Day: February 19, 2023

Amman: The Cabinet Sunday approved the mandating reasons for the planning and international cooperation bill for 2023.

The bill, part of the modernisation of the public sector programme, aims to strengthen the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation’s position as the focal point in communication between all ministries and governmental and private institutions on the one hand and the donors on the other.

The bill would add new tasks to the Ministry’s work, including regulating the mechanism for obtaining international funding to non-profit associations and companies and following, developing Jordan’s economic policies and supporting policy-making in coordination and cooperation with all concerned parties.

Under the bill, the Ministry would manage the national register of government investment projects established under the provisions of the Partnership Projects Law between the public and private sectors of 2020.

The Ministry would develop and prepare development initiatives for the national economy, contributing to their financing in partnership with the implementing agencies and working on following them up and evaluating their impact.

The Cabinet approved the mandating reasons for a draft bylaw amending the bylaw for regulating and controlling billing affairs for 2023 after completing the electronic national billing programme that enables taxpayers committed to issuing invoices to join or link in to unify billing processes.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: E-services were launched to issue permanent passports online for Jordanian citizens residing in Pakistan’s Islamabad and Cyprus’ Nicosia, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Civil Status and Passport Department (CSPD) announced on Sunday.

In a statement to “Petra,” CSPD Director General, Fahd Amoush, said Jordanians residing in Pakistan and Cyprus can submit applications to receive services to issue, renew, and replace lost or damaged Jordanian passports electronically by entering the link below:

(https://eservices.cspd.gov.jo).

Amoush said CSPD will examine applications to make necessary approvals in this regard, adding that the concerned Jordanian embassy will notify applicants electronically to complete the passport issuance procedures.

This newly- launched e-service provided in those two countries comes as a continuation of the CSPD’s online services project to Jordanian citizens abroad, he said.

This e-service, Amoush noted, will be applied to other countries to serve all Jordanian expatriates, which would expedite procedures for issuing passports and sparing effort for Jordanians residing abroad.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Aqaba: A delegation representing Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) participated in the international EGYPS 2023 Sustainability in Energy Conference, which was recently hosted by the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

In a press statement on Sunday, the delegation’s head, ASEZA commissioner for regional affairs, Abdullah Najadat, said participation aimed to learn directly about Egypt’s “successful” expertise in providing liquefied natural gas to industrial and residential cities and using compressed natural gas as a clean fuel source for vehicles.

Najadat noted the delegation held meetings on the event’s sidelines with companies operating in the transport and supply sector and implementation of natural gas projects to discuss cooperation aspects and benefit from ASEZA’s investment incentives.

In addition, the delegation toured a number of industrial facilities, including power and gas generation stations, factories, and industrial and residential cities that rely on natural gas to generate electric power sources in Egypt, according to an ASEZA statement.

Najadat said ASEZA and Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC), in cooperation with Egyptian- Jordanian Fajr Natural Gas Company, will examine technical needs, capabilities and economic feasibility of building liquefied natural gas networks in Aqaba’s residential, commercial and investment areas that are under regulation.

This future project, he noted, would slash energy costs on industrial, commercial, tourism and residential sectors and enhance ASEZA’s competitiveness.

Source: Jordan News Agency