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The Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO) announced Wednesday it will inaugurate a Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) unit specialized in encouraging young people, especially in the governorates, to establish their own economically feasible small projects.

In a statement, JEDCO said the unit will be in charge of the technical and administrative support of the newly established SMEs, up to the stage of marketing via international standards to increase their competitiveness.

The unit will also boost the projects’ administrative and technical skills as they prepare their strategies, to help them keep pace with JEDCO’s laws and work programs.

SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY

Minister of Labor Nayef Istitieh on Wednesday discussed with French Ambassador in Jordan, Veronique Vouland-Aneini, means of cementing bilateral cooperation in labor-related fields.

Istitieh hailed the distinguished ties between the two countries, expressing appreciation for the French efforts in supporting Jordan’s economic sectors.

The envoy said that France enjoys a strategic partnership with Jordan as her country is the largest non-Arab investor in the Kingdom, which puts into action the French confidence in Jordan’s potential economy.

SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY

Thirty-six local industrial companies representing food and manufacturing technologies will participate in the Gulfood Manufacturing Exhibition 2022, which will be inaugurated in Dubai next Sunday.

Jordanian participation in the five-day exhibition is facilitated by the Jordanian Exporters Association (JEA).

In a statement on Wednesday, JEA Chairman Ahmad Al-Khudari said that the exhibition will provide a great opportunity for Jordanian industrial companies to promote their products, attract new agents and compensate for the period of absence of participation in foreign exhibitions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Participating Jordanian companies are specialized in the sectors of red and white meat, dairy, pasta, pastries, vegetable oils, coffee, juices, cold and frozen ready-made foods, ice cream and canned food,” he said, indicating that new partnerships will be sealed between manufacturers and global distributors.

Gulfood is the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition, that brings together food professionals looking to source the latest products, gauge market developments and connect with global suppliers.

SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY

A drop in temperatures is forecast on Wednesday bringing cold weather and cloudy skies, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD).

At night, the Kingdom will be affected by a cold and wet air mass accompanied by a depression centered over Cyprus, pushing thermometers down and bringing chilly and cloudy conditions with rainfall in the northern region, extending to the central areas with strong westerly winds.

The weather department warned of low horizontal visibility triggered by dust, and of slippery roads in the areas experiencing rain.

Another drop in temperatures is forecast on Thursday, with very cold weather conditions and heavy downpours in parts of the northern and central regions, accompanied by thunder, hails and spotty snowfall in the mountainous regions, particularly in the southern range.

Cold weather will persist on Friday, with a weak chance for scattered showers in the northern and central parts of the Kingdom, and westerly moderate to brisk winds.

Today, mercury in Amman will range between a high of 15 degrees Celsius and a low of 3C at night, meanwhile Aqaba will see a fair 23C, dropping to 11C at night.

SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY

Winners in a disability-sensitive reporting competition launched by the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HCD) were announced Wednesday at a ceremony held under the aegis of HRH Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein, HCD president.

The “Address Me Objectively” competition was launched last year with the aim of encouraging media professionals to submit objective media creative materials that deal with disability from a perspective that shuns stereotypes, according to an HCD statement.

The competition also aimed to urge the media to shed light on the obstacles facing people with disabilities and not on the disabilities themselves, focusing on the impact of environmental and behavioral obstacles and stereotypes in denying people with disabilities equal access to their rights and freedoms.

In this context, Prince Mired emphasized the role of the media in addressing stereotypes related to disability, and highlighting the experiences and contributions of people with disabilities, thus putting disability issues on everyone’s agenda.

SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY

Civil Service Bureau (CSB) President Sameh Nasser and Chairman of Egyptian Central Agency for Organization and Administration (CAOA), Dr. Saleh Sheikh, signed a bilateral action plan for 2022-2023 in the public service affairs and civil administration fields.

The agreement, which was inked at the conclusion of Dr. Sheikh’s visit to Jordan, aims to activate the joint CSB-CAOA cooperation protocol signed in Cairo in 2019, according to a CSB statement.

The plan, which also comes in light of the outcomes the Joint Egyptian-Jordanian Joint Higher Committee meetings, co-chaired by the two countries’ prime ministers in Amman in 2021, includes CSB-CAOA employee training, exchanging expertise and visits, and preparing specialized studies in planning and managing the public sector’s human resources, the statement added.

On the sidelines of the visit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration, Tawfiq Krishan, and Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs, Ibrahim Al-Jazi, on Tuesday met with Dr. Sheikh, lauding role of Joint Jordanian-Egyptian Joint Higher Committee, which is held regularly to maintain joint coordination at the pan-Arab level.

Touring the CSB’s departments, Sheikh valued the bureau’s efforts in providing an opportunity to check firsthand on the latest developments in the public service administration and ways to benefit from the Egypt’s expertise in this field.

SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY

Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh on Wednesday said that the government will spare no effort to support newspapers “as much as the state’s General Budget Law allows”, to alleviate the ongoing financial crisis of the country’s papers.

During a Lower House session, the premier pointed to the Al-Rai and Ad-Dustour, both privately-owned newspapers, underscoring that the government will offer its utmost support within the expenditure limit of the General Budget Law.

Among the measures taken to address the crisis, the government covered the delayed salaries of the two newspapers’ employees under the Estidama program, which supports entities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to disbursing financial incentives to journalists, the premier indicated.

Moreover, Khasawneh assured that the government will continue its support by allowing a grace period to pay back interests and fines for government owed subscriptions.

He highlighted the key and important role played by Al-Rai and Ad-Dustour throughout the “march” of the Jordanian state, by defending and protecting Jordan’s causes during crucial times, underscoring the government’s interest in their recovery.

However, the Prime Minister attributed the crisis to cumulative and unsuccessful investment decisions taken by the administrations of the two newspapers at some point, which negatively affected their financial performance.

SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY

The King Hussein Foundation’s Institute for Family Health on Wednesday concluded a program on the community inclusion of disabled persons. The training was delivered under the USAID-funded “I Count” project.

In a statement, the institute said the program targeted 75 young men and women in addition to 25 employees of disabled-dedicated charities, focusing on community inclusion through a STEAM-based program (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics).

The institute provided the participants with a toolkit for applying Steam activities, in addition to converting the (Paval) material, a training that includes (problem solving, lobbying, volunteering, raising awareness, learning, and training) into Braille.

SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY