CFA Society Sri Lanka Capital Market Awards to raise awareness on PPP potential

The 11th annual CFA Society Sri Lanka Capital Market Awards is scheduled to be held on June 18 at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo. 
This year’s event will be held under the theme of ‘The Power of Public-Private Partnerships’, focusing on the current status of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Sri Lanka and their future potential. 
It is also set to include a panel discussion in the form of a knowledge-sharing session on how PPPs can help Sri Lanka as the country emerges from an economic crisis, while raising awareness on how CFA charterholders’ skills are crucial to executing PPPs successfully.
The discussion will focus on key topics including the rationale for PPPs and the context in which they are beneficial to an economy, and the importance of project identification and preparation in ensuring the success of a PPP. 

Furthermore, it will encompass where Sri Lanka stands at the moment in terms of regulations and legislature to facilitate PPP projects and the improvements that are needed, as well as the key success factors in executing PPPs in Sri Lanka, and how project structuring has been critical in attracting the private sector.
Sri Lanka’s initial PPP framework was formulated during the early 1990s, however, PPPs were not fully utilized to fund the projects as expected.
The knowledge-sharing session at this year’s CFA Society Sri Lanka Capital Market Awards is set to feature a panel of leading industry figures – namely, Chanaka de Silva (President’s Counsel, Partner - Nithya Partners), Kushal Kumar Singh (Partner - Deloitte India) and Thilan Wijesinghe (Chairman/CEO of TWCorp [TWC]) - with Dhinali Peiris, CFA (Transaction Advisor and Competitive Procurement Specialist - USAID Sri Lanka Energy Program) acting as the moderator.