There is no national comparison to Partnerships UK in the United States although some private sector entities such as the Council of Project Finance Advisors (CPFA) are proposing such models. It remains to be seen if such a model would ever gain traction within the decentralized government of the United States.
In the tradition of the international models, the CPFA,[xxxiii] proposed and promoted by former Governor Howard Dean and former Mayor Stephen Goldsmith (both with the international law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP), seeks to "recommend and advocate for a center of excellence on public-private partnerships."
The CPFA has the following goals:
• Center of expertise/best practices
• P3 market development
• Transparency/fairness support
• Communications
• Training/education programs
• Innovation information sharing
• Value for money assessments
• Project support