AMMAN — Earlier this year, the government
had devised plans to boost the information and Communications technology (ICT) sector in Jordan, through its public sector
modernization plan to elevate Jordan’s position as an attractive investment
center for digital innovation and a platform for scalable digital solutions,
and to develop it into a center for providing high-value digitally enabled
services, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
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According to last year’s estimates, the ICT sector
contributes about JD900 million to the GDP, or 3 percent of the total product;
the government seeks to increase this to 13 percent of the GDP, or JD3.9
billion, by 2023.
The total number of employees is 24,700, the plan is
to raise the number to 101,000 full-time employees in 2033.
Last year, the sector’s exports reached JD200
million and accounted for 2.6 percent of the total; the new plan aims to make
that JD4.5 billion annually in 2033.
The modernization plan seeks to keep pace with the
government’s digital transformation over the next two or three years, to
develop citizen-centric solutions, and to benefit from the experience gained in
export services to middle markets until 2033.
It plans to create a virtual free zone that provides
revolutionary solutions with fewer regulatory challenges, and use the
acceleration programs of the Jordan Entrepreneurship Fund to support these
revolutionary technologies, in addition to establishing technology centers
throughout the Kingdom, to provide an unobstructed environment for Jordanian
startups and entrepreneurial projects to develop technology solutions that
cover all sectors.
It also plans to identify fast-growing,
high-potential enterprises (Jordanian established companies), and provide
tailored support to accelerate their growth.
The government seeks to benefit from skill sets,
infrastructure, and the strategic geographical location of Jordan, and to
enhance cooperation between the public and private sectors to accelerate the
pace of government digital transformation by modernizing the procurement system
for digital transformation projects to allow the private sector to compete to
provide services to citizens through open application interfaces.
It also plans to provide a wider space for emerging
companies, by easing restrictions and costs in the early years of their work,
and preparing a workforce ready for the future through training and education
programs on the latest outcomes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, in
addition to establishing a public data authority to be responsible for
providing and facilitating access to data and assisting in decision making, in
addition to accelerating the pace of government digital transformation by
establishing partnerships with the private sector, improving and maintaining
incentive packages for investment and talent development on a large scale,
creating a virtual free zone that incubates innovation and entrepreneurship and
a center for start-ups, and creating a sandbox for revolutionary technologies
It also plans to launch local and international
campaigns to create a commercial identity and enhance its prestige, attract
funding from venture capital funds, accelerate the pace and include work
frameworks and legislation for new technology to facilitate the establishment
of new technology companies, establish a fund for research, development and
creation of intellectual property, and update labor laws to suit the needs of
the future workforce, consolidating the key performance indicators of the
national vision at the government level, and launching 5G services.
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