The Public Private Partnership Authority, Prime Minister's Office organized a workshop titled “PPP Financing Partnership” with the participation of government and non-government financial institutions on 27th January 2021 at the conference room of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation.The objective of the event was to create awareness within the banking and finance industry and encourage the banks and financial institutions to positively consider PPP projects as prospective financing opportunities.

The inaugural address of the workshop was presented by the chief guest, Md. Ashadul Islam, Senior Secretary, Financial Institutions Division. Sultana Afroz, Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the PPP Authority presided over the workshop. CEO of PPP Authority mentioned the significance of implementation of PPP projects for the socio-economic development of the nation. She also acknowledged the importance of timely finance to the projects by the banks and non-banking financial institutions. At the same time, she thanked all the participants in the workshop and asked for lending in the upcoming projects.

The activities of PPP Authority, PPP project procurement process, existing PPP financing partnership MOUs and suitable PPP projects for financing was discussed in detail. The workshop was attended by high-ranking officials of financial institutions like - Trust Bank Limited, Madhumati Bank Limited, City Bank Capital Resources Limited, BRAC EPL Investors Limited, IDCOL, Green Delta Capital Limited, Dhaka Bank, BIFFL, Riverstone Capital Limited, AB Bank, Mutual Trust Bank Limited, IIDFC, The City Bank Limited, IDLC Finance, Mizuho Bank Singapore, HSBC Bank, RSA Capital, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, Eastern Bank Limited, Prime Bank Limited, Standard Chartered Bank and NDB Capital Limited etc.