are generally complicated undertakings.

The training is designed to provide an introduction to those with no previous knowledge in the field as well as an opportunity for those with a background in the area to keep up with new developments and to exchange ideas with those from other countries that have private participation in infrastructure programs. “Best practices” of private investment in infrastructure based on lessons from the experience of designing and implementing past projects will be emphasized.

The Director of the Center is John Niehuss.

Subjects addressed by the PII Center are:

• Public- private partnerships
• Financing of infrastructure development
• International project finance
• Policies and measures to foster a better private investment climate

The Center also provides and arranges Technical Assistance for private financing of infrastructure programs. This technical assistance includes: overall strategy and policy advice; guidance in the selection of experts; advice on negotiating strategy and assistance in dealing with specific legal and financial problems that might arise.

All inquiries, especially those sent by telex, telegram, cable, e-mail or telefax, must include the name, address, and country of the sender and should be addressed to: John Niehuss - Director, Private Investment in Infrastructure Center.