AMMAN — Vice President of the
Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) Fawzi Masad
said JEA has become the first association in the Kingdom to digitalize all its
services as of the beginning of 2022.
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Masad said the move was taken in light of the technological development the
world is witnessing, adding that it is slated to save JEA an estimated JD470,000.
He said that digitalization would save engineers and engineering offices time,
effort, and large sums of money because there will be no more need to print
blueprints, perform maintenance services on printing devices, and the process
of correcting a simple error on a blueprint will no longer require reprinting,
adding that many engineering offices used to need storerooms for engineering
plans, but with digital transformation, “we do not need all that”.
Masad also stressed that the
Greater Amman Municipality and the General
Directorate of Civil Defense played a role in the move toward digitalization.
The value of the financial and operational movements JEA conducted through
electronic channels amounted to approximately JD10 million. The association
witnessed a 73 percent growth in demand for electronic services this year.
Most JEA members were pleased with the change, Masad said, but some engineers —
those accustomed to the traditional way of carrying out work and procedures,
and those little or not at all versed in computer work — were against this
decision. He also said that JEA was late in taking this step, which was
supposed to start years ago.
JEA member Malek Amayreh said that the move would play an important role in
reducing financial costs, increasing efficiency, and ensuring fairness and integrity
in carrying out procedures, “in addition to the fact that this decision
protects the environment”.
Amayreh also said that JEA would face administrative and financial challenges
in implementing the digital transformation, but things will later get on the
right track and the benefits will be felt by all members of the association.
Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Ahmed Hanandeh, who visited JEA
for its digital transformation program ceremony, said that the rapid growth of
digital technology, the development of smart devices, machines, and systems,
and the increase in the ability to process data and artificial intelligence led
to unprecedented transformations in the production process, which contributed
to bringing about revolutionary changes in the digital economy.
He stressed that vital sectors like health,
education, justice, social
security, energy, and financial services should adopt digital technologies in
their data processing and make use of artificial intelligence, praising the ministry’s
effective partnership with JEA within the national business incubators program,
which included converting 40 knowledge stations into business incubators. Approximately
three to four business incubators are currently available in each governorate,
with the aim of providing an opportunity for “creative entrepreneurs” to
benefit from incubation services and develop creative ideas.
He pointed out that the partnership saw JEA sponsor the Marj Al-Hamam Business
Incubator for pioneering engineers with creative ideas.
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