How we partner
P4I supports government organisations and other institutions to develop partnerships that deliver real results for infrastructure development and investment in Southeast Asia. This tailored support enables partners to focus their resources and efforts on key priorities. P4I provides:
Partnership management support, including guidance on how to establish working modalities between partners; communications, knowledge, monitoring and evaluation support; and operational and logistics support for events, workshops and missions.
Access to technical advisers with cross-sector infrastructure policy and planning expertise, as well as to support integration of gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI), and low-carbon and disaster- and climate resilience considerations into partnership objectives and activities.
Capability to co-design and co-deliver activities with a blended team.
Government organisations and other institutions can engage in a variety of ways, from one off touchpoints with counterparts that raise awareness and insights, to co-delivering joint activities and forming longer-term partnerships that deepen investment pathways. Engagement at every stage supports increased connectivity between the Australian and Southeast Asian infrastructure landscape.
What we deliver
P4I provides infrastructure advisory services, facilitating technical knowledge exchanges, building partners’ technical capacity, and supporting government-to-government and other partnerships between Australian and Southeast Asian organisations.
Infrastructure advisory services
In response to urgent requests, P4I provides rapid advice from an extensive network of high-calibre infrastructure experts across the region and around the world. We also offer longer-term inputs across a wide range of areas and sectors to improve infrastructure decision-making and development throughout Southeast Asia.
Government partnerships
We recognise government officials face challenges that are sometimes best understood by those working within the public sector. P4I connects Southeast Asian and Australian Government officials to share knowledge, gain fresh insights and develop the people-to-people relationships that lie at the heart of our shared prosperity.
Knowledge sharing and networking
P4I facilitates knowledge sharing and networking to face common challenges together and share what we have learnt and are learning about infrastructure. We bring people and organisations together from across Southeast Asia and Australia. Through these activities, we also support ASEAN’s commitment to enhance institutional and people-to-people connectivity among Member States and with Dialogue Partners such as Australia.
OUR SPECIALIST AREAS
Planning and prioritisation
Planning and prioritisation of specific projects and wide-scale future infrastructure developments, informed by high-quality commercial, economic and social impacts analysis. This includes pipeline-building approaches, competitive and unsolicited proposal project development frameworks, and business case structure, methodology, preparation and review.
OUR SPECIALIST AREAS
Procurement implementation support
Procurement implementation support for infrastructure projects, from assessing procurement options, planning procurement processes, preparing documentation, and evaluating offers and negotiating commercial arrangements. This builds on Australia’s extensive experience with different types of procurement models and methods.
OUR SPECIALIST AREAS
Sector policy and regulation
Sector policy and regulation advice and capacity building to help address critical issues in key economic infrastructure sectors, such as electricity transmission and distribution, water utilities and toll roads. This includes advising on market operation and regulation, competition policy, and oversight of infrastructure quality and pricing across a wide range of sectors.
OUR CROSS-CUTTING PRIORITIES
Gender equality and social inclusion
Gender equality and social inclusion is a critical foundation in P4I’s approach. P4I works with partners to embed transformative gender and social inclusion practices across the infrastructure lifecycle. This in turn can boost sustainable growth to reduce inequalities and disparities, and ultimately foster more inclusive, stable societies.
OUR CROSS-CUTTING PRIORITIES
Disaster risk reduction and climate change
Disaster risk reduction and climate change is an area in which P4I aims to help partners address one of the greatest challenges locally and globally. P4I’s approach incorporates long-term environmental considerations, disaster and climate change risk and mitigation across the infrastructure lifecycle. This can generate significant value over an investment’s lifecycle and – ultimately – lead to more resilient economic growth and stability.
Our priority infrastructure sectors
P4I works with partners across transport, energy, telecommunications, and public investment management.
Transport
Drawing on Australia’s own experience, P4I is expanding its work with governments and port authorities on maritime decarbonisation strategies. This work includes greening port facilities, transitioning to low-carbon fuels, and the development of potential green shipping corridors within the region and with Australia.
Australia’s experience in delivering high quality land transport networks in a way that is both cost effective and utilises innovative financing has led to several high impact activities.
Energy
As noted in Invested, the transition to a clean energy economy is both the most significant challenge and an opportunity for Southeast Asia and Australia. Australia has the expertise and technology to assist the region with its transition needs, and there is scope to attract investment to support Australia’s clean energy manufacturing objectives. P4I is supporting partner governments to develop efficient energy markets, establish the required policy and regulatory architecture, and build the technical capacity necessary to integrate higher levels of renewable energy into the region’s energy systems while addressing energy access, reliability and security.
Telecommunications
Australia’s open, competitive and technologically innovative telecommunications market, delivery of services in challenging environments, and leading approach to development and safeguarding undersea cable network assets is well regarded. This is underpinning interest from partners in Southeast Asia to work with P4I on telecommunications.
Quality financing
Australia is recognised for delivering high-quality infrastructure across a challenging geography utilising innovative financing models. Drawing on this experience, P4I has responded to high demand for support to strengthen infrastructure planning, prioritisation and procurement, and to improve access to more diverse and better-quality infrastructure finance.
Inclusive and accessible infrastructure
Inclusive design and accessible infrastructure is at the heart of building resilient, equitable societies. For infrastructure to serve all members of a community, they must address the diverse needs of women, persons with disabilities, ethnic groups, and other vulnerable groups. P4I imbeds inclusive design principles across its activities.
Climate and disaster resilient infrastructure
The impacts of climate change are already evident across Southeast Asia. Increased frequency of extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts, and typhoons, disrupt infrastructure, affecting millions of people. For P4I, ensuring that climate resilience and inclusivity are embedded in infrastructure decision making, policy planning and reform is our core business.
