PROMOTING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN REMOTE AREAS ... of...Dr. Mohammad Almajali Project Partners Partner number & Logo Partner name P1 Mutah University (MU) P2 Tafila Technical University

Promoting youth employment in remote areas in Jordan -(Job Jo)598428-EPP-1-2018-1-JO-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

PROMOTINGYOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN

REMOTE AREAS IN JORDAN / JOB-JO

Prof. Omer MaaitahDr. Mohammad Almajali

Project Partners

Partner number & Logo Partner name

P1 Mutah University (MU)

P2 Tafila Technical University (TTU)

P3 Al Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU)

P4The Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MPWH)


P5 Grator Alkarak Manicipality(GKM)

P6 Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK)

P7 University of Cyprus – UCY

P8 Instituto Superior de Leiria, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. (ISLA)

Project Partners


P9 Int@E UG

P10 Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)

P11 University of Jordan (UJ)

Project Partners

Outline

• Overview about Job Jo.

• What have been done

• Questionnaires and Surveys

• What should be done

• Action Plan

Main Purpose of JOB JO

• To reduce unemployment and poverty in remoteareas in Jordan.

• Mission: Establishing five (5) Business ServiceNetwork Bureaus (BSNB) as training centers inJordanian Universities found in the cities ofKarak, Maan, Tafilla, Aqba and the model inJUST. These BSNBs will be supported and to bein contact with MPWH & GKM.

• BSNBs will introduce training courses influencedby European experience.

Highlights

• Target groups are graduate students and unemployedpeople looking for a way to requalify themselves for jobopportunities.

• Courses will focus on personal and communication skills,advance job hunting skills, as well as interview skills inorder to make finding a job a couple of steps easier.

• Trainers will be trained in Europe to focus in the methodsof teaching.

• BSNBs will provide the necessary teaching and trainingservices and re-qualifying to increase the jobopportunities.

• Job Jo also claims to have a special focus on women.

Objectives

1. Establishment regional (BSNB) to promote employment in the provinces of Karak, Tafila, Maan, Aqaba and Irbid.

2. Development of training courses in the BSNB based on the experience exchange with the EU.

3-Producing training material

4. Adapting job creation instruments to the needs of young people in remote areas.

5. Supporting initiatives designed to enhance the employability of young people in the region

6. Creating employment opportunities by supporting entrepreneurship.

7. Lesson Learned from the European partners to include their cooperation with non‐academic partners.

8. Establishing Network Service between the Universities, Industries, and Public and Private Sectors.

9. Promote the relationship between the Jordanian Institutions with EUs.

10. Students and staff from JO partners will receive training in EU

Objectives

• (A)-Training Courses on Personal and Communication Skills Development. To set goals to maximize the potential. To identify the skills needed to enhance the employability prospects, raise the confidence, and lead to fulfilling higher quality life. Extensive focus will be on the communication skills.

• (B)-Training on job preparation to equip unemployment people with advanced job hunting skills and career development. These experiences will provide the people with an insight into the tasks and duties of different industries.

• (C)- Training course on interview skills and the opportunity to participate in Industry Awareness Experiences and to enhance of persuading

• (D)-Global citizenship education and civil behaviour- Critical Thinking in Solving Problems and New Ideas

Training Courses

Work Packagesof the project

Preparation(WP1): Start up activities

1.1 Networking and list of Stakeholder Members.

1.2 Kick off meeting.

1.3 Questionnaire study including local. community.

1.4 Analysis the study.

WP Leader: JUST

Development(WP2): Establishing Business Network Bureau.

2.1 Scoping and Market Needs Analysis.

2.2 Purchasing equipment, Installation and preparation the Bureau.

2.3 Training to study of the experience of European.

WP leader HTWK


Development(WP3): Organization the Activity of the Bureau

3.1. Training of Trainers of the Career Centers,

3.2. Development of methodical base for training,

3.3. Training activity,

3.4. Creation and updating JOB-JO Web site and database,

3.5. Creation of network model

WP3 Leader: UCY


Quality(WP4): Quality assurance

4.1 Quality Committee.

4.2 External Evaluation.

4.3 Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.

4.4 Reports (Reports of Monitoring Committee).

WP4 Leader: ISLA


Dissemination & Exploration(WP5)

5.1. Dissemination of project activity and its results: presentations, workshops, events.

5.2. Participation in regional Labour Fairs.

5.3. Carrying out Conference and info days.

WP5 Leader: UJ


What Have beendone

• The project started 15-11-2019.

• The project coordinator faces some problem invalidation the PIC numbers to some partners.The project team sorted out the validationnumber

• Mutah team prepared for grant holder meetingthat held in Brussel 27-28/Jan/2019

Agreement

• Grant agreement signed between European Commission Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) and MutahUniversity

• (preparing, filling, signature, sending hard and soft copies)

Start up

• Networking and communication with all partners

• Preparing sub-agreement with all partners

• Sign the sub agreement

• Preparing all annexes, documents and templates

• Sending the sub agreement and all annexes to the partners

• Receiving the grant from EACEA (40% of the grant).

• Complete the kick off meeting

Financial

• Financial department were prepared a special software to control the payment

• The money transferred to all EU partners on time

• Time sheet and convention were distributed

• Dissemination materials were prepared

• All document archiving in Financial department

website

Preparing the website of the project (website for the project so that all activities, chances, and events of the project will be available to everyone).

https://xwww.mutah.edu.jo/job-jo/index.html-public

Also on Facebook (some post reaches over 5000 seen)https://www.facebook.com/Job-Jo-

678959875866429/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARC2eL4SSEloE9SXQksm7y-Hl32X2MB_cob2gSFDgEqwx-EcJva-j9ZKvM9_k9YWPydZkiBWlOc6kQlm

https://xwww.mutah.edu.jo/job-jo/index.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/Job-Jo-678959875866429/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARC2eL4SSEloE9SXQksm7y-Hl32X2MB_cob2gSFDgEqwx-EcJva-j9ZKvM9_k9YWPydZkiBWlOc6kQlm

Kick off meeting

• Avery successful first management meeting (Kick off meeting)

• Great session to the stakeholders were established.

• The recommendation of the stakeholders meeting were considered during papering the questionnaires

• MOM was prepared and approved

Questionnaire Preparing

• 1-Stakhoder session during the Kick off meeting

• 2-Interview many people

• 3-Asking the student during lectures focusing on post graduate

• 4-Discussion with JO partners via network communications

• 5-Reading literature (previous studies)

• 6-Discussion through social media

How the Questionnaire Prepared

Dissemination

• Newsletter

• Responsibility

of UJ• First issue

• 1-4-2019

Dissemination: cooperation

between MU & UJ

Through final conference of

the DESIRE project

Job fair in UJ2-4-2019

AT UJ2-4-2019

Workshop in AAU 25-4-2019 by MU

Recruitment dayat TTU

Recruitment day at AHU 2-5-2019

• JUST activity

Networking

Workshop in MPWH

• Aim: to discuss the result of the questionnaires• The people who attended the workshop• 1-Project consortium • 2-Central Jordanian Bank (the most powerful public

body for money in Jordan)• 3-Minstery of Planning• 4-Minstry of labor• 5-MPWH• 6-Recrtiment for employees center of Princes Basma• 7-Aqaba Railway cooperation• 8-many private constriction companies

Action PlanActivities start End Responsible &

descriptionComment

leader Title

WP1JUST

1.1 Networking and list of StakeholderMembers

15-11-2018 15.05.2019

MU, GKM, AHU 20% Achieved

1.2 Kick off meeting 24-2-2019 26-2-2019 ALL PARTNER Achieved

1.3 Questionnaire study including the local community.

15.04.2019

1-study the poverty in the remote area-AHU2- identify the unemployment-UJ3- key skills by women-TTU

Achieved

1.4 Analysis of the study

15.06.2019

Questionnaires will be analyzed by JUST

Achieved

Note: Need more action from all partners to complete task 1.1 Networking and list of Stakeholder Members

Action PlanActivities Start End Responsible & description Comment

leader Title

WP2

KHWT

2.1 Scoping and

Market Needs

Analysis

15.9.19 Provide scoping and

analysis exercise to

investigate the current

status of unemployment and

poverty issues, actual

market demands, trends

and needs as well as

government policies and

regulations.

JUST

Need more discussionJUST 140

JU 16

2.2 Purchasing

equipment,

Installation, and

preparation the

Bureau

15.1.19 15.10.19 MU Dr.

Sarayreh

will talk

about this

2.3 Training to

study of the

experience of

European

15.2.19 15.11.20 HTWK, UCY

ISLA &INT@E

1st training

Action PlanActivities Start End Responsible &

descriptionComment

leader Title

WP3

UCY

3.1. Training of

Trainers of the

(BSNB)s,

3.2. Development

of methodical base

for training,

15.01.20 25.06.20 HTWK, UCY

ISLA &INT@E

Training in Jordan to

Jo partners in Jordan

at each university

(capacity building

plan)

3.3. Training

activity,

15.02.20 15.05.20 All partners Preparing training

material

3.4. Creation and updating JOB-JO Web site and database,

15-11-20 14-11-20 MU 50% achieved

3.5. Creation of the network model

01.09.20 30.06.20 UCY, HTWK Training field


leader Title

WP4

ISLA

4.1 Quality

Committee

HTWK, UCY

ISLA &INT@E

UJ, MU AHU

4.2 External

Evaluation.

MU

4.3 Monitoring and

Evaluation Plan

MU, TTU, AHU, JUST, and

UJ


leader Title

WP5

UJ

5.1. Dissemination

of project activity

and its results:

presentations,

workshops, events

15.03.2

019

14.10.20

20

MU, UJ, JUST, TTU, UJ,

MPWH, and GKM

local radio,

flyers,

posters,

rollup,

social

media and

television

stations

facebook,

newsletter

5.2. Carrying out

Conference and

info days

15.09.2

019

15.09.20

21

MU, UJ, JUST, TTU, UJ,

MPWH, and GKM

Info-days

conference

Main Tasks for next 6 months

Task/Activity Responsibility Comment

1.1 Networking and list of

Stakeholder Members

MU, GKM, AHU 20% Achieved

2.1 Scoping and Market Needs

Analysis

Provide scoping and

analysis exercise to

investigate the current

status of unemployment and

poverty issues, actual

market demands, trends

and needs as well as

government policies and

regulations.

JUST

2.2 Purchasing equipment,

Installation, and preparation the

Bureau

MU

Main Tasks for next 6 months

Task/Activity Responsibility Comment

Equipment, Installation, and

preparation the Bureau

All Jo partners

1st training HTWK

Material For 1st training HTWK

Official letter for establishing the

Bureau

All Jordanian Partners

3rd meeting

2nd training for trainer

1st training for students

Workshop at GKM

Workshop at TTU

Workshop at AHU

Workshop at Eng. INST Karak

Training at MU

Establishment of BSNB

Helping in finding Jobs

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