A guidebook on public-private partnership in infrastructure

Establish scope of the project 
This provides a summary of the project needs and service requirements and 
how the project fits in the existing plans and other related projects that are being 
implemented or being considered for implementation. It also considers indicative 
investment requirements, a timeframe for delivery and the broad strategy for 
implementation. 

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A Guidebook on Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure 
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Government approval of the project scope may be required or considered 
after this stage before any further work is undertaken. 
C. IDENTIFYING THE MAJOR ISSUES IN PROJECT PLANNING 
Infrastructure projects can have wide-ranging effects in the sector concerned 
as well on other sectors. They may also require resolution of important issues related 
to utilization of natural resources and many other matters. These issues need to be 
identified and carefully considered in project planning.
The network nature of most infrastructures also implies that they cannot be 
considered as isolated projects (road, energy transmission line, telephone line, etc) 
without considering system and service integration with the existing networks and 
operators, future networks as well as other issues related to network development 
and capacity augmentation. 
The system and service integration issues for each sub-sector are, however, 
different due to differences in their technological and operational characteristics. 
Depending on the nature of the issue, they may be dealt with in two ways: 
• Matters that need to be considered in project planning and design. For 
example, system and service integration, future expansion of the network, 
interconnection with other networks, access to common infrastructure 
facilities, and lateral access control (in case of transport projects). 
• 
Matters that need to be considered through separate 
complementary/linked projects either by the same government agency or 
by another agency. 
Another important issue that also needs to be considered at the planning 
stage is the physical/natural characteristics of the project, particularly those related 
to the optimum use of the natural endowment, such as land, water, mineral and 
mining resources, and radiofrequency spectrum.