JEDCO launches the Entrepreneurial Communities Initiative in Jordan

AMMAN — Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO) on Saturday launched its Entrepreneurial Communities Initiative inspired by the European Training Foundation (ETF)’s Entrepreneurial Communities Initiative, which identifies entrepreneurial communities, learns from the participatory governance they incite, and makes their successes known.

JEDCO, along with its partners – both national and international, set out to shape a customised Entrepreneurial Communities Initiative for Jordan. 

The partners include the Ministries of Interior, Tourism and Antiquities, Environment, The Hashemite Fund for Development of Jordan Badia, Development and Employment Fund, The Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development, The King Abdullah II Fund for Development, and the Jordan River Foundation, in addition to the ETF, Union for the Mediterranean, and GIZ. 

The CEO of JEDCO Hana Uraidi stated that the goal of the initiative is to enhance skills and entrepreneurship, create jobs, and promote the concept of entrepreneurship through partnerships aimed at the development of local communities.

The focus will be on practice, storytelling (vision) and added value.  It is about learning from good practices, big or small, to shape the economic future of Jordanian society. 

The initiative’s target communities are divided into five categories: practices in the governorates, practices that develop women and youth, practices concerned with conserving the environment, and practices that encourage and support tourism in Jordan.