1. Convene executive workshops at which representatives from countries visited or elsewhere speak directly to public and private sector decisionmakers. Providing information to both decisionmakers (executives) and those implementing the programs (directors or staff members) will benefit State departments of transportation (DOTs).
2. Develop training guidelines for PPP program managers, procurement officers, contract managers, and financial and legal specialists that State DOTs can use to tailor development and training programs to their specific needs.
3. Encourage FHWA to convert the scan team into an expert task group to implement scan findings.
4. Encourage AASHTO to establish a group focused on PPPs, perhaps as a section of one of its subcommittees. Implementation of this recommendation will allow the discussion on the development of PPPs to stay active and involve stakeholders at all levels of AASHTO, State DOTs, and FHWA.
5. Create a set of state-of-the-practice publications that further highlight the lessons learned from the scan- ning study and possibly expand the scope of inquiry to include other nations not studied. Issues such as business case development and analysis, value-for-money and risk analysis, procurement processes, contract provisions, and change management are all important topics for these publications to address.
6. Develop comparative case studies of representative projects, past and current, that highlight maturing and evolving policies and practices. For instance, the Victoria government has developed two projects, CityLink and EastLink. An indepth review of the project specifics, lessons learned, procurement changes, and program evolution would meet one of the principal objectives of the scanning study.