What this guide is for
Your cooperative launches a PPP program to build, own and run the irrigation, solar, cold stores, housing, markets and water networks its members depend on as public-private partnerships (PPPs).
The case
Cooperatives turn community needs into assets the community owns
Villages have long waited for a ministry or a large investor to build their wells, their markets and their cold stores. The community assets of the next fifty years can be owned and run by the people who use them, and the cooperatives that organize now will run those assets for as long as the contracts last. This guide invites cooperatives in Jordan to launch a PPP program, starting with the projects at home.
The guide
Bring the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity to every village
Your cooperative opens a dedicated PPP program, a team and a set of offers that build and run irrigation, farm solar, cold stores, markets and water networks under long contracts, starting with Jordan’s $86 billion of projects and the $46 billion anchored in Aqaba.
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A PPP cooperative team
A small team of members and staff who learn how PPPs are prepared, procured and financed follows the projects in Jordan’s pipeline that touch its area and decides early where the cooperative can build, run or invest.
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Village-scale assets
Irrigation canals, farm solar, cold stores and local markets can be built on public land and run by the cooperative under a contract with the ministry or municipality, paid from user fees and service payments.
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Pooled member savings
Members can pool their savings into a fund that takes a stake in each local asset, so the returns from water, power and storage stay in the community that pays for them.
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Cooperative-led direct proposals
Jordan’s PPP Law No. 19 of 2023 accepts direct private proposals under Article 15. A cooperative can design a project around what its members know, such as a solar pumping network, a shared cold store or a housing scheme, 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 cold store, a water network or a solar farm at that scale gives the cooperative a live contract and a reference.
Why cooperatives
Cooperatives turn community needs into assets the community owns
Cooperatives already gather farmers, residents and families around shared needs. Water, power, storage and markets are the assets those members use every day, and they suit PPPs, where a partner builds and runs the asset and earns from the people it serves.
Where cooperatives fit in a PPP
- Preparation
- Member needs, land, water and demand data that show what a village asset will earn.
- Tender
- Places in consortia for irrigation, solar, storage, housing and market projects.
- Financial close
- Pooled member savings that sit alongside bank loans and partner equity.
- Operation
- Running cold stores, markets, pumps and networks close to the people who use them.
- Exit
- Stakes in working assets that members, funds and tokenized note holders can buy.
Small assets, close to home
A cold store, a solar pump or a village market can be built in months on land the community already knows. Each one is small enough to tender quickly and repeat across many villages, which makes cooperatives a natural partner for small-scale PPPs in Jordan.
Why a program, and why now
Jordan is preparing a pipeline of public projects, and some of the smallest ones will reach the rural areas where cooperatives already work. A program gives a cooperative a team, a pipeline and the partners to act first, and the cooperatives that run the first village PPPs will set the standard for the rest.
Futureproofing
Futureproof Cooperatives in Jordan 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
Many of them, from water and power to farming and housing, will reach villages that cooperatives serve. A Jordanian cooperative that runs one community PPP at home can share the same model with cooperatives across the region.
- $86B
- of PPP and infrastructure projects in development in Jordan
- $46B
- of them anchored in Aqaba
Artificial intelligence
AI can help a cooperative run its assets the way a large operator would. It can schedule irrigation from weather and soil data, forecast harvests and prices, plan cold store space, match members with buyers and spot leaks in a water network. A cooperative can use those tools to lower costs for every member and earn more from every asset.
Robotics
Robots and drones can spray, pick, sort and pack crops and inspect canals, pipes and solar panels. A cooperative can share those machines among its members, run them from its cold stores and markets and train young people in the village to operate, program and repair them.
Tokenization
Tokenization can let members own a share of the assets they use. Stakes in a solar farm, a cold store or a water network can be offered as tokenized notes, paid from fees and service payments, so small member savings help build the village’s own infrastructure.
Small PPPs and research labs
Small PPPs let a cooperative prove a community asset on its own land at low cost. It can host a PPP research lab that trials AI irrigation, robotic packing and tokenized member stakes, publish every result and share the pilots that work with cooperatives across Jordan.
Unsolicited proposals
A direct proposal lets a cooperative bring a solar pumping network, a shared cold store or a housing scheme to a ministry or municipality as a project of its own. It can protect the design 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 cooperative’s board and staff, with a PPP lead at its center and offers built from the land, members and assets the cooperative already has.
- PPP team
- A small team of members, staff, engineers and finance people that covers the PPPs that reach its area.
- Water and irrigation
- Canals, pumps, networks and water reuse run for farmers and households.
- Farm solar
- Solar pumping and solar farms that cut the cost of power for members.
- Storage and markets
- Cold stores, packing houses and local markets built on public land.
- Direct proposals
- Community projects proposed under Article 15 and prepared with partners who can finance and build them.
- Pilots
- Small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million, such as a cold store, a solar pump or a water network.
- Partners
- Agreements with ministries, municipalities, banks, microfinance institutions, contractors and suppliers.
What the cooperative gains
The cooperative gains long contracts with steady income, lower costs for water, power and storage and a share of the returns from every asset its members help to build and use.
It also gains a stronger place in its community. The cooperative that runs the village’s water, power and markets can plan new services for its members and share its model with cooperatives in Jordan and across the region.
Next steps
How a cooperative can start
Any cooperative in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the members, land, savings and partners the cooperative already has.
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Mandate
A general assembly vote for a PPP program, with its services, its area and its first-year goals.
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Team
A named program lead, with members, staff, engineers and finance people drawn from the cooperative and its partners.
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Pipeline
A map of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects by sector and stage, and the ministries and municipalities behind the ones in its area.
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Member fund
A plan to pool member savings into stakes in local assets, with rules that members approve and trust.
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Partners
Ministries, municipalities, banks, microfinance institutions, contractors and suppliers.
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Pilot
A first village asset or cooperative-led direct proposal, taken from idea to submission.
Jordan has the projects, the villages and a law that lets a cooperative propose its own. A PPP program puts your members at the center of how the superintelligent infrastructure future reaches every community.
The full document
Inside this guide
Seventeen pages and thirteen chapters, from the case for a PPP program to the first steps, written for cooperatives in Jordan.
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01Introduction
Why a century of infrastructure needs rebuilding, and the $500 trillion it will take.
Page 3 of 17
02The guide
Bring the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity to every village
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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 cooperatives.
Page 7 of 17
05Robotics
How robots build infrastructure and keep it running, and what that means for cooperatives.
Page 8 of 17
06Tokenization
How tokenization funds projects from their own revenue, and the role it opens for cooperatives.
Page 9 of 17
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.
Page 11 of 17
09Unsolicited proposals
How Jordan’s PPP law accepts direct proposals from private companies.
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10Why cooperatives
Cooperatives turn community needs into assets the community owns
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11The program
The program can sit inside the cooperative’s board and staff, with a PPP lead at its center and offers built from the land, members and assets the cooperative already has.
Page 14 of 17
12About
About Jordan PPP and what it offers.
Page 15 of 17
13Next steps
How a cooperative can start: six first steps.
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Questions
Questions about the guide for Cooperatives in Jordan
- What does the guide for Cooperatives in Jordan propose?
- Your cooperative launches a PPP program to build, own and run the irrigation, solar, cold stores, housing, markets and water networks its members depend on as public-private partnerships (PPPs).
- Why should cooperatives in Jordan launch a PPP program?
- Cooperatives turn community needs into assets the community owns. Cooperatives already gather farmers, residents and families around shared needs. Water, power, storage and markets are the assets those members use every day, and they suit PPPs, where a partner builds and runs the asset and earns from the people it serves.
- Which PPP projects can cooperatives in Jordan take part in?
- Jordan has about $86 billion of PPP and infrastructure projects in development, $46 billion of them anchored in Aqaba. Many of them, from water and power to farming and housing, will reach villages that cooperatives serve. A Jordanian cooperative that runs one community PPP at home can share the same model with cooperatives across the region.
- How can cooperatives in Jordan start a PPP program?
- Any cooperative in Jordan can take this guide forward. The first steps use the members, land, savings and partners the cooperative already has. The guide sets out six first steps: mandate, team, pipeline, member fund, partners and pilot.
- What does a PPP program give cooperatives in Jordan?
- The cooperative gains long contracts with steady income, lower costs for water, power and storage and a share of the returns from every asset its members help to build and use.
- Is the guide for Cooperatives in Jordan 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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