The Islamic Development Bank Public-Private Partnership Forum (PPP Forum) is an annual event aimed at fostering greater publicprivate sector collaboration to help solve the world’s sustainable development challenges.

First established in 2017, the PPP Forum convenes business leaders and policymakers from the bank’s 57-member countries to promote the dialogue on public-private partnerships and, ultimately, achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
It provides a forum to discuss the factors that create the best enabling environment for PPPs and encourages the sharing of key learnings and innovative policies between countries. Specifically, this year’s Forum will address:

• Building governance to support private sector inclusiveness
• International best practice and insights for policy makers
• Readiness to embrace PPPs
• PPS for area of social infrastructure
• PPPs in an era of major urbanization

This year’s Forum will also see international experts discuss the potential for PPPs to act as a financing mechanism for developing smart cities, with 60 per cent of the world’s population expected to live in cities by 2050.