What this guide is for
Your organization launches a PPP program that turns Zarqa’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 factories, networks and towns it already works in.
The case
Zarqa’s organizations can build the industry they work in
Zarqa has carried much of Jordan’s industry for decades, and most of the governorate’s organizations have watched its largest projects 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 governorate they work in. This guide invites organizations in Zarqa to launch a PPP program, starting with the projects at home.
The guide
Make Zarqa the industrial engine 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 Zarqa’s industrial, energy, water, logistics, transport and urban projects, starting with the governorate’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion of projects.
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A Zarqa PPP team
A dedicated team that knows how PPPs are prepared, procured and financed follows every project in Zarqa 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
Factories, traders, contractors, utilities, universities and local investors join the consortia that bid for Zarqa’s projects, bringing the land, the operating knowledge and the industrial workforce that international partners need.
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Projects from the factories to the desert
The industrial estates, the refinery, the As-Samra wastewater plant, the bus link to Amman and the roads east toward Azraq and the borders all depend on each other in Zarqa. An organization that understands those links can shape projects that serve several of them at once.
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Zarqa-led direct proposals
Jordan’s PPP Law No. 19 of 2023 accepts direct private proposals under Article 15. An organization in Zarqa can design a project around a need it sees every day, such as a shared logistics yard, an industrial water reuse plant or a rooftop solar 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 Zarqa gives the organization a live asset, a reference and a place in the larger projects that follow.
Why organizations in Zarqa
Zarqa’s organizations can build the industry they work in
Zarqa lies about 20 km northeast of Amman, holds more than half of the capital invested in Jordan’s national industries and is home to Jordan’s only oil refinery. Each new project depends on the organizations already working there, and each one can make them partners in what is built.
Where organizations in Zarqa 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 Zarqa for decades.
- Exit
- Stakes that local and regional investors can buy, including tokenized notes.
One governorate, many linked projects
The As-Samra wastewater plant, Jordan’s first major build-operate-transfer project, treats the wastewater of Amman and Zarqa and makes most of its own power. The refinery, the Al-Dhulail industrial zone, the duty-exempt trade zone, the new green industrial estate and the bus line to Amman share the same land, water and workforce. A project in one changes the demand for the others.
Why a program, and why now
The consortia for Jordan’s next projects are forming now. A program gives an organization in Zarqa 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 Zarqa 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 Zarqa’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion will need local partners to prepare, build and run it. An organization that delivers one PPP in Zarqa can carry the same team to Aqaba and to the next project across Jordan.
- $86B
- of PPP and infrastructure projects in development in Jordan
- $46B
- of them anchored in Aqaba
Artificial intelligence
AI fits Zarqa’s industrial systems first. It can plan factory energy use, forecast demand for fuel and water, run treatment plants with fewer losses, schedule trucks through the industrial areas and plan bus services between Zarqa and Amman. An organization in Zarqa can bring those tools into every concession it joins and use the same data to find the next project worth proposing.
Robotics
Factories and plants are where robots are spreading fastest. Assembly and packing robots, pipe crawlers, drones and inspection robots can raise the output of Zarqa’s industrial estates and keep its refinery, pipelines and treatment works in shape, and the organizations that run them will need Jordanian technicians trained in Zarqa to operate and maintain them.
Tokenization
Tokenization lets the people and companies of Zarqa own a share of the projects around them. An organization can offer tokenized stakes in a factory building, a logistics yard or a solar 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
Zarqa is industrial enough to prove an idea at scale and close enough to Amman to show it to the ministries that can adopt it. An organization in Zarqa can host a PPP research lab, run pilots on its own land and assets and publish every result, so the pilots that work in Zarqa become the models for the rest of Jordan.
Unsolicited proposals
A direct proposal lets an organization in Zarqa bring a project built around a need it knows better than anyone, from an industrial water reuse plant to a shared logistics yard. 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 Zarqa.
- PPP team
- A small team of business, technical, legal and finance people that covers every PPP in Zarqa from the first market sounding.
- Pipeline
- A map of Zarqa’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 Zarqa’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 Zarqa every day.
- Pilots
- Small-scale PPPs below $14.1 million that build a track record on live assets in Zarqa.
- Partners
- Agreements with the governorate’s public bodies, municipalities, industrial estates, investors and other organizations in Zarqa.
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 Zarqa grows. The organizations that help prepare, build and run the governorate’s first AI, robotics and tokenized PPPs will shape its factories, networks and towns for the next fifty years.
Next steps
How an organization in Zarqa can start
Any organization in Zarqa 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 Zarqa 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 Zarqa’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 Zarqa ready to bid together.
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Pilot
A first consortium bid, small concession or direct proposal in Zarqa, taken from idea to submission.
Zarqa has the factories, the refinery, the industrial estates and a direct bus link to the capital, 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 Zarqa.
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 Zarqa.
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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 Zarqa the industrial engine 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 Zarqa.
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05Robotics
How robots build infrastructure and keep it running, and what that means for organizations in Zarqa.
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06Tokenization
How tokenization funds projects from their own revenue, and the role it opens for organizations in Zarqa.
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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 Zarqa
Zarqa’s organizations can build the industry 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 Zarqa.
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12About
About Jordan PPP and what it offers.
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13Next steps
How an organization in Zarqa can start: six first steps.
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Questions
Questions about the guide for Organizations in Zarqa
- What does the guide for Organizations in Zarqa propose?
- Your organization launches a PPP program that turns Zarqa’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 factories, networks and towns it already works in.
- Why should organizations in Zarqa launch a PPP program?
- Zarqa’s organizations can build the industry they work in. Zarqa lies about 20 km northeast of Amman, holds more than half of the capital invested in Jordan’s national industries and is home to Jordan’s only oil refinery. 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 Zarqa take part in?
- Jordan has about $86 billion of PPP and infrastructure projects in development, $46 billion of them anchored in Aqaba. Most of Zarqa’s share of Jordan’s $86 billion will need local partners to prepare, build and run it. An organization that delivers one PPP in Zarqa can carry the same team to Aqaba and to the next project across Jordan.
- How can organizations in Zarqa start a PPP program?
- Any organization in Zarqa 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 Zarqa?
- 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 Zarqa 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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