Suhair Al Khatib, Ph.DMinistry of ICT

Jordan

Beirut September 5-6, 2006

Public Private Partnership

model for effective and advanced ICT deployment

Our Partners …

GOJ …

Decision making process a model of public-private partnership

ICTAC: ICT Advisory Committee

E-initiatives: financing, advisory role, BOD, international firms

Advocacy: Example reduction of sales tax on internet connectivity

and PCs from 16% to 5%

Investment Incentives: Industry feedback, potential investors.

Example: Off shore Call Centers

Policy/strategy draft a model of public-private partnership

PPP model adopted by the MOICT for drafting and national policies and strategies for the ICT sector:

Formation of National Committee representing major stakeholders to overview process and output:

•Concerned Government Entities•Academia•Industry•Civic Society; sector NGOs

Draft Policy/StrategyHold public consultation workshopsPost output on websiteCall for public consultation in local newspapers and send emails to major stakeholders and post on websiteRespond to public consultationIncorporate feedback into documents

Laptop/Notebook Initiative PPP: GOJ (MOICT/MOHESR); Academia; Private

Sector; ISP

When you enroll as a full-time freshman at Participant University, you get a wireless laptop computer as of Fall 2007@ about US$400

IT Incubators another model of public-private partnership to promote innovation and entrepreneurship

Sun Incubator initiative is a public private partnership facility to promote entrepreneurship among talented university students and enable innovative product development as a result of R&D activities.

ILab, another public private partnership model for promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation for university graduates has a potential to support innovation.

Yarmouk Center of Excellence is a planned incubation within the university campus targeting university-entrepreneur relationship building and creating synergies between latest researches in academia with new ideas.

Jordan Education Initiativean open door to a new model of public-private

partnership

"By empowering our youth through this education

initiative, Jordan and its World Economic Forum

partners can create a dynamic and practical model of

public-private partnership in the area of ICT that can

ignite the engines of growth for future generations in

Jordan and the region."

His Majesty King Abdullah II the Hussein of the

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Our Clients…

The Jordan Education

Initiative started in

January 2003 in

Davos

The Initiative was developed in partnership between the Government of Jordan and the World Economic Forum and to date incorporates over 17 global corporations, 17 Jordanian entities, and 11 governmental and non-governmental organizations as stakeholders in achieving its goals.

Philosophy of change

JEI is an agent of change; our vision is to build a global capacity building model of effective public-private partnership that leverages reform to generate value through innovation. In realizing our vision, we are working with our global partners in delivering a unified mission of accelerating education reform through a public-private partnership model that drives innovation and capability.

Vision

A global capacity building model of effective public-private partnership that leverages reform to generate value through innovation.

Mission

Accelerate education reform through a public-private partnership model that drives innovation and capability.

It’s a global reform model.. focused on education.. made in

Jordan..Started to be rolled out in other Arab countries..

The creation of opportunity for the upcoming generation driven by

Jordan’s commitment to incororating ICT into the lives of citizens

Challenged Jordan’s ICT sector to deliver value and compete on a global scale

Why PPP?

Means to an end accelerate fulfillment of global Commitment where global players, local companies and government do their part to make things happen

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