AMMAN — A draft set of regulations,
prepared last week by the
Ministry of Social Development, seeks to promote the
principle of self-reliance among members of society and change attitudes from counting
on aid to contributing to self-development.
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The
Legislation and Opinion Bureau had
issued on November 23 the draft regulations relating to “the provision of
financial aid to individuals, households, charities, as well as entities and
institutions working in social welfare”.
The ministry’s media spokesman, Ashraf
Khreis, told
Jordan News that the regulations are aimed at reducing poverty and
unemployment, providing job opportunities for local communities, empowering
households, and improving living standard, as well as enabling charities to
reach their target groups.
Target groups include families, youth,
charitable societies, entities, institutions, and social centers that engage in
or supervise social welfare and charitable work.
Under the regulations, a sum of money would
be offered to the target groups in the form of grants and/or loans to establish
productive and/or development projects under an agreement that would be signed
by the two sides. A project has been identified as “any economic activity that
contributes to increasing income.”
Financial resources for the planned aid
packages will consist of the ministry’s annual government allocations and any grants
received by the ministry in addition to any other approved resources, provided
they are not from non-Jordanian sources.
Fidaa Al-Hmoud, head of the Legislation
and Opinion Bureau, told
Jordan News that the bureau is obligated to wait for
15 days from the date the regulations were issued before legal processes begin.
“The 15 days allow the bureau to receive any comments on the regulations,” she
said.
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