Amman, Sept. 3 (Petra) — The Hashemite Fund for the Development of
Jordan Badia and the Jordan Design and Development Bureau (JODDB) on
Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand
training, innovation, and technology initiatives to improve
employment opportunities for youth and women in the Badia.

The MoU, signed in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Basma
bint Ali, Chairperson of the Fund, seeks to support the Fund’s
development efforts by leveraging the JODDB’s technical and
engineering expertise. It provides for training programs aligned with
labor market needs, capacity-building initiatives for youth and
women, support for entrepreneurial ideas and projects, and the
transfer of knowledge and technology.

The agreement also includes preparing studies and technical solutions
and implementing pilot programs and projects across the northern,
central and southern Badia regions, to strengthen residents’ skills
and readiness for employment.

Princess Basma stressed the importance of translating the MoU’s
outcomes into practical training programs targeting Badia youth,
helping them develop their skills and ideas and enabling them to
realize their potential.

She also highlighted the need to expand the scope of the cooperation
beyond the northern Badia to include the central and southern
regions.

Fund Director General Ayesh Qatarna described the MoU as an important
step in the Fund’s efforts to empower and train Badia youth, enhance
their skills and capabilities, and draw on the JODDB’s specialized
expertise to deliver high-quality programs tailored to their needs.

Director of the JODDB, Ayman Batran, underlined the JODDB’s readiness
to work directly with the Fund on youth training and development
through programs targeting sectors that meet labor market needs,
enhancing participants’ preparedness and expanding their employment
opportunities in the private sector.

//Petra// AJ