International P3 advisory agencies have been established in such diverse places as the United Kingdom, South Africa, Asia, and Canada to promote, support, and vet public-private partnership projects such as roads, ports, airports, power plants, water/wastewater systems, public buildings, schools, and hospitals.
These agencies have proliferated over the last ten years and form the model for new statewide agencies within the United States. P3 advisory agencies are divided into review or approval bodies; responsibilities range as follows:
• Business planning
• PPP approval
• Procurement process
• Project implementation
• Market development
Almost all are government-funded and a few (such as Infrastructure Ontario, Partnerships BC, and Partnerships UK) are also fee-for-service.