YTJ Activities

YTJ Pillars

1. Upskill youth on the latest and highly demanded digital technologies

a) Support the establishment of the DigiSkills Association which will be contracting training service providers to train and qualify 15,000 youth on employable digital skills
YTJ will seek to enhance the quality of the following activities:

•   Conducting demand and supply assessments
•   Qualifying and contracting training service providers to upskill youth on the latest and highly demanded digital technologies
•   Creating relevant national awareness campaigns
•   Creating relevant online training materials

b) Develop a new Digital Skills curriculum at Public Schools for G7-12 that focuses on the latest digital skills in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE), and the National Center for Curriculum Development. this activity will aim to:

•   Identify gaps in the existing information technology curriculum in schools
•   Develop context-relevant technology learning assets
•   Train teachers on the new curriculum
•   Roll-out the new curriculum in a systematic way across public classrooms

2. Support the growth plans of local and foreign digital firms to help build and scale their activities and create 10,000 new local job opportunities through providing incentive packages and matching grants

Incentive Packages:

a. Employment Subsidy Incentive (Talent): aims to incentivize digital firms to create new jobs in the digital economy by providing employment subsidies that will cover up to 50% of new Jordanian employees’ salaries for the first 6 months of their employment.
The Incentive is open for digital or digitally enabled firms (focusing on ITO/BPO) with at least one year of operation, and a clear hiring plan.

Further details on the incentive and application process can be found via grow.jo

b. Market Expansion Incentive: aims to support the business development efforts of digital firms seeking to expand and secure new contracts in new local, regional, and international markets (GCC countries, Europe, China, India, and the USA, etc.), through providing matching grants (up to US$ 100,000) to cover up to 50% of the cost of business development plans
The incentive aims to build linkages between Jordanian digital firms and potential buyers in regional/global markets in order to provide access to new business opportunities that lead to increased revenues and subsequently jobs creation.

The Incentive is open for digital or digitally enabled firms (focusing on ITO/BPO) with at least one year of operation, and a clear market expansion plan.

Further details on the incentive and application process can be found via grow.jo

3. Support the growth of the digital platforms (GIG economy) through providing matching grants (up to USD 200,000) to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) to train and upskill 6,000 individuals (with focus on youth, women and refugees in underserved communities) to access and offer their services on these digital platforms
The grant is open for registered civil society organization (CSO) or a non-profit organization (NPO) with at least one year of operation, experience working with youth, women and refugees in underserved communities and an innovative model for a digital gig platform.

4. Support upgrading, equipping, and managing three technology hubs (Tech Hubs) in underserved communities to serve as venues for skilling programs, co-working spaces and networking spaces for trainers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, CSOs and ITO businesses in nearby communities

5. Support the growth of digital entrepreneurs by procuring consulting contracts with professional intermediaries in key markets such as the USA and Europe. These intermediaries will pursue opportunities to attract international funding and partnerships on behalf of a pool of digital entrepreneurs in partnership with local incubators, accelerators, relevant government institutions, and development partners to help those companies identify and secure investment opportunities with global partners and investors

6. Support the government in digitizing new government services provided by various ministries and entities

The project will focus on re-engineering and digitizing key services provided by various ministries and entities and will target re-engineering and automation of business processes of services identified by MoDEE through a consultative prioritization exercise.

Additional activities will focus on strengthening the regulatory framework to enable e-services (e-signature, e-transaction, data exchange, authentication of e-documents, and interface with the national digital ID system) and promote responsible data use.

7. Support the government in digitizing 80% of government’s payments in Jordan and enabling e-payments for all applicable government services. Key activities will focus on

•   Developing an overarching government payments architecture and roadmap
•   Supporting and growing capacity of an intergovernmental task force for the digitization of government payments and revenues
•   developing a set of rules, policies, and procedures that ensure satisfactory completion of digitization projects
•   Establishing and implementing a comprehensive change management program for digital payment system,
•   Developing and implementing required digital G2P payment enablers, (both software and hard ware) (e-KYC, IBAN verification, etc)
•   Implementing IT enhancements in the ID systems to meet the needs of the financial sector

8. Promote Jordan as an international ITO/BPO destination to attract international tech companies to expand in Jordan and hire Jordanian talents.

Contact Information

Website: www.modee.gov.jo