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On 9 June 2019, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors endorsed new G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment at their meeting in Fukuoka, Japan.
A consultative workshop on the Global Infrastructure Hub’s upcoming reference guide on Output Specifications for Quality Infrastructure was held in Paris in partnership with Mott MacDonald on 15 April.
The third global report, 2019 Global Infrastructure Investor Survey, also revealed that investor appetite for emerging markets infrastructure is levelling. Respondents identified recent trends in monetary policy normalisation and greater emerging market foreign exchange rate risk as factors that may be driving investors away.
The Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) and Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation (SIF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to foster their cooperation and collaboration in the area of global infrastructure development.
On the 13 March 2019, the Global Infrastructure Hub and Meridiam, signed an MOU on behalf of the Africa Infrastructure Fellowship Program (AIFP) with the Government of Ethiopia. The MOU was the first of its kind for the initiative, which will open its application process later in 2019.
The Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) is pleased to announce the appointment of Marie Lam-Frendo as its new CEO, effective 28 January 2019.
InfraChallenge is an innovation competition aiming to accelerate the global infrastructure industry. We are looking for the next digital solution to help solve one of the big infrastructure issues globally. Here are the top 5 reasons to enter.
Public-private partnership (PPP) contracts are long-term and they may have a duration of 20 to 30 years or more. Today, where technologies and social priorities (such as views on climate change and sustainability) are changing at an accelerated pace, it perhaps comes as no surprise that changes to PPP contracts through renegotiations are common.
As 2018 comes to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support this past year. The Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) had an ambitious agenda for 2018 and we are pleased to say that, with the help of our partners and stakeholders, we have been able to achieve some important milestones.
One of the primary responsibilities of governments the world over is to provide public services to their citizens, including through infrastructure projects. However, governments are often faced with limited resources, constraining their ability to finance and deliver infrastructure on their own. Thus, it is often necessary to invite a private sector party to jointly provide the services in partnership with the public sector.
With a people-centred vision, the Argentine G20 Presidency placed sustainable development at the forefront of the G20 agenda in 2018, under the theme Building consensus for fair and sustainable development .
On 5 December 2018, a delegation of 15 staff, including senior level officials from China Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Fund under the Ministry of Finance, and officials from ten provincial finance departments visited the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) in Sydney to learn more about the organisation’s mandate, mission, tools and products.
The GI Hub welcomes the commitment from the G20 Leaders in addressing the infrastructure financing gap and encouraging more private sector investment.
Initiated by the G20 in 2014, the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) is an independent entity that works with governments and the private sector to improve the delivery of high-quality infrastructure services in both G20 and non-G20 countries.
On 22 November 2018, the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) and the China Public Private Partnerships Centre (CPPPC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish and strengthen the collaborative partnership between the organisations.