What this guide is for
Your organization launches a PPP program that turns Mafraq’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 the land, sun and routes it already knows.
The case
Mafraq’s organizations can build the east they work in
Mafraq has grown on solar plants and aid programs planned by a handful of organizations, 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 land they work on. This guide invites organizations in Mafraq to launch a PPP program, starting with the projects at home.
The guide
Make Mafraq the eastern gateway to the $500 trillion PPP infrastructure opportunity
Your organization opens a dedicated PPP program, a team and a set of offers that take part in Mafraq’s energy, water, logistics, industry, farming and community projects, starting with the governorate’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects.
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A Mafraq PPP team
A dedicated team that knows how PPPs are prepared, procured and financed follows every project in Mafraq 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
Solar developers, logistics firms, contractors, farms, landowners and local investors join the consortia that bid for Mafraq’s projects, bringing the land, the operating knowledge and the local workforce that international partners need.
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Projects along the routes east and north
Solar power, storage, water, logistics parks, the Mafraq Development Area and the services of Zaatari refugee camp all depend on each other. An organization that understands those links can shape projects that serve several of them at once.
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Mafraq-led direct proposals
Jordan’s PPP Law No. 19 of 2023 accepts direct private proposals under Article 15. An organization in Mafraq can design a project around a need it sees every day, such as a solar-powered pumping station, a truck stop and logistics yard, a waste plant or a cold store, 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 Mafraq gives the organization a live asset, a reference and a place in the larger projects that follow.
Why organizations in Mafraq
Mafraq’s organizations can build the east they work in
Mafraq holds large solar plants, a development area, much of the Badia and the routes to Iraq and Syria, and it hosts Zaatari refugee camp. Each new project depends on the organizations already working there, and each one can make them partners in what is built.
Where organizations in Mafraq 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 Mafraq for decades.
- Exit
- Stakes that local and regional investors can buy, including tokenized notes.
One governorate, many linked projects
Solar plants and power lines, water wells and pipelines, the King Hussein Bin Talal Development Area, the trade routes to Iraq and Syria, farms and the services of Zaatari refugee camp all share the same land and networks in Mafraq. 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 Mafraq 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 east follows.
Futureproofing
Futureproof Organizations in Mafraq 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 Mafraq’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion will need local partners to prepare, build and run it. An organization that delivers one PPP in Mafraq 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 Mafraq’s largest systems first. It can forecast solar output and balance it with storage, find losses in long water pipelines, plan truck flows on the routes to Iraq and Syria and run services for Zaatari refugee camp. An organization in Mafraq can bring those tools into every concession it joins and use the same data to find the next project worth proposing.
Robotics
Solar plants are where robots already work at scale. Panel-cleaning robots, drones and inspection robots can raise the output of Mafraq’s solar plants and keep its pipes, roads and power lines across the Badia in shape, and the organizations that run them will need Jordanian technicians trained in Mafraq to operate and maintain them.
Tokenization
Tokenization lets the people and companies of Mafraq own a share of the projects around them. An organization can offer tokenized stakes in a solar plant, a logistics yard 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
Mafraq has open land, strong sun and real needs close together. An organization in Mafraq can host a PPP research lab, run pilots on its own land and assets and publish every result, so the pilots that work in Mafraq become the models for the rest of Jordan.
Unsolicited proposals
A direct proposal lets an organization in Mafraq bring a project built around a need it knows better than anyone, from a solar-powered pumping station to a logistics yard on the road east. 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 Mafraq.
- PPP team
- A small team of business, technical, legal and finance people that covers every PPP in Mafraq from the first market sounding.
- Pipeline
- A map of Mafraq’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 Mafraq’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 Mafraq every day.
- Pilots
- Small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million that build a track record on live assets in Mafraq.
- Partners
- Agreements with the governorate’s public bodies, municipalities, solar and logistics firms 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 Mafraq grows. The organizations that help prepare, build and run the governorate’s first AI, robotics and tokenized PPPs will shape its towns, routes and solar fields for the next fifty years.
Next steps
How an organization in Mafraq can start
Any organization in Mafraq 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 Mafraq 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 Mafraq’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 Mafraq ready to bid together.
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Pilot
A first consortium bid, small concession or direct proposal in Mafraq, taken from idea to submission.
Mafraq has the sun, the land, a development area and the routes to Iraq and Syria, 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 Mafraq.
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 Mafraq.
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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 Mafraq the eastern gateway to 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 Mafraq.
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05Robotics
How robots build infrastructure and keep it running, and what that means for organizations in Mafraq.
Page 8 of 17
06Tokenization
How tokenization funds projects from their own revenue, and the role it opens for organizations in Mafraq.
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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 Mafraq
Mafraq’s organizations can build the east 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 Mafraq.
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12About
About Jordan PPP and what it offers.
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13Next steps
How an organization in Mafraq can start: six first steps.
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Questions
Questions about the guide for Organizations in Mafraq
- What does the guide for Organizations in Mafraq propose?
- Your organization launches a PPP program that turns Mafraq’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 the land, sun and routes it already knows.
- Why should organizations in Mafraq launch a PPP program?
- Mafraq’s organizations can build the east they work in. Mafraq holds large solar plants, a development area, much of the Badia and the routes to Iraq and Syria, and it hosts Zaatari refugee camp. 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 Mafraq take part in?
- Jordan has about $86 billion of PPP and infrastructure projects in development, $46 billion of them anchored in Aqaba. Most of Mafraq’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion will need local partners to prepare, build and run it. An organization that delivers one PPP in Mafraq can carry the same team to the next project across Jordan and the region.
- How can organizations in Mafraq start a PPP program?
- Any organization in Mafraq 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 Mafraq?
- 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 Mafraq 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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