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Recommendation for Small Concession (May 2026 Edition): The Achievement of the Three Steps × Four Cases in the MLIT-Cabinet Office Joint Guide
…ple, project cost under about 10 billion yen PPP/PFI project Project operation through public-private partnership starting with concession The scale of project cost under about 10 billion ye…
Public-Private Dialogue and Operator Selection in PPP Projects: An Eight-Step Process from the 2016 Three-Ministry Guide
…lated Resources Primary Source Library: MLIT PPP/PFI Guidance Series (archived May 2026) Related guidance: This guide is document 02 in the same archive Related articles: How to Conduct Mark…
Five Years of MLIT Hands-On Support: A Framework for Municipal Staff to Realize PPP/PFI Projects Themselves
…regulation development obligation, but their PPP/PFI staff are limited and internal know-how is hard to accumulate. The Hands-On Support program pushes project realization for this scale of …
Regional Platforms and Smooth Public-Private Dialogue: Nine Lessons from MLIT's Three-Year Effort
… is said to raise the success probability of PPP/PFI introduction. What to do next In the order you can act on them, within the week you read this. # What to do Where Rough effort 1 Establis…
MLIT's Priority Review Regulation: 10 Billion Yen Threshold, 8 Methods, 3 Review Stages, Four Listed Project Categories
…methods, whether the introduction of diverse PPP/PFI methods is appropriate for public facility development projects that MLIT itself implements. It took effect on April 1, 2017. The regulat…
How to Conduct Market Sounding: A Six-Step Procedure from MLIT's Guidance for Municipalities
…en advancing the use of public facilities or PPP/PFI tender, situations such as "we ran the tender but no one applied" or "we received proposals nothing like what we expected" are not rare. …
VFM Simplified Calculation Model: How Municipal Staff Evaluate PPP/PFI Feasibility at the Internal Review Stage
…ties to the question of whether to introduce PPP/PFI methods. To determine quantitatively which option lowers fiscal burden — having the municipality implement the project itself versus impl…
Public Facility Management DX: The State of FM System Adoption in Japanese Municipalities
…-level open question. Connection Points with PPP/PFI FM Data as a Precondition for Sounding PPP/PFI, Small Concession , and comprehensive private outsourcing all depend on private operators …
SCPF Newsletter 2026-06 Public Call Review — Small Concession Trends in the Last 3 Months
…ge Ashiya (Ashiya Port advisory) Commission (PPP/PFI examination support) Single fiscal year Commission fee paid Apply to commission tender Among the three open calls, Ashiya is an advisory …
Small Concession Case Study: The Reproducibility of Fukuchiyama's Zero-Burden Public Model
…itial investment. Municipal-side capacity in PPP/PFI know-how is limited, and financial expertise is often absent. Fukuchiyama benefits from the precondition of being within one to two hours…
Park-PFI in 2025: Reviewing the Year's Awards and Regional Application Patterns
…ltiple public asset utilization schemes. The PPP/PFI Action Plan (2026 revision) targets 40 trillion yen in project volume over the ten years from FY2022 to FY2031, and for parks sets a targ…
MLIT's Small Concession Guidebook Explained — Three Walls, VFM Exemption, and Contract Risks [May 2026 Release]
…t cost less than approximately 1 billion yen PPP/PFI project : business operation through public-private partnership, primarily including concession schemes For the historical context of the…
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