HFDJB, JODDB sign MoU to boost youth, women employment in Badia

The Hashemite Fund for the Development of Jordan Badia (HFDJB) and the Jordan Design and Development Bureau (JODDB) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to expand training, innovation, and technology initiatives to improve employment opportunities for youth and women in the Badia.

The MoU, signed in the presence of HRH Princess Basma bint Ali, HFDJB chairperson of the board of trustees, seeks to support the fund’s development efforts by leveraging the JODDB’s technical and engineering expertise, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The memorandum also provides for training programmes aligned with labour market needs, capacity-building initiatives for youth and women, support for entrepreneurial ideas and projects, and the transfer of knowledge and technology.

The agreement also includes preparing studies and technical solutions and implementing pilot programmes and projects across the northern, central and southern Badia regions, to strengthen residents’ skills and readiness for employment.

Princess Basma stressed the importance of translating the MoU’s outcomes into practical training programmes targeting Badia youth, helping them develop their skills and ideas and enabling them to realise their potential.

She also highlighted the need to expand the scope of the cooperation beyond the northern Badia to include the central and southern regions.

HFDJB Director-General Ayesh Qatarneh described the MoU as an important step in the fund’s efforts to empower and train Badia youth, enhance their skills and capabilities, and draw on the JODDB’s specialised expertise to deliver high-quality programmes tailored to their needs.

JODDB Director Ayman Batran underlined the bureau’s readiness to work directly with the fund on youth training and development through programmes targeting sectors that meet labour market needs, enhancing participants’ preparedness and expanding their employment opportunities in the private sector.