The Pacific Infrastructure Business Opportunities Seminar (PIBOS) is for international, regional, and local contractors and consultants interested in contributing to infrastructure development activities in the Pacific.

The event is hosted by the Government of Fiji, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank, in partnership with the Governments of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States, the European Union, European Investment Bank, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility. This flagship in-person event brings the business community together with key representatives from Pacific governments and development partners to discuss the infrastructure development priorities for the Pacific region, especially growing opportunities in transport, energy, water, ICT, and social (health and education) infrastructure sectors.

To strengthen the business community, investors and public buyers’ exchange and encourage increased local participation, the event features a briefing for new entrants, sector specific industry feedback session, and networking opportunities.

The event will offer an unrivalled opportunity to better understand the growing business opportunities in the Pacific and explore how the local, regional, and international public and private sectors can work in partnership to grow further the trade and investment relationship towards sustainable infrastructure development in the Pacific.

Prior to the Business Opportunities Seminar (BOS), businesses are invited to attend procurement and safeguard masterclasses on 25 May to gain in-depth insights into updates of the procurement process by public procurers and financiers.

See the draft agenda for the PIBOS and Pre-BOS masterclasses.

Objectives

The two-day BOS events will cover:

• presentations of consolidated infrastructure project pipelines in PICs;
• marketplace for exchanges with PIC public sector representatives;
• sector-focused networking to foster partnership development;
• private sector development track on banking, insurance, tax, PPP, and regulatory environment;
• opportunity to provide market feedback to public buyers and funders;
• local participation ideation workshop;
• networking and Q&A opportunities with development partners and governments

The pre-BOS masterclass on 25 May will cover:

• New procurement directives of ADB and World Bank
• Environment and social requirements integration in infrastructure procurement