The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia has prepared a bill aimed at improving the procedure for evaluating the conclusion of concession agreements/PPP agreements.

By and large, the changes affect only the approval procedure.

A little more detail:

If the decision to enter into a concession agreement provides for the coordination of the draft concession agreement with state authorities and/or local government authorities, the concessor, for the purpose of coordinating the draft concession agreement, shall send to such authorities:

the draft concession agreement, as well as
information on the circumstances mentioned in the draft concession agreement, the occurrence of which may entail additional costs to the budget, according to the form approved by the RF Ministry of Finance — information on the budget risks.
In what form, how often and who should provide/verify this information on budget risks — these questions are to be answered by the Ministry of Finance in the developed methods.

In the meantime, let us see in what form do other countries’ ministries of finance collect and publish information about such budget risks.

Let us take the latest 2020 report from the South African Treasury.

Read section E, «Public-Private Partnerships,» carefully.

Most federal and regional PPPs have guarantees from the Treasury Department and, accordingly, contingent liabilities are created. The government only incurs contingent liabilities in the event of contract termination. In PPP projects based on a single payment from the public partner (for example, accessibility payments), contingent liabilities on the part of the government to compensate the private sector arise if the contract is terminated before its expiration date.

PPP agreements impose other budgetary obligations on the government that are not formally defined as contingent.

For example, the government usually guarantees a minimum income in projects in which the private partner collects user fees.

The National Treasury uses a four-step process to approve the eligibility of contingent liabilities arising from the agreements, and in addition monitors these liabilities on an ongoing basis for the duration of the PPP agreement.

There are different categories of contingent liabilities, depending on whether their termination is the result of a private sector default, a government default, or due to force majeure, an event beyond the control of either party.

Compensation depends on the reason for termination, but termination due to a government default usually results in the highest compensation of the three cases.

The table shows the amounts of contingent liabilities in a potential contract termination by level of government as of January 1, 2021.