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What Are Small Concessions? — Turning Small-Scale Public Facilities into Private Projects, and How Municipalities and Operators Should Move [2026 Edition]
…sector participants Registration is free and open to municipalities, private-sector businesses, individuals, and financial institutions. Expert Dispatch Program Under the Small Concession Fo…
What Is Public Facility Management? Challenges, Concepts, and Next Steps
…et current standards for seismic resistance, accessibility, and energy efficiency. Continued deferral creates escalating safety and liability risks. Challenge 2: An Overwhelming Fiscal Gap M…
How to Repurpose an Abandoned School — A Complete Step-by-Step Guide from Site Selection to Proposal [2026 Edition]
… operators 2–6 months ⑦ Operator selection / opening Municipality + operator 6–18 months The durations are this article's estimates. They vary a great deal with the facility's condition and …
What Is Park-PFI? How Japan's Public Park PPP System Works, with Case Studies
…ilities receiving Park-PFI certification can access a 10% supplemental provision, raising the maximum to 12% . Category Standard Limit Supplemental Total Standard buildings 2% — 2% Recreatio…
What Is a Small Concession? A Complete Guide for Local Government Officials [2026 Edition]
…he same place. Registration is free , and is open to local governments, private businesses, and individuals alike. Expert Dispatch Program One of the platform's most important functions is t…
READING GUIDE
Choose a starting point.
Follow a short route through the basics, examples and practical steps. Community groups, researchers and students are welcome.
ROUTE 01
For municipal planning
Start with the basics, then move through cases, process and dialogue design.
- What Is Public Facility Management? Challenges, Concepts, and Next Steps
- Sapporo Yurigahara Park Park-PFI LiLiLi — Sapporo's First Case, Community-Led SPV Park Operation
- The Complete Park-PFI Process — A Four-Year Roadmap from Concept to Opening [2026 Edition]
- Market Sounding for PPP: 8-Item Question Template and Step-by-Step Guide
ROUTE 02
For prospective operators
Understand the system, test viability and prepare a proposal.
- What Is a Small Concession? A Complete Guide for Local Government Officials [2026 Edition]
- Higashi Yuenchi URBAN PICNIC — Kobe Sannomiya Redevelopment and Park-PFI After 8 Years of Citizen-Led Social Experiments
- How to Build a Park-PFI Revenue Plan — With Simulation Template [2026 Edition]
- How to Write a Park-PFI Proposal — Working Backward from the Scoring Criteria [2026 Edition]
ROUTE 03
Learn from setbacks
See how projects stall and which conditions to avoid.
- Abandoned School Reuse Failures — Why Repurposed Schools Become Idle Again: Structural Causes of Withdrawal and Business Collapse
- 5 Patterns of Park-PFI Project Failure — Structural Analysis of Contract Termination, Financial Deterioration, and Resident Opposition
- The Zero-Response Sounding Problem — 5 Reasons Private Operators Don't Participate and How to Fix It