What this guide is for
Your organization launches a PPP program that turns Balqa’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects into public-private partnerships (PPPs) it can prepare, bid for, build, finance or operate, starting with Salt, the valley and the Dead Sea coast.
The case
Balqa’s organizations can build the places they work in
Balqa has grown on public projects planned from the capital, and most of the governorate’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 places they work in. This guide invites organizations in Balqa to launch a PPP program, starting with the projects at home.
The guide
Make Balqa the heritage heart 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 Balqa’s heritage, tourism, farming, water, energy and urban projects, starting with the governorate’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects.
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A Balqa PPP team
A dedicated team that knows how PPPs are prepared, procured and financed follows every project in Balqa 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 governorate’s consortia
Hotels, farms, food processors, contractors, utilities and local investors join the consortia that bid for Balqa’s projects, bringing the land, the operating knowledge and the local workforce that international partners need.
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Projects from Salt to the Dead Sea
Heritage sites, hotels, irrigation, cold chains, water, power and roads all depend on each other in Balqa. An organization that understands those links can shape projects that serve several of them at once.
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Balqa-led direct proposals
Jordan’s PPP Law No. 19 of 2023 accepts direct private proposals under Article 15. An organization in Balqa can design a project around a need it sees every day, such as a restored guesthouse in Salt, a cold store for valley farmers or a solar plant for the coast hotels, 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 Balqa gives the organization a live asset, a reference and a place in the larger projects that follow.
Why organizations in Balqa
Balqa’s organizations can build the places they work in
Balqa holds Salt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2021, the farms of the central Jordan Valley and the hotels of the Dead Sea coast. Each new project depends on the organizations already working there, and each one can make them partners in what is built.
Where organizations in Balqa fit in a PPP
- Preparation
- Local data, land and needs that shape projects the governorate 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 Balqa for decades.
- Exit
- Stakes that local and regional investors can buy, including tokenized notes.
One governorate, many linked projects
Salt’s historic city, the farms and irrigation of the central Jordan Valley, the hotels of the Dead Sea coast, an applied university, water, power and the roads that link them all draw on the same land, water and workforce in Balqa. A project in one of them changes the demand for the others, which gives organizations that see the whole governorate an advantage in shaping the next one.
Why a program, and why now
The consortia for Jordan’s next projects are forming now. A program gives an organization in Balqa 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 governorate follows.
Futureproofing
Futureproof Organizations in Balqa 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 Balqa’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion will need local partners to prepare, build and run it. An organization that delivers one PPP in Balqa can carry the same team to the next project across Jordan and the region.
- $86B
- of PPP and infrastructure projects in development in Jordan
- $46B
- of them anchored in Aqaba
Artificial intelligence
AI fits Balqa’s busiest systems first. It can schedule irrigation across the central Jordan Valley, forecast water and power demand for the Dead Sea hotels, guide visitors through Salt’s historic city and track crops from farm to market. An organization in Balqa can bring those tools into every concession it joins and use the same data to find the next project worth proposing.
Robotics
Farms and resorts are where robots are starting to work at scale. Harvesting and packing robots, drones and inspection robots can raise the output of the valley’s farms, survey Salt’s historic buildings and keep pipes, roads and power lines in shape, and the organizations that run them will need Jordanian technicians trained in Balqa to operate and maintain them.
Tokenization
Tokenization lets the people and companies of Balqa own a share of the projects around them. An organization can offer tokenized stakes in a heritage hotel, a cold store or a water plant to local and regional investors, pay them from the asset’s own revenue and keep the governorate’s savings working at home.
Small PPPs and research labs
Balqa is compact enough to test a new idea quickly and varied enough to prove it in a city, a valley and a resort coast. An organization in Balqa can host a PPP research lab, run pilots on its own land and assets and publish every result, so the pilots that work in Balqa become models for Jordan.
Unsolicited proposals
A direct proposal lets an organization in Balqa bring a project built around a need it knows better than anyone, from a restored guesthouse in Salt to a cold store in the valley. 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 Balqa.
- PPP team
- A small team of business, technical, legal and finance people that covers every PPP in Balqa from the first market sounding.
- Pipeline
- A map of Balqa’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 Balqa’s projects.
- Local supply
- Services, staff, land and equipment the organization can offer every concession in the governorate.
- Direct proposals
- Projects proposed under Article 15 around needs the organization sees in Balqa every day.
- Pilots
- Small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million that build a track record on live assets in Balqa.
- Partners
- Agreements with the governorate’s public bodies, municipalities, hotels, farms, investors and other organizations.
What the organization gains
The organization gains contracts and revenue that last as long as the concessions it joins, a bigger role in the governorate it already works in and a reference it can carry to every other project in Jordan.
It also gains a voice in how Balqa grows. The organizations that help prepare, build and run the governorate’s first AI, robotics and tokenized PPPs will shape Salt, the valley and the coast for the next fifty years.
Next steps
How an organization in Balqa can start
Any organization in Balqa 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 a Balqa 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 Balqa’s projects within Jordan’s $86 billion 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 Balqa ready to bid together.
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Pilot
A first consortium bid, small concession or direct proposal in Balqa, taken from idea to submission.
Balqa has a World Heritage city, a farming valley and the Dead Sea coast, and Jordan has a law that lets an organization propose its own projects. A PPP program puts your organization at the center of how the superintelligent infrastructure future arrives in Balqa.
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 Balqa.
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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 Balqa the heritage heart 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 Balqa.
Page 7 of 17
05Robotics
How robots build infrastructure and keep it running, and what that means for organizations in Balqa.
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06Tokenization
How tokenization funds projects from their own revenue, and the role it opens for organizations in Balqa.
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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 Balqa
Balqa’s organizations can build the places 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 Balqa.
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12About
About Jordan PPP and what it offers.
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13Next steps
How an organization in Balqa can start: six first steps.
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Questions
Questions about the guide for Organizations in Balqa
- What does the guide for Organizations in Balqa propose?
- Your organization launches a PPP program that turns Balqa’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects into public-private partnerships (PPPs) it can prepare, bid for, build, finance or operate, starting with Salt, the valley and the Dead Sea coast.
- Why should organizations in Balqa launch a PPP program?
- Balqa’s organizations can build the places they work in. Balqa holds Salt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2021, the farms of the central Jordan Valley and the hotels of the Dead Sea coast. 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 Balqa take part in?
- Jordan has about $86 billion of PPP and infrastructure projects in development, $46 billion of them anchored in Aqaba. Most of Balqa’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion will need local partners to prepare, build and run it. An organization that delivers one PPP in Balqa can carry the same team to the next project across Jordan and the region.
- How can organizations in Balqa start a PPP program?
- Any organization in Balqa 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 Balqa?
- The organization gains contracts and revenue that last as long as the concessions it joins, a bigger role in the governorate it already works in and a reference it can carry to every other project in Jordan.
- Is the guide for Organizations in Balqa 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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