In a move aligned with Jordan's national digital transformation agenda, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship has partnered with UniHouse to deploy Ostathi Jordan — a structured digital marketplace designed to take Jordanian professionals from skills training to verified income in the global gig economy.
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Jordan's youth unemployment challenge is not new. But the approach being taken under this initiative is. Rather than delivering training and hoping for employment outcomes, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE), through the
Youth, Technology, and Jobs (YTJ) Project, has partnered with
UniHouse to deploy a fully integrated digital workforce development system — one that does not stop at certification but takes beneficiaries all the way to active market participation and income generation.
At the centre of this initiative is
Ostathi Jordan — a national digital skills marketplace developed by UniHouse that connects trained and certified professionals to clients locally, regionally, and globally. Ostathi is not a job board. It is a structured platform through which a Jordanian professional can build a verified digital identity, publish services, attract clients, and receive payment from anywhere in the world.
A Framework Built for Outcomes, Not Outputs
The deployment of Ostathi Jordan is underpinned by the
UniHouse Workforce & Entrepreneurship Engine™ (WEE) — an eight-stage digital workforce development framework that integrates outreach, skills training, entrepreneurship activation, professional credentialing, marketplace launch, and income generation into a single, structured pathway.
What distinguishes this model from conventional training programmes is its accountability architecture. All training delivered through the Ostathi ecosystem is governed by the
UniHouse Capacity Development Evaluation Framework (CDEF) — a rigorous measurement system that tracks outcomes at five levels, from individual competency assessment through to verified income generation. Crucially, because income flows through the Ostathi platform, every payment is recorded and verifiable — eliminating the self-reporting problem that undermines outcome measurement in most workforce programmes.
"Jordan does not need more training programmes. It needs a structured pathway — from skills to credentials to clients to income. That is what Ostathi delivers, and that is what this partnership with MoDEE makes possible at national scale."
Addressing Jordan's Most Pressing Employment Priorities
The initiative directly targets the populations most affected by Jordan's employment challenges. Special focus is placed on youth and first-time job seekers, women and under-represented groups, unemployed and underemployed individuals, and aspiring entrepreneurs — with flexible, remote-capable income pathways designed to remove the geographic and cultural barriers that prevent many Jordanians from accessing formal employment.
The training tracks offered through Ostathi Jordan are aligned to real labour market demand — including digital marketing, coding and programming, data analysis, UI/UX design, and remote business services. Graduates do not receive generic certificates. They receive
digitally verifiable credentials linked permanently to their Ostathi profile — credentials that a client in Amman, Dubai, or London can verify in seconds.
Technology Infrastructure Supported by Microsoft
The Ostathi platform operates on cloud and AI infrastructure supported by
Microsoft, enabling adaptive learning, multilingual content delivery, and scalable access across Jordan. This ensures the initiative can grow — from initial cohorts to thousands of professionals — without compromising quality, security, or user experience.
UniHouse serves as strategic advisor and implementation partner throughout the engagement, overseeing platform deployment, training quality, and outcomes measurement — ensuring alignment with international capacity development standards at every stage.
A Model With Global Relevance, Built in Jordan
The WEE framework powering this initiative is not Jordan-specific. It is a globally replicable digital workforce development model that has been designed to meet the evidence and accountability standards of international development funders including the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. Its deployment through MoDEE and the YTJ Project positions Jordan as an implementation case study — demonstrating that structured, digitally enabled pathways from training to income are achievable at national scale.
For a full overview of the WEE framework and the digital infrastructure that powers Ostathi, visit the
UniHouse website. To explore the Ostathi platform and its approach to digital skills and marketplace participation, visit
Ostathi Jordan or
Ostathi Global.
References and further reading:
Ostathi Jordan —
jo.ostathi.com
Ostathi Global —
WEE Framework Article
MoDEE expands Ostathi —
Roya News coverage Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE)
About UniHouse: UniHouse is a digital workforce development organisation and the developer of the Ostathi platform. UniHouse serves as strategic advisor and implementation partner for the Ostathi Jordan initiative under MoDEE and the YTJ Project. —
unihouse.com.jo
