In the present day, June 13, Sahara Forest Undertaking and Al Hussein Technical College held a commencement ceremony for the third cohort of feminine engineers who’ve accomplished the coaching by means of the “Upskilling Programme in Agriculture Expertise and Meals Safety”. In whole, 50 Jordanian females have graduated from this system for the reason that first cohort began in 2020.
The Upskilling Program falls inside the SFP’s “She Grows” strategic pillar and is now one among SFP and HTU’s strategic partnership applications to empower girls and youth in agritech and meals safety. This system supposed to extend employment alternatives for the contributors by specializing in the abilities required within the labor market, akin to specialised technical abilities within the areas of climate-smart agriculture, English language, analysis, technical writing, and communication abilities.
Skilled practitioners and specialists designed and delivered the coaching. In addition to, chosen feminine leaders served as volunteer mentors to information the graduates by means of their self-development and market entry journey.
Talking on to the feminine graduates, Managing Director Kjetil Stake of SFP mentioned:
“Pricey college students, we admire that you simply wish to play your half in modernizing the agriculture sector in Jordan. You will have discovered so much, however so have we by means of your questions, concepts, and curiosity. You have got challenged us, motivated us, and impressed us. It has been a significant privilege to have you ever on board with all of your expertise.”
Stake additionally emphasised that the long-term ambition is that a few of the feminine graduates can begin work on the upscaled, totally industrial SFP facility, while additionally recognizing the truth that an essential achievement is the inclusion of SFP actions in Aqaba within the newest UN local weather report, IPPC report, the place Sahara Forest Undertaking is introduced ahead by world-leading Local weather Scientists as a 1-page case research.
The Norwegian Ambassador H.E. Espen Lindbæck mentioned “To our fantastic graduates, I hope this program has energized and impressed you to work in the direction of meals safety and greener agricultural expertise, and that it has given you some new instruments for making this imaginative and prescient a actuality. I’m very excited to see the place this program takes you, and stay up for listening to about your concepts and experiences. Rethinking how we produce meals is an important activity within the face of local weather change, power crises, rising meals costs, and water shortage.”
Moreover, Prof. Ismael Al Hinti said that “with the commencement of the third cohort of this wonderful program, we’re proud that after two years of collaboration and the entire accomplishments we’ve shared with SFP, we’ve created such a high-quality program that empowers younger females to be lively gamers in Jordan’s meals safety and to be unbiased sufficient to start out their very own tasks based mostly on their very own concepts and to contribute to the expansion of their communities”.
Image from one of many coaching on the Sahara Forest Undertaking Launch Station in Aqaba, Jordan.
The Upskilling Program falls inside the SFP’s “She Grows” strategic pillar and is now one among SFP and HTU’s strategic partnership applications to empower girls and youth in agritech and meals safety. This system supposed to extend employment alternatives for the contributors by specializing in the abilities required within the labor market, akin to specialised technical abilities within the areas of climate-smart agriculture, English language, analysis, technical writing, and communication abilities.
Skilled practitioners and specialists designed and delivered the coaching. In addition to, chosen feminine leaders served as volunteer mentors to information the graduates by means of their self-development and market entry journey.
Talking on to the feminine graduates, Managing Director Kjetil Stake of SFP mentioned:
“Pricey college students, we admire that you simply wish to play your half in modernizing the agriculture sector in Jordan. You will have discovered so much, however so have we by means of your questions, concepts, and curiosity. You have got challenged us, motivated us, and impressed us. It has been a significant privilege to have you ever on board with all of your expertise.”
Stake additionally emphasised that the long-term ambition is that a few of the feminine graduates can begin work on the upscaled, totally industrial SFP facility, while additionally recognizing the truth that an essential achievement is the inclusion of SFP actions in Aqaba within the newest UN local weather report, IPPC report, the place Sahara Forest Undertaking is introduced ahead by world-leading Local weather Scientists as a 1-page case research.
The Norwegian Ambassador H.E. Espen Lindbæck mentioned “To our fantastic graduates, I hope this program has energized and impressed you to work in the direction of meals safety and greener agricultural expertise, and that it has given you some new instruments for making this imaginative and prescient a actuality. I’m very excited to see the place this program takes you, and stay up for listening to about your concepts and experiences. Rethinking how we produce meals is an important activity within the face of local weather change, power crises, rising meals costs, and water shortage.”
Moreover, Prof. Ismael Al Hinti said that “with the commencement of the third cohort of this wonderful program, we’re proud that after two years of collaboration and the entire accomplishments we’ve shared with SFP, we’ve created such a high-quality program that empowers younger females to be lively gamers in Jordan’s meals safety and to be unbiased sufficient to start out their very own tasks based mostly on their very own concepts and to contribute to the expansion of their communities”.