About CRIO Certification
CRIO Training and Certification Overview
Benefits of CRIO Certification
For Individuals
- Gain the ultimate certificate on climate-resilient PPPs.
- Acquire the tools and knowledge required to integrate climate resilience across the PPP project cycle.
- Learn from international experts and access discussions from the CRIO Masterclass.
- Strengthen your credentials as a Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer, recognized globally.
For Organizations
- Supports governments and organizations in leveraging PPPs for climate-resilient infrastructure.
- Helps bridge the $15 trillion global infrastructure investment gap by 2040 with sustainable, climate-adapted approaches.
- Provides a consistent framework to integrate climate adaptation and resilience across infrastructure projects.
- Strengthens institutional capacity to deliver infrastructure that withstands climate risks while meeting economic and social objectives.
Useful links
Useful links
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Infrastructure and Nature-based Solutions
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CRIO Handbook (September 2021)
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Career Story: Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer
Documentation
Documentation
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CRIO Certification levels
Testimonials
From my perspective, the learning material and CRIO certification are a "win-win" for PPP practitioners because they will provide opportunities for career growth and, most importantly, improve your understanding of opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the resilience to climate stresses through climate-smart infrastructure.
SFIA
This APMG certification has been informally mapped against the SFIA Framework to indicate the skills that are addressed and referenced by the certification. Although it is not yet possible to claim this digital badge, the indicative skills can be used to plan your professional development through assessing the skills you have and the skills you need for the role you want.
knowledge
Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer
Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 3
Same as above plus Sustainability up to level 5, Generic attribute Influence up to level 5
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FAQs
GCA is an international organization which works as a solutions broker to accelerate action and support for adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector, to ensure we learn from each other and work together for a climate resilient future. Founded in 2018, our global office is hosted by the Netherlands in Rotterdam, with regional offices in Africa, South Asia and Asia Pacific and a knowledge and research hub based in Groningen.
The Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer Certification refers to climate-resilient infrastructure in two ways: (1) resilient infrastructure (or resilience of infrastructure), which is infrastructure that anticipates, prepares for and adapts to climate change; and (2) infrastructure for resilience (or resilience through infrastructure), which is infrastructure that increases the resilience of a community by reducing impacts of climate hazards or increasing adaptative capacity. A more detailed definition is provided in the CRIO Handbook.
The Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer Certification adopts the definition of the APMG PPP Certification. PPPs are referred to as: “a long-term contract between a private party and a government entity, for providing a public asset or service, in which the private party bears significant risk and management responsibility, and remuneration is linked to performance”.
Yes. The CRIO Certificate was developed in collaboration with the World Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) and APMG International, responsible for the development of the CP3P Certification Program, as well as other Multilateral Development Banks and partner organizations.
The CRIO exam is based on the Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer Handbook (published in September 2021) which is available to download, free of charge, from the GCA website.
The Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer exam is currently available in English.
Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer Handbook is currently available in English.
For individuals self-studying it is almost impossible to say. As all candidates have different experience and amount of time available for study, it varies from person to person. We suggest you download the CRIO Handbook and have a look through for yourself before deciding how long you need to spend learning.
The structure of the Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer exam is the following:
- 50 multiple choice questions
- 40 minutes duration
- Pass mark: 25 out of 50 (50%)
- Closed book (no reference materials permitted)
No, candidates are not permitted to use any reference materials during the exam.