PPP Development Stage – Identifying Partners

9.1 What is the objective of identifying potential partners?

A range of stakeholder groups has a legitimate interest in the performance of the urban services. Governments need to identify the key groups of stakeholders and assess their potential support for, or opposition to, public-private partnership.
The objective at this stage is to identify all the stakeholders that might contribute to, or have a stake in, the partnership. Identification will include:

• the level of participation of stakeholders;
• the potential roles of stakeholders in relation to objectives;
• the potential conflicts of interests; and
• the relationships between stakeholders