In
order to offer citizens the opportunity to benefit from technology as
an effective tool in the local community across all segments,
focusing on governorates and seeking new methods to effectively
benefit from knowledge stations through partnering with the private
sector, the Ministry
of Information and Communications Technology (MOICT), National
Information Technology Center(NITC),
and Orange Jordan recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
under which Orange Jordan will establish and support Emaar
Al- Tafila knowledge station, through offering Cisco Certified
Training Programs.
The
MoU was signed by ICT Minister, Muthana Gharaibeh, Director General
at National Information Technology Center (NITC), Baha-Din Khasawneh,
and CEO of Orange Jordan, Thierry Marigny, in the presence of
Chairman of the Board of Directors at Orange Jordan, Dr.Shabib Ammari
and the Territory Manager at Cisco Systems, Ala AlMasri.
In
accordance with the MoU, Orange Jordan will provide the academy with
integrated telecommunication services, and will cooperate with NITC
to support and equip the academy’s knowledge station, and qualify
the trainers from Al- Tafila governorate to take the Cisco Academy
exams and obtain their certificates in many areas related to network
programming, management and network security.
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Muthana Gharaibeh said: “The knowledge stations were launched as
per His Majesty’s vision regarding digital economy and knowledge
transformation, and provide services to reach all people in
governorates, with an emphasis on the ministry's quest to find
innovative methods to benefit from knowledge stations in partnership
with the private sector
Al
Gharaibeh also affirmed that the ministry is working on supporting
the knowledge stations program through cooperating with the private
sector, to serve the local community and governorates, continuously
seeking to develop the capabilities of the academy trainers in order
for them to keep up with the global development, and provide
e-learning
in addition to developing knowledge stations to become a window for
the e-government.
Gharaibeh
praised Orange Jordan’s constant efforts in supporting and joining
various government initiatives aimed at spreading knowledge and
technology in general, and its continuous support of numerous
knowledge stations.
Dr.
Ammari praised the cooperation between MoICT
and
Orange Jordan, which always supports social responsibility since its
establishment, and reflects His Majesty King Abdullah II’s
direction in reality through concentrating on areas outside the
capital Amman, in the aim of building capabilities and focusing on
local communities and the youth in these areas.
From
his side, Marigny expressed his pride in the establishment of this
academy at Emaar Al Tafileh clarifying that Orange Jordan is the
digital partner of many institutions in the Kingdom, and through
these projects, it aims to assist governorates digital transformation
enabling its people to benefit from technology and give them an
advantage to improve their lives and communities.
From
his side, Dr. Al-Khasawneh said that the center manages the knowledge
stations spread around the country, as they offer a number of main
services including training, various internet usages, printing
research papers and reports, electronic services and scanner
services, in addition to other electronic services, training courses
and awareness activities.
He
pointed out that the main objective of the knowledge stations is to
bridge the digital gap across the governorates in the Kingdom,
develop human resources, offer them modern economic skills in the aim
of increasing their competitiveness and increase their efficiency, in
order for them to achieve a comprehensive socioeconomic development.
The
MoU is part of a series of agreements between Orange Jordan and many
reputable leading academic institutions and comes in the framework of
Orange’s five-year corporate strategy, “Essentials 2020” which
aims to contribute to the development of the local ICT sector.