Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2018-07-03

Development of a framework and Infrastructure Financing to Support Public - Private Partnerships

- The National Agency for Public-Private Partnership (NAPPP) has been established for the purpose of attracting foreign direct investments and accelerating economic growth through a robust Public-Private Partnership programmes. The said Agency has identified approximately 35 Public-Private Partnership projects for implementation. Accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, the Minister of Finance and Mass Media, to implement a programme with the funds from the Word Bank to support the Public-Private Partnership programmes in Sri Lanka and provide facilities required for the purpose, was approved by the Cabinet.