AMMAN — The
EU and
Orange Jordan inaugurated the Orange Digital Village in Irbid as part of
“Innovation Space”. The digital village
is a three-year project co-funded by the EU’s “Innovation for Enterprise Growth
and Jobs” program.
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Orange Digital Village
in Irbid comprises a coding academy that provides training in programming
languages and personal skills required in the labor market, in addition to
internships in the
IT sector, which embodies the project’s goal of “training
for employment.” The village also includes a Fabrication Lab that offers
training on the latest machines, tools, and programs in the field of digital
fabrication, as well as BIG by Orange, a Business Startup Growth Platform that
supports entrepreneurs with their start-ups.
The event was attended
by the head of Economic, Infrastructure, and Trade Facilitation of the EU
delegation to Jordan
Sirpa Tulla, Mayor of Greater Irbid Municipality Nabil
Al-Kofahi, who was deputizing for Governor of Irbid, Assistant to the Governor Rami
Al-Bader, President of Yarmouk University Professor Islam Massad, and Dean of
Hijjawi College for Engineering Technology at Yarmouk University Professor
Muwaffaq Otoom, Head of Agence Francaise de Developpement in Jordan Laurent
Duriez, as well as the CEO of Orange Jordan Thierry Marigny, in addition to
several executive directors, managers, and media representatives.
During the event, the
CEO of
Orange Jordan, Marigny, stressed the company’s keenness to extend the
reach of free digital programs across the Kingdom, as they will enhance youth’s
employability, equip them with the needed skills, and support start-ups in
governorates with large and young populations like Irbid, valuing that the
partnership between EU and Orange Jordan to continue implementing the
“Innovation Space” project and expand the circle of beneficiaries of digital
education and contribute to empowering them.
Marigny added that the
company is harnessing its resources to increase employment opportunities in
line with labor market requirements in various sectors, especially in terms of
digital skills, which are becoming increasingly important, as well as enabling
beneficiaries to launch feasible projects driving digital economy and social
progress, within the framework of Orange Jordan’s comprehensive corporate
social responsibility strategy which stems from its role as a responsible
digital leader.
Moreover, Marigny
thanked the Mayor of
Greater Irbid Municipality Kofahi, for sharing the vision
of Orange Jordan and the EU’s vision of empowerment and facilitating the
implementation of Orange Digital Village in Irbid to benefit Irbid and nearby
communities and enhance youth skills in the most in-demand fields, noting that
the company continues to execute several projects and partnerships across Irbid
and its universities.
For his part, Kofahi
asserted that the Municipality is utilizing all its resources and efforts to
support youth, enable them, and unleash their potential, as the Greater Irbid
Municipality launched a unit dedicated to enabling youth a few days ago, set to
support them and their ideas, adding that a fund has been established for the
purposes of this unit to adopt any idea and develop it to have a great impact.
Kofahi thanked Orange
Jordan and the EU for this unique step that is considered in the right
direction to establish and support a generation able to bring out all their
talents.
The EU-funded
“Innovation Space” project supports the expansion of Orange’s digital programs
to include nine Community Digital Centers, in addition to five new coding
academies, five FabLabs, eight start-up accelerators, and incubators, in
addition to an “Innovation Hub” at the Orange Digital Village in Amman.
The program is a
pioneering initiative in Jordan and a one-stop shop for digital innovation and
entrepreneurial support. It introduces digital culture, fosters digital skills —
especially among women and youth — and promotes and nurtures entrepreneurship
by identifying key opportunities for digital economic growth.
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