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Second Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2017 on February 19-20

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Second Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2017 on February 19-20
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December 22: The “Second Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2017” being jointly organised by Confederation of Nepalese Industries(CNI), Government of Nepal, Youth Community for Nepalese Contractors (YCNC) in association with other Government agencies as well as bilateral and multilateral development partners is scheduled on 19-20 February 2017 at the Soaltee Hotel, Kathmandu. 


The Summit will provide a platform for exchange of relevant experience in selected topics including Infrastructure: The Big Picture, Barriers and Constraints in Attracting Private and Public Investment, Expediting Public Private Partnership (PPP), Financing Resilient Infrastructure and Successful PPP Model: Global and Regional Perspective. 


Issuing a press statement, the organizer informed that the Summit aims to facilitate discourse on indispensability of private sector in infrastructure development. The primary objective of the summit is to attract large scale private investment in areas of Nepal’s core needs and strengths, forge stronger networks and alliances in the region for seamless connectivity and raise awareness on why investment in infrastructure needs an urgent push in the country. The summit will showcase the project bank developed by Investment Board Nepal (IBN) which will comprise around 50 viable infrastructure projects. 


According to the statement, CNI in collaboration with Idea Studio will collect various infrastructure ideas from different sectors of the communities to come up with a creative and innovative Infrastructure including transportation, irrigation, energy, housing and digital ideas to solve the existing epic infrastructure deficit and address to the possible future need for the country’s development.


"The summit will focus on the strategic vision of the infrastructure, value proposition, competitiveness, policy particularly on land acquisition and environmental clearance, regulatory enablers and business environment. The event will consolidate and build upon the achievements of the first Nepal Infrastructure Summit held in November 2014. The summit is scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The Guest of Honor and key note speaker of the summit is Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Railway Minister of the Government of India. Investors, consulting service providers, builders, thought leaders, government agencies, diplomats, development partners, legislators, non-state actors and media from South Asia, South East Asia and other countries will be participating in the summit," reads the statement.

 

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