AMMAN —
Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Ahmad Hanandeh on Wednesday said that the Youth,
Technology, and Jobs (YTJ) project supports the National Digital Transformation
Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021–2025.
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The project, funded by the
World Bank Group (WBG), will expedite the strategy through programs and incentives offered to
revitalize supply and demand in the digital sector by providing the needed
skills and expanding the industry and its digital services, Hanandeh told the
Jordan News Agency, Petra.
Launched by the government in 2020, the
five-year, $200-million project aims to help digital companies and
self-employment platforms in Jordan grow and reach regional and global markets
and create
new job opportunities for youth, the minister explained.
The project includes eight main axes, he
said. The first of involves building digital skills for youth by establishing a
digital skills association to train and qualify
15,000 young men and women, developing a new curriculum for public school students from grades seven to 12,
supporting the growth of digital companies and freelance platforms to provide
10,000 new job opportunities, and establishing three technology centers for
learning and co-working.
Another axis pertains to support for
digital entrepreneurs by contracting with professional intermediaries in
foreign markets, accelerating the digital transformation of government services
and 80 percent of payments to the government, and attracting and promoting
regional and international investments in the Kingdom through establishing a
digital system facilitating procedures for investors.
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