Presented at the 5th Meeting of the Working Group on Investment Zones in Iraq, MENA-OECD Investment Programme. 28 April 2013, Cairo, Egypt

1. PPP in Development of
Industrial Parks
Elif Gürpınar
28th April 2013 - Cairo
2013

2. Polaris International Industrial Parks
The Project
Polaris International Industrial Parks is
the first initiative of its kind in Egypt ,
both as a “Private “ industrial park and
as a “large scale” joint collaboration
between Turkey and Egypt, aiming to
enhance the competitive edges of both
countries in order to enable them
penetrating global markets.

3. Polaris International Industrial Parks
Who are We?
Why ?
How ?
What ?
Polaris Parks works for the development of the
country together with its industry, in order to adopt
and compete in the global economy.
Polaris Parks does it by preparing the
necessary environment for the industry while
aiding investors in their struggles during the
start-up and operation phases.
In order to do this Polaris Parks develops unutilized
areas into industrial compounds with finest
infrastructure networks, offering value added facilities
and providing professional management systems.

4. Polaris International Industrial Parks
The Project
The project was launched in January 2008 by
President of Turkey, H.E. Abdullah Gul.

5. Polaris International Industrial Parks
Facts and Figures
Project Area
2.000.000 m²
Project Investment
$ 80.000.000
Manufacturing Facilities
30 facilities
Investment of Facilities
$ 1.5 billion
Annual Trade Volume
$ 3.4 billion
Employment
21.000 jobs

6. Polaris International Industrial Parks
Facilities and Services
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Infrastructure Management
Administrative Office Spaces
Cafe&Restaurant
Building Services
Housing

7. Polaris International Industrial Parks
Facilities and Services
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Medical Center
Fire Fighting Station
Security Services
One-Stop-Shop
Standard Factory Buildings

8. Polaris International Industrial Parks
Standard Factory Buildings
Buildings designed for
manufacturing&warehousi
ng with infrastructure and
ready facilities
Closed areas of
1500 square
meters and above

9. Polaris International Industrial Parks
Environment Consciousness

10. Polaris Al Zamil Industrial Park
Project Brief
Project Area
1.100.000 m²
Project Investment
$ 52.000.000
Manufacturing Facilities
85 facilities
Investment of Facilities
$ 1 billion
Annual Trade Volume
$ 1.8 billion
Employment
14.000 jobs

11. Polaris Parks
Investors

12. Why EGYPT?
Competitive advantages of Egypt.
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Population
Local Market
Low production costs
Access to major markets

13. Public Private Partnership
Indispensable Cooperation
Core of industrial land
development is the investors.
Public Sector
Investor
Developer
Private developers such as
Polaris, prepares the necessary
grounds for their manufacturing
or expansion plans.
Both the developer and the
investor are private sector
entities. They require the
support of the public sector in
order to brace the structure

14. Public Private Partnership
Indispensable Cooperation
Public Sector Role
Private Sector Role
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Creating structure for establishment
required business environment
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Possesses the necessary technical
and practical know-how for the task
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Providing the model for sustainable
development, warrant investments
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Able to provide new source of
investment capital for infrastructure
requirements
III
Monitoring development in macro
level and interfering if necessary
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Competent
to
adopt
changing circumstances
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Features higher quality through
international
expertise
and
business focus
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Ability to adopt the legal
administrative framework
and
rapidly

15. Public Private Partnership
The Partners
• Industrial Development Authority
IDA is the supervisory body monitoring the
establishment of private industrial parks
• General Authority for Free Zones & Investment
GAFI acts as the principal regulatory
authority for investments and the prime
investment promotion agency for Egypt.

16. Thank You