AMMAN — Orange Jordan agreed with the
Hashemite University to launch a FabLab at the faculty of engineering soon,
Orange said in a statement.
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The move is part of “Innovation Space”, a three-year
project co-funded by the EU’s “Innovation for Enterprise Growth and Jobs”
program, which aims at promoting digital empowerment and innovation culture on
a wider scale.
“The new FabLab is an extension of the ‘Innovation
Space’ project that seeks to expand Orange’s free digital programs and give the
youth the opportunity to benefit from training in digital skills growing in
demand to enhance their employability and support them in launching their own
projects,” the statement said.
Under the
agreement, the
Orange FabLab will “provide a comprehensive training in digital
fabrication skills, tools, and machinery to enable joiners to create prototypes
and benefit from 3D printing technologies, laser cutting and CNC machines in
starting their innovative projects,” according to the statement.
It said Orange Jordan “affirmed its keenness to
extend its free digital programs to cover the Kingdom at large, as the number
of beneficiaries/certificates granted within the ‘Innovation Space’ project
reached 20,000.” Orange noted that it continues to expand the scope of the
programs in partnership with the EU.
The Hashemite University FabLab is set to digitally
empower youth for more employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, stemming
from Orange Jordan’s role as a responsible digital leader and its belief in
youth’s active contribution to driving sustainable development, the company
added.
It quoted Fawaz Al-Abdel-Haq Al-Zboon, Hashemite
University president, as saying that he highly values Orange Jordan’s
continuous initiatives and “is proud of the cooperation with company in
establishing the Orange FabLab.
He said FabLab reinforces the efforts of the
university and its faculty of engineering to enable students and graduates in
terms of skills, as well as offer them an opportunity to benefit from this
leading project in digital fabrication and innovation that prove vital to
elevate their fourth industrial revolution skillset and increase their competitiveness
in the local and global labor markets.
Zboon also
asserted the importance of the Hashemite University and Orange Jordan’s
partnership “as a model for national institutions seeking to enrich Jordan’s
youth skills and drive growth in the national economy by providing human
capital equipped to excel and compete.”
That, he added, will increase students’
opportunities in the labor market, enable them to start their own projects and
startups, and empower them in their careers to enhance their contribution to
socioeconomic progress, all in line with the university’s vision: “from the
Hashemite University to the world.”
The EU-funded “Innovation Space” project supports
the expansion of Orange Jordan’s digital programs to include nine Community
digital centers, five new coding academies, 5 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, according to the statement.
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