AMMAN — The
Crown Prince Foundation (CPF) announced Tuesday that its priority in 2022 “is
to boost its action in the governorates”, and that opening an office in Maan
Governorate is part of this endeavor.
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The CPF announcement was made at a press conference
held by the foundation at its headquarters in
King Hussein Business Park,
during which top executives highlighted the foundation’s achievements,
initiatives and programs executed in 2021,as well as work plans for the current year.
Representatives from local and Arab media attended the event.
Chairman of the foundation’s Board of Trustees
Ghassan Nuqul said young people are the primary concern of
HRH Crown Prince Al-Hussein “who has stressed on more than one occasion the important role of
young men and women in shaping the future”.
He said CPF was established in 2015 to oversee the
implementation of HRH’s vision to support and develop the capabilities of young
people under the slogan, “capable youth for an ambitious Jordan”, and that its
work strategy has three aspects: willingness to work, entrepreneurship and
leadership, and citizenship.
According to Nuqul, CPF’s Maan office was opened “to
ensure an effective presence in the southern region”.
The foundation, he said, is working to reach out to
young men and women across the Kingdom’s governorates through launching
initiatives and programs under a scientific approach, which will remain under
the umbrella of the foundation for some time and then will be incorporated into
national institutions to guarantee their sustainability and to achieve optimal
results.
CPF’s CEO
Tamam Mango said that the Jordanian
society is a young community, with a majority from “this important category”,
which is the focus of the foundation’s work and interest as it oversees the
implementation of 12 initiatives and programs across many sectors.
Mango said that 590,000 young men and women from all
governorates were reached in 2021 under the willingness of work and leadership
theme, more than 870,000 under the leadership work theme and more than 100,000
under the citizenship work program.
Regarding the foundation’s activities in the
southern region, specifically in the
Maan Governorate, Mango said: “We work in
cooperation with a large group of business partners, and we have been able to
reach out to nearly 6,000 young men and women during the period between
September and December 2021.”
According to Nuqul, CPF’s Maan office was opened “to ensure an effective presence in the southern region.”
Ismail Al-Hinti, president of
Al-Hussein Technical University, one of the CPF initiatives, briefed the audience on the
university’s vision, stressing that it was established to enhance technical
education in Jordan and align higher education outputs with the requirements of
the labor market.
Hinti pointed out that the university established the
Center for Excellence and Innovation, which contains an incubator and
accelerator, Al-Nawat. The facility hosts more than 20 Jordanian startups in
the field of technological engineering, and the university graduated its first
cohort last year.
CEO of the Nawat platform Ahmed Al-Zoubi said that
the incubator has enabled its partners from civil society institutions to reach
out to more than 640,000 beneficiaries with funding from Jordanian companies
and individuals at a value of JD4 million.
Zoubi added that the “We” program, which encourages
volunteerism among youth, includes more than 83,000 participants who have
implemented more than 280,000 volunteering opportunities, i.e., more than
720,000 hours, which culminated at the end of last year with HRH the Crown
Prince’s launching the Hussein bin Abdullah II Volunteering Award.
Engineer Ismail Hakki, executive director of Idea
Factory, another CPF initiative, said the Digital Fabrication Lab is a member
of the Fab International Organization, and an open space available to all
segments of society.
“We seek to secure ... an environment that empowers
young people to lead and innovate, and transform their projects from just an
idea into a tangible product on the ground using digital fabrication tools.”
He underlined a plan to expand the laboratory’s
outreach to all governorates in the Kingdom with the aim of giving
opportunities to local communities.
In the same
context, Director of Programs Department and Performance Excellence at the
Crown Prince Foundation Nojoud Sarhan outlined the achievements and action
plans of the One Million Jordanian Coders Initiative, the Haqiq Initiative, and
the I Participate Program.
She said that the coders plan attracted more than
50,000 people, held more than 20 orientation sessions, and created more than
200 online youth communities.
Around 3,000 students graduated from the I
Participate and Haqiq now covers all education program directorates in the Kingdom, a
total number of 180 schools. More than 4,000 young people have been trained, more
than 25,000 beneficiaries have been reached, and more than 500 voluntary
activities have been implemented, she said.
Sarhan told
Jordan
News that Al-Hussein Technical University “always seeks to coordinate with
Jordanian universities, given that it focuses on the practical aspect in all
stages of study”.
The foundation, she
said, “has created an educational model that contributes to creating jobs for
young people by establishing partnerships with various labor sectors and
developing programs, courses, certificates and curricula that are compatible
with the needs of the market”.
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