AMMAN — His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on Wednesday
attended part of the National Economic Workshop sessions, held at the Royal
Hashemite Court under the theme “Advancing into the Future: Unleashing
Potential to Modernize the Economy”, a Royal Court statement said.
اضافة اعلان
Crown Prince
Al Hussein attended sessions on transportation, tourism, financial services and
markets, and trade and e-commerce, and listened to participants’ views on their
sectors for the upcoming period, and their proposed solutions to key
challenges.
His Royal
Highness highlighted the importance of partnerships in the efforts to reach
clear and tangible outcomes that reflect positively on Jordanians.
Participants
in the transportation sector said it supports other key economic sectors but
has been facing challenges. However, they expressed hope in the sector’s future
and its ability to overcome challenges, calling for capitalizing on renewable
energy sources and smart technology in public transport.
On tourism,
participants said the aspirations for this strategic sector are to attract
foreign investments, by investing in the Kingdom’s points of strength as a
niche tourism market, highlighting efforts to further promote Jordan as a
destination for medical and religious tourism, as well as ecotourism, and to
invest in the sector’s robust infrastructure while utilizing the latest
technology.
Participants
in the financial services and markets sector said their work, upon Royal
directives, seeks to enhance job opportunities, support the middle class, and
improve the livelihoods of Jordanians, with discussions focusing on identifying
challenges, growth priorities, and means of achieving progress in the short and
long terms, citing this sector as an enabler for other economic sectors.
For their
part, trade sector participants said the majority of workers in this sector are
Jordanians, and highlighted plans to capitalize on Jordan’s strategic location
and its regional and international relations, in addition to setting a strategy
for exports, developing logistical services, and moving forward with
e-commerce, citing plans to double the volume of the sector and provide 120,000
jobs for Jordanians over the upcoming 10 years.
During
Wednesday’s sessions, participants in the transportation, tourism, financial
services and markets, and trade sectors completed their discussions of the
final recommendations for each sector, reviewing the output of previous
sessions to incorporate it in the sectoral recommendations within the
comprehensive vision for the national economy for the upcoming 10 years.
The
workshop, launched in late February upon Royal directives, brings together
nearly 400 economists and experts, representing the private sector, industry
and commerce chambers, the government, Parliament, academia, public
institutions, civil society, and the media.
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