The Center for Innovative Finance Support Capacity Building Program is designed to assist FHWA, state and local transportation executives and staff to advance their complex transportation infrastructure investment needs. On a practical level, the Capacity Building Program provides information, training, customized workshops, and technical assistance to help transportation professionals ask the right questions at the right time during the development of transportation planning processes, together with programs that respond to the needs of FHWA and US DOT staff, as well as external transportation agency professionals. The Center for Innovative Finance Support's capacity building program provides the following:
The Office of Performance and Innovative Finance Academy serves USDOT employees interested in learning about innovative program and project delivery mechanisms. It provides a comprehensive selection of courses and curricula. These courses are offered via webinars and may also be combined to suit the unique requirements of specific State DOT and FHWA Division offices.
Because innovative strategies are not suitable for every project, the office produced a suite of evaluation tools to help practitioners determine the best way to deploy such strategies. Additionally, the office has also prepared numerous guidebooks to help interested parties move up the learning curve. These tools and guidebooks are refined on an ongoing basis as new information becomes available through experience and research. Finally, the office is committed to providing a wide array of technical resources, from primers to technical documents. These tools, guidebooks, and resources are intended to advance both the state-of-the-art and the state-of-the-practice.
