In traditional road construction and maintenance contracts, contractors are paid based on unit prices for various work items, often resulting in suboptimal outcomes. Because profits are tied to performing more tasks, contractors lack incentives to optimize their activities, driving up both costs and project timelines. In contrast, Performance-Based Contracts introduce a strong financial incentive for contractors to employ well-planned, efficient interventions that meet pre-defined Service Level indicators over time. By making payment contingent upon results rather than volume, performance-based contracts align the interests of contractors with those of highway agencies, fostering efficient and sustainable asset management.

In alignment with ongoing global efforts to promote Sustainable Infrastructure Development, leading international lending organizations and donor agencies—including the World Bank—are actively supporting these initiatives. Their provision of loans and technical assistance underscores the importance of helping highway agencies enhance local commerce and industry, positioning performance-based contracting as a strategic avenue for long-term infrastructure resilience and economic growth.

Seminar Highlights

Join a globally recognized Executive Seminar where international experts in contract management, financing, and sustainable transport policy will share best practices and case studies in performance-based contracting. The seminar features:

• A five-day program of targeted presentations and interactive discussions.
• A two-day schedule of technical site visits that bring real-world examples to life.

Learning Outcomes

• Learn how PBCs can play a key role in preserving your most valuable assets
• Develop a Business Case for PBCs
• Define and Measure Risk under PBCs
• Successfully manage the Client-contractor Relationship
• Learn the key implementation success factors
• Get exposed to global and regional PBC best practices
• Discover solutions to road delivery and maintenance problems faced in your country
• Receive IRF Certification

Target Audience

• Road & Transport Agencies Executives
• Engineers and Managers involved in Highway Maintenance
• International Financial Institutions
• Private Consultants & Contractors
• Service Providers

Dr. Asif Faiz | Advisor, Asian Development Bank & World Bank

Dr. Asif Faiz is a former World Bank Highways Adviser and Infrastructure Sector Manager with some 40 years of experience in designing, managing and implementing transport development policies, programs and projects in more than 40 developing countries. After retiring from the World Bank in 2008, he has consulted as a technical and policy advisor for the World Bank Group- public investment programs and projects covering motorways, airports, highway improvement and maintenance programs, rural roads, and transport services in more than 20 countries. He managed the World Bank’s infrastructure program in Latin America in 1990s, under which area-wide performance-based road maintenance contracts were implemented in Argentina and Uruguay. He helped initiate similar maintenance contracts in Georgia and hybrid PBMCs in Tonga. Dr. Faiz owns and operates Faiz and Associates LLC, an advisory consultancy in international development, transport, urban planning and fragile states.

Janusz Sobieniak | PBC Consultant, ADB & The World Bank

Janusz Sobieniak is a professional engineer and transport sector specialist with more than 30 years of experience the fields of national/regional planning, project preparation, project management, asset management and institutional strengthening in the road and civil aviation sectors. He has led multi-disciplinary teams in successfully planning and implementing improvements to transport infrastructure and services across the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Pacific. His focus is assisting national and local transport administrations to strengthen their business processes and adopt international best practices in infrastructure planning, design, procurement, project management and maintenance. He has worked with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, European Union and Canadian, UK and US bilateral development agencies and is familiar with donor policies and procedures.

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