What this guide is for
Your organization launches a PPP program that turns Aqaba’s $46 billion of projects into public-private partnerships (PPPs) it can prepare, bid for, build, finance or operate, starting with the port, the zone and the city it already works in.
The case
Aqaba’s organizations can build the city they work in
Aqaba has grown on a few large deals signed by a handful of organizations, and most of the city’s companies have watched those deals from the outside. The projects of the next fifty years will be prepared, built and run by many organizations at once, and the ones that start their own programs now will own a share of the city they work in. This guide invites organizations in Aqaba to launch a PPP program, starting with the projects at home.
The guide
Make Aqaba the first city of the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity
Your organization opens a dedicated PPP program, a team and a set of offers that take part in Aqaba’s port, logistics, energy, water, tourism and urban projects, starting with the $46 billion of Jordan’s $86 billion that is anchored in Aqaba.
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An Aqaba PPP team
A dedicated team that knows how PPPs are prepared, procured and financed follows every project in Aqaba from the first market sounding and decides early where the organization can prepare, bid, build, finance or operate.
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A place in the city’s consortia
Port operators, logistics firms, contractors, hotels, utilities and local investors join the consortia that bid for Aqaba’s projects, bringing the land, the operating knowledge and the local workforce that international partners need.
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Projects around the port and the zone
Terminals, dry ports, logistics parks, rail freight, water, power and green hydrogen and ammonia all depend on each other in Aqaba. An organization that understands those links can shape projects that serve several of them at once.
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Aqaba-led direct proposals
Jordan’s PPP Law No. 19 of 2023 accepts direct private proposals under Article 15. An organization in Aqaba can design a project around a need it sees every day, such as a cold store, a marina service, a district cooling plant or a smart parking network, and propose it with partners who finance and build it.
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Pilots as small-scale PPPs
PPP Regulation No. 9 of 2024 defines small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million, which can be bundled into one feasibility report and one tender. A small concession in Aqaba gives the organization a live asset, a reference and a place in the larger projects that follow.
Why organizations in Aqaba
Aqaba’s organizations can build the city they work in
Aqaba holds Jordan’s only port and its gateway to the Red Sea, a special economic zone and a growing coast of resorts. Each new project depends on the organizations already working there, and each one can make them partners in what is built.
Where organizations in Aqaba fit in a PPP
- Preparation
- Local data, land and needs that shape projects the city can use and investors can finance.
- Tender
- Places in consortia beside international developers, contractors and operators.
- Financial close
- Equity, land contributions and local investors beside the banks and funds.
- Operation
- Operators, service firms and a workforce that run the asset in the city for decades.
- Exit
- Stakes that local and regional investors can buy, including tokenized notes.
One city, many linked projects
Port terminals, dry ports and logistics zones, rail freight, fuel and bulk mineral terminals, green hydrogen and ammonia, water, resorts and the utilities of the economic zones all sit within a few kilometers of each other in Aqaba. A project in one of them changes the demand for the others, which gives organizations that see the whole city an advantage in shaping the next one.
Why a program, and why now
The consortia for Aqaba’s largest projects are forming now. A program gives an organization in Aqaba a team, a pipeline and the partners to act on it, and the organizations that join the first projects will help set the standards the rest of the city follows.
Futureproofing
Futureproof Organizations in Aqaba for the infrastructure singularity
This free 17-page guide shows how, with small PPPs in parallel, PPP research labs, artificial intelligence, robotics, tokenization and six first steps.
Jordan and Aqaba
An $86 billion pipeline to start with
Most of the $46 billion anchored in Aqaba will need local partners to prepare, build and run it. An organization that delivers one PPP in Aqaba can carry the same team to the next project across Jordan and the Red Sea.
- $86B
- of PPP and infrastructure projects in development in Jordan
- $46B
- of them anchored in Aqaba
Artificial intelligence
AI fits Aqaba’s busiest systems first. It can plan berths and yard moves, forecast truck and cargo flows, balance water and power demand across the zone and price hotel and tourism services in real time. An organization in Aqaba can bring those tools into every concession it joins and use the same data to find the next project worth proposing.
Robotics
Ports and logistics zones are where robots already work at scale. Automated cranes, yard vehicles, drones and inspection robots can raise the capacity of Aqaba’s terminals and keep its pipes, roads and power lines in shape, and the organizations that run them will need Jordanian technicians trained in Aqaba to operate and maintain them.
Tokenization
Tokenization lets the people and companies of Aqaba own a share of the projects around them. An organization can offer tokenized stakes in a terminal, a resort utility or a water plant to local and regional investors, pay them from the asset’s own revenue and keep the city’s savings working in the city.
Small PPPs and research labs
Aqaba is small enough to test a new idea quickly and busy enough to prove it. An organization in Aqaba can host a PPP research lab, run pilots on its own land and assets and publish every result, so the pilots that work in Aqaba become the models for the rest of Jordan.
Unsolicited proposals
A direct proposal lets an organization in Aqaba bring a project built around a need it knows better than anyone, from a cold store at the port to a service on the coast. It can propose the project as its own, protect the ideas behind it and keep the right to match the best offer at tender.
The program
How the program could work
The program can sit inside the organization’s strategy or business development team, with a PPP lead at its center and offers built from what the organization already owns and runs in Aqaba.
- PPP team
- A small team of business, technical, legal and finance people that covers every PPP in Aqaba from the first market sounding.
- Pipeline
- A map of Aqaba’s projects by sector and stage, and the ones that fit the organization’s land, assets and skills.
- Consortia
- Partnerships with developers, contractors, operators and banks bidding for Aqaba’s projects.
- Local supply
- Services, staff, land and equipment the organization can offer every concession in the city.
- Direct proposals
- Projects proposed under Article 15 around needs the organization sees in Aqaba every day.
- Pilots
- Small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million that build a track record on live assets in Aqaba.
- Partners
- Agreements with the zone’s public bodies, port and logistics companies, investors and other organizations in the city.
What the organization gains
The organization gains contracts and revenue that last as long as the concessions it joins, a bigger role in the city it already works in and a reference it can carry to every other project in Jordan.
It also gains a voice in how Aqaba grows. The organizations that help prepare, build and run the city’s first AI, robotics and tokenized PPPs will shape the port, the zone and the coast for the next fifty years.
Next steps
How an organization in Aqaba can start
Any organization in Aqaba can take this guide forward. The first steps use the land, assets, people and partners the organization already has.
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Mandate
Board or management approval for an Aqaba PPP program, with its sectors, its role and its first-year goals.
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Team
A named program lead, with business, technical, legal and finance people drawn from the organization’s existing teams.
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Pipeline
A map of Aqaba’s $46 billion of projects by sector and stage, and early meetings with the authorities and developers behind them.
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Offer
The land, assets, services and local workforce the organization can bring to a consortium, packaged into one offer.
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Partners
Developers, contractors, operators, banks and other organizations in Aqaba ready to bid together.
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Pilot
A first consortium bid, small concession or direct proposal in Aqaba, taken from idea to submission.
Aqaba has the port, the zone, the coast and $46 billion of projects, and Jordan has a law that lets an organization propose its own. A PPP program puts your organization at the center of how the superintelligent infrastructure future arrives in Aqaba.
The full document
Inside this guide
Seventeen pages and thirteen chapters, from the case for a PPP program to the first steps, written for organizations in Aqaba.
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01Introduction
Why a century of infrastructure needs rebuilding, and the $500 trillion it will take.
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02The guide
Make Aqaba the first city of the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity
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03Jordan and Aqaba
An $86 billion pipeline to start with
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04Artificial intelligence
How AI designs, structures and runs PPP projects, and what it means for organizations in Aqaba.
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05Robotics
How robots build infrastructure and keep it running, and what that means for organizations in Aqaba.
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06Tokenization
How tokenization funds projects from their own revenue, and the role it opens for organizations in Aqaba.
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07Small PPPs in parallel
Why many small PPPs teach a country faster than a few large ones.
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08PPP research labs
A lab in each sector, running ten small PPP projects a year.
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09Unsolicited proposals
How Jordan’s PPP law accepts direct proposals from private companies.
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10Why organizations in Aqaba
Aqaba’s organizations can build the city they work in
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11The program
The program can sit inside the organization’s strategy or business development team, with a PPP lead at its center and offers built from what the organization already owns and runs in Aqaba.
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12About
About Jordan PPP and what it offers.
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13Next steps
How an organization in Aqaba can start: six first steps.
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Questions
Questions about the guide for Organizations in Aqaba
- What does the guide for Organizations in Aqaba propose?
- Your organization launches a PPP program that turns Aqaba’s $46 billion of projects into public-private partnerships (PPPs) it can prepare, bid for, build, finance or operate, starting with the port, the zone and the city it already works in.
- Why should organizations in Aqaba launch a PPP program?
- Aqaba’s organizations can build the city they work in. Aqaba holds Jordan’s only port and its gateway to the Red Sea, a special economic zone and a growing coast of resorts. Each new project depends on the organizations already working there, and each one can make them partners in what is built.
- Which PPP projects can organizations in Aqaba take part in?
- Jordan has about $86 billion of PPP and infrastructure projects in development, $46 billion of them anchored in Aqaba. Most of the $46 billion anchored in Aqaba will need local partners to prepare, build and run it. An organization that delivers one PPP in Aqaba can carry the same team to the next project across Jordan and the Red Sea.
- How can organizations in Aqaba start a PPP program?
- Any organization in Aqaba can take this guide forward. The first steps use the land, assets, people and partners the organization already has. The guide sets out six first steps: mandate, team, pipeline, offer, partners and pilot.
- What does a PPP program give organizations in Aqaba?
- The organization gains contracts and revenue that last as long as the concessions it joins, a bigger role in the city it already works in and a reference it can carry to every other project in Jordan.
- Is the guide for Organizations in Aqaba free?
- Yes. It is free to read on this page and free to download as a 17-page PDF, with the case for a PPP program, Jordan’s pipeline, the role of AI, robotics and tokenization, the program and six first steps.
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