Amman, 30th September 2018. In a ceremonial event under the patronage and presence of H.E.
Faisal El-Fayez, President of the Jordanian Senate, and key notes from H.E.
Andrea Matteo Fontana, Ambassador of the EU to Jordan, and H.E. Senator Ziad Homsi,
Chairman of the Amman Chamber of Industry, met to celebrate the 15th years of
existence of EJABI, and presenting its future activities. Many dignitaries and
representatives from embassies, companies, NGOs, and governmental institutions
were present. The event took place at
ACI premises.
H.E. Faisal
El-Fayez, President of the Jordanian Senate, stated: “Our ultimate goal is to
upraise our country through investing in Human Resources. From this, I hope
that this institute will continue its actions and reach out to the vast
majority of SMEs, organizations and individuals.”
H.E. Senator Ziad Homsi, the
Chairman of the Amman Chamber of Industry emphasized: “EJABI institute left its
tremendous marks in the development of the industrial sector in Jordan. It had
a great power to distribute knowledge by providing technical support and
training. Today, EJABI is a non-profit organization to reflect ACI’s vision to
sustain this service after the EU support.”
Mr. Andrea Matteo Fontana, EU Ambassador said:
"The today's celebration shows that the Amman Chamber of Industry made an
effective use of the seed funding provided by the EU. We hope that the
institute will continue to operate in future"
In 2003/2004,
the EU and ACI partnered in order to set up the EJABI- training institute with
specific focus on further developing and supporting SMEs in Jordan.
Two-years initial funding was assured by the EU’s
so-called EJADA-program (Euro-Jordanian Action for the Development of
Enterprise), while full responsibility, both management- and financial-wise,
has been assumed by the ACI since the closure of the program.
Since its opening, EJABI was able to render services (e.g.
capacity building training to increase the managerial and technical skills of
the enterprises) to more 20000 delegates, 500 clients, and delivered more than 3000
training days.
Nowadays, EJABI is available to a broad audience, to
which it offers unique and boutique venues placed in the heart of Amman for
workshops, trainings, seminars and tailor-made events.