PPIAF Supports the Institutional and Policy Environment for PPPs in Jordan
PPIAF has supported the Government of Jordan to improve the institutional and policy environment for public-private partnerships (PPPs). The objective is to provide the enabling conditions for the development of a PPP program that seeks to improve and expand access to infrastructure services to the people of Jordan. The Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) provided funding in 2013 to support the definition and establishment of a PPP Unit within the Ministry of Finance, provide recommendations to improve the legal and regulatory framework for PPPs, draft a PPP policy, and identify a pipeline of priority PPP projects. As a result of the PPIAF support, the PPP Unit has been established based on the recommended organizational structure. In addition, a new PPP Law passed through Parliament and was ratified on November 2, 2014.
Following the PPIAF-supported technical assistance, several outcomes have already been achieved and more are expected as the activity progresses. The PPP Unit has been established within the Ministry of Finance based on the organizational structure recommended by PPIAF. Inaddition, the preparation of a new draft of the PPP Law was supported under this activity, and the new PFP Law has since been passed by the Jordanian Farliament and ratified by King Abdullah 11on November 2, 2014. Finally, a PFF policy has been drafted, and it is expected that this will be adopted and launched by the PP Unit in early 2015. A second phase activity to support the further operationalization of the PPF Unit is currently under preparation.
