Promoting youth employment in remote areas in Jordan Erasmus Project

Project Title

Promoting youth employment in remote areas in Jordan

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

With the rise in population and drop in the economy, Jordan needs new ideas and schemes involving the younger population for the country to strive in the future. JOB-JO is an initiative brought together by universities in the South of Jordan lead by Mutah University, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, as well as European partners. The aim of the project is to promote youth employment and reduce poverty in Jordan’s remote areas which will empower economic and social aspects of these communities as well as provide women more opportunities for success. Although the literate rate in Jordan is high, and people are getting more educated than ever, the employment rate is low due to many social and economic factors. As most universities provide the best education possible, students still lack many skills that would be easy to gain. The career centers would provide services in order to teach and train unemployed graduates to be requalified for more job opportunities. Services such as training courses, skills and communication workshops, as well as support entrepreneurships and initiatives brought by the community would be offered. These services would have European influence through exchange programs as well as the great relationship to happen between universities in Jordan and the experienced universities in Europe. The short term impact would be to allow graduates to gain skills and training needed for their professions where in the long term, these career centers would foster the economic growth and reduce the unemployment and poverty in the remote areas of Jordan.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 686293 Eur

Project Coordinator

MUTAH UNIVERSITY LTD & Country: JO

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN
• JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• TAFILA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
• ISLA-INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE LEIRIA,SOCIEDADE UNIPESSOAL LDA
• HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK WIRTSCHAFT UND KULTUR LEIPZIG
• INT@E UG
• AL-HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY