Day: October 11, 2021

Temperatures on Monday are expected to rise 2-3 degrees above annual average, so it will be moderate in the highlands and the plains, and relatively hot in other parts of the Kingdom, with clouds at various altitudes, the Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily brief.

At night, pleasant weather will prevail nationwide, with a weak chance for spotty showers in the southern regions, the JMD added.

Toward Tuesday, unstable weather conditions will start affecting the country, making partly cloudy skies with a chance for scattered rain accompanied by thunder at times, the department noted.

In the evening, heavy rain is forecast in the eastern and southern areas, while winds will be northwesterly moderate to brisk, the meteorologists predicted.

On Wednesday, mercury levels will rise few degrees, but similar fair conditions will continue to persist in many regions, except in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and Aqaba where it will be relatively hot, with clouds at medium and high altitudes, and a possibility of showers over the eastern areas, the JMD further said.

The highs in Amman and other highlands across the Kingdom on Monday will range between 28 and 31 degrees Celsius, dropping at night to 18C or even 14C in the southern highlands. In the Gulf city of Aqaba, it will be much hotter with mercury reaching a high of 35C and a low of 24C.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Jordan will Tuesday participate in a ministerial meeting organized by the Group of Twenty (G20) in Italy focusing on trade and investment.

The Kingdom will be a guest of honor to the G20 trade ministers meeting, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said in a statement on Monday, adding that the invitation underlines Jordan’s strong international relations.

Other guests include the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, Rwanda, and Congo, and international organizations such as the World Bank, the United Nations, and the World Trade Organization.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Information and Communication Technology Association of Jordan (int@j) has signed a cooperation agreement with the “Employment-oriented MSME Promotion” Project (MSME) implemented by the GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

The agreement was signed by Amjad Swais, the newly elected Chairman of int@j, Elisabeth Girrbach, GIZ Jordan Country Director, and Diana Hollmann, GIZ MSME Project Lead, in the presence of Ruba Darwish, Board Member of int@j and Head of the SHETECHS initiative as well as Nidal Bitar, int@j’s CEO.

The agreement aims at improving the conditions for women’s participation in the digital economy in all possible roles, be it in management or as technical staff.

The two parties will develop and implement a strategy to integrate women’s economic empowerment into their activities, strengthen specialized research on data of women’s participation in the digital economy, and collect best practices in the global digital economy to strengthen evidence-based decision-making.

Darwish said that the agreement contributes to the efforts of int@j in empowering women in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, which will be in the interest of the companies in the sector. She also pointed to the role of the initiative in qualifying females, especially in the southern governorates, to acquire the necessary skills to work using technology and the internet.

Darwish noted that int@j always strives to overcome the obstacles facing women’s work in the information technology sector by identifying the needs and priorities, as well as exchanging knowledge and experience in the field of work, in order to develop the capacities of women working or willing to work in this sector. Furthermore, she emphasized the importance of the partnership between int@j and GIZ to develop and implement activities in the field of education and communication in a participatory manner with key stakeholders, partners from the government and the private sector, educators, researchers and civil society actors.

In a statement issued by GIZ Jordan on Monday, Girrbach said that globally as well as in Jordan, GIZ has long been engaged in working with its public and private sector partners on women’s economic empowerment and gender equality with the aim of creating prosperity for all people: “Our efforts through the regional project EconoWin in promoting gender diversity management in large businesses and our support of the vocational training initiative SHETECHS of int@j are just two examples of our work in this important area.”

Commenting on the agreement, Diana Hollmann, Team Leader of the GIZ MSME project said: “we appreciate having int@j as a committed partner in the ICT sector to promote women’s economic empowerment. By joining forces to help increase women’s participation in the ICT sector we aim at improving growth opportunities for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises in Jordan more broadly. Accordingly, and building on our previous cooperation with the SHETECHS initiative, we support int@j in the development of a specialized unit on this topic. Establishing a strategic network for women in tech will facilitate this aim.”

Source: Jordan News Agency