Djibouti PPP Unit – PPP pipeline and project studies

Description of the mission

• Financial and strategic assistance for the PPP procurement process (12 months) in Djibouti
• Development of suitable and operational PPP pipelines (including Unsolicited Proposals)

Description of major projects supported

• Support in the realization of 2 PPP prefeasibility studies (financial analysis, prefiguration of a contractual structure) under AFD funding
• Development of a training center for the tourism sector, under the lead of of the Ministry of Trade, the Djiboutian Tourism Agency, and the Ministry of Education and Professional Training
• Centralization of 4 national crushing and asphalt production units, under the lead of the ADR (Djiboutian Road Authority)
• Support in the mobilization of funds for other PPP suitable identified projects, through sensibilization and mobilization of locally active DFIs (Islamic Development Bank, European Union Delegation, World Bank, IFC)
• Support in the development of tailored made analyses for key strategic projects such as
• RN18 Road (benchmark production of key financing principles in ECOWAS region),
• Bouffard Mother-Child hospital (review of preliminary financial structuring options)

• Review of the Djiboutian regulatory framework
• Elaboration of standard documents and tools (fiscal sustainability, VfM, benchmarking, financial modelling)
• Development of a PPP project planning methodology adapted to Djibouti
• Definition of a PPP pipeline of identified projects amongst the needs of various contracting authorities
• Conducting pre-feasibility and feasibility studies (financial modelling, Value for Money analysis, risk assessment, sustainability …)
• Challenging of realized preliminary studies and submitted unsolicited proposals
• Provision of trainings on PPP procurement, financing and on financial modeling