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How to Write a Park-PFI Proposal — Working Backward from the Scoring Criteria [2026 Edition]
…tion, or has thin community ties, will score poorly on the qualitative evaluation regardless of other merits. Full Proposal Structure and Chapter Roles Standard Chapter Structure The standar…
Operating Public Facilities Through Disability Welfare Reimbursements — The Stability of Statutory Revenue [2026 Edition]
…ic facilities offered for reuse are often in poor condition, and unexpected repair costs may emerge after a provider moves in. A thorough pre-occupancy building survey — and explicit contrac…
Small Concession Latest Trends [2026 Edition] — One Year of the Platform: Achievements and Challenges
…studies on the website. Participation in the working groups is marked "in preparation." Registration is free and open to organisations and individuals alike, and a department within an organ…
Abandoned School Proposal Design — Selection Flow and Evaluation Criteria [2026 Edition]
… the same operation anywhere in Japan" score poorly. Since most review committee members are local residents and municipal staff, failure to explain "why this community, why this project" is…
Designated Manager Withdrawals: What the MIC Survey Counts, and the Four Options Open to a Municipality
…n. Factor 3: Criticism of Government-Created Working Poor Under the Designated Manager System, cost reduction pressure tends to drive down facility staff wages and increase non-regular emplo…
Abandoned School Reuse Failures — Why Repurposed Schools Become Idle Again: Structural Causes of Withdrawal and Business Collapse
…n more economical than renovation. Reason 2: Poor Location Closed schools concentrate in areas experiencing population decline — the very regions where student numbers dropped. In such areas…
Subsidies and Support Programs for Small Concessions — A Complete Guide [2026 Edition]
…ining young people locally Closed school → coworking, startup support hub Migration and business creation KPIs No gathering place for elderly residents Former community center → multi-functi…
Market Sounding for PPP: 8-Item Question Template and Step-by-Step Guide
…rectly used to design the tender schedule by working backward from the target opening date. The failure pattern of "rushed tender → operators can't prepare → low-quality proposals → difficul…
Public Facility Management Guide: What to Do After Your Management Plan
…. Evaluation design that prevents "cheap but poor quality" outcomes is needed. Limitation 2: Lack of Investment Incentives Caused by Short Cycles By length of designation, five years account…
How to Reuse a Closed School: Survey Counts, MEXT's List of Closed Schools Seeking Uses, the Property Disposal Procedure, and National Subsidies
…an aged building at 902 (41.4%), followed by poor location at 387 (17.8%) and funding that cannot be secured at 327 (15.0%) . Local residents had not been asked for their views for 3,580 sch…
How to Repurpose an Abandoned School — A Complete Step-by-Step Guide from Site Selection to Proposal [2026 Edition]
…"building deterioration" 902 times (41.4%), "poor location" 387 times (17.8%) and "no funding secured" 327 times (15.0%). Where demand could surface. Of the 7,211 school buildings at existin…
What Is a Small Concession? A Complete Guide for Local Government Officials [2026 Edition]
…Conventional large-scale PPP/PFI methods are poorly suited to activating such small-scale facilities. Applying complex procedures under the PFI Act — or commissioning advisory services from …
READING GUIDE
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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