The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) Committee ratified several agreements and memorandums of understanding during its ninth ordinary session held today, Thursday, chaired by the Chairman of the GAM Committee, Dr. Yousef Al-Shawarbeh.
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Al-Shawarbeh extended his congratulations to His Majesty King Abdullah II and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on the occasion of the Islamic New Year (Hijri New Year), wishing it to be a year of goodness and peace for the Arab and Islamic nations.
He also directed a message of thanks and appreciation to the players of the national football team, "Al-Nashama," for their historic first-ever participation in the 2026 World Cup finals and for their distinguished efforts.
During the session, the committee ratified a draft cooperation agreement with the Al-Faisal and Al-Fares Charitable Association to implement an initiative supporting the children of GAM's sanitation workers (Ummal Al-Watan). The agreement stipulates providing academic scholarships to ten of the top-performing High School (Tawjihi) students among the children of GAM workers.
The committee also ratified a draft agreement to improve traffic violation collection services, intended to be signed with the Bal'ama Municipality. This comes within the framework of enhancing coordination and cooperation to support and develop the methods and mechanisms for collecting municipality resources, enabling them to accomplish their assigned tasks.
Furthermore, the committee approved a draft agreement with the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development regarding cooperation to launch a communication campaign for social behavior change under the "Read to Me" program in the city of Amman and across all governorates of the Kingdom, thereby contributing to the promotion of reading among children.
During the session, the GAM Committee also approved the acceptance of a donation of 234 books presented to GAM’s Department of Public Libraries by various cultural entities and institutions. This aims to enhance cultural awareness and enrich the knowledge content provided by its network of libraries across different areas of the capital.
The committee ratified a draft memorandum of understanding with the University of Jordan to strengthen cooperation in the fields of scientific and engineering studies, exchange expertise and competencies, provide consultations, and implement joint projects and sustainability programs to achieve sustainable development goals.
Lastly, it approved a draft memorandum of understanding with the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA), aimed at organizing and developing procedures related to food monitoring within GAM’s jurisdictions, both qualitatively and quantitatively, and preventing duplication in inspection duties.
