Public Private Partnerships / Private Finance Initiative - Training

With the recent change in government the announced restructures and proposed savings schemes, the face of PPP / PFI is beginning to change!

For both the procurement teams and the contract management teams this raises many questions on the way you will be expected to operate in the future – our courses are fluid, in order to allow for changes which your teams should be aware of.

Research commissioned by PUK in 2009 however found that 24% of public sector managers saw staff retention and training as their major challenge over the next five years. Turnover in existing teams remains quite high and training spend on new staff to PFI teams remains relatively low.

And the research conducted by the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD) also found a surprising disparity in the training budgets between public and private sectors with the public sector budgets decreasing by 30% and anticipated to fall even further over the next few years.

Undoubtedly the agreed link between investment in staff and performance levels continues to be an issue for the public sector where short terms gains from cost cutting and efficiency drives often overshadow long term gains.

At Right Outcomes we recognised sometime ago that there was not enough focus on the support and development of the procurement and, in particular, operational teams, and that this is something which could be solved by working closely with the experienced public sector teams and developing training courses from a specialised management perspective.

The courses we offer cover some of the technical guidance, but also look at key management skill areas which can have an impact on outcomes.

In excess of 900 projects means that many of the lessons learnt have been formalised and are available from the Treasury and other key bodies i.e. Dept. for Education, Partnerships UK (PUK), Scottish Futures Trust, and the Private Finance Units (PFU). What is not available however, is the ability to share experiences in a focussed environment in very interactive sessions.