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EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN Programme meet National Aid Funds

March 16, 2021

EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN Programme organized two meetings with the representatives of the Jordanian support funds, namely Tkiyet Um Ali, the Zakat Fund, the Aman Fund and the National Aid Fund, to discuss ways of developing the access of underprivileged Jordanians to the program’s scholarships for the Queen Rania Teacher Academy’s Teacher Education Professional Diploma, and facilitate the application for them During the meeting, the Queen Rania Teacher Academy representatives presented the admission requirements for the diploma, and a discussed the challenges of they face to reach the applicants. Moreover, the funds representatives talked about their appropriate mechanisms for communicating with …

Vocational Training Diploma Scholarships 2021

January 18, 2021

The EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN program, funded by the EU through the regional trust fund “Madad” in response to the Syrian crisis and managed by the German Jordanian University, announces that the door is now open for Jordanians and Syrian refugees to apply for Vocational Training Diploma Scholarships at Luminus Technical University College for the second semester of the academic year 2020/2021. The registration period starts on Wednesday 20/01/2021 to Saturday 20/02/2021. 1. Applicants must be:: Of Jordanian or Syrian nationality Obtained the Jordanian high school Diploma (Tawjihi). Younger than 28 years old Obtain an initial acceptance approval from Luminus Technical University College …

Entrepreneurship Scholarship Program

January 17, 2021

EDU-SYRIA “Entrepreneurship Training Scholarship Programme” (ETSP) in Partnership with Luminus ShamalStart aims to provide proper entrepreneurial trainings and office space for 40 groups formed of Jordanian and Syrian youths to transform their progressive ideas into actual projects that can best serve their local communities. Luminus ShamalStart offers access to a comprehensive ecosystem that incubates the groups with the necessary competencies and abilities which include office space, legal and technical support, mentorship, networking access to investors, and much more to start their own businesses with the comprehensive ecosystem that facilitates transforming their progressive ideas into businesses that can best serve their …

The instructions and Procedures for Employing Syrian Workers for the Year 2020

January 10, 2021

The Official Gazette:    (4828) The Instructions for the Conditions and Procedures for the Employment of Non-Jordanian Workers of Syrian Nationality for the year 2020. Issued in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph (A) of Article (12) of the Labor Law and its Amendments No. 8 of the Year 1996. Article (1): These instructions are called (Instructions for Conditions and Procedures for the Employment of Non-Jordanian Workers of Syrian Nationality for the year 2020.) And it is valid as of the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Article (2): The following words and expressions wherever they appear in these instructions …

Nuffics’ EDU-SYRIA Second Newsletter

January 5, 2021

Nuffic, the Dutch organization for Internationalization in education, as part of the EDU-SYRIA III consortium, will be responsible for managing the call for proposals for local organizations to submit projects that will support the Jordanian and Syrian youth education by developing their skills and strengthen their competencies. This Nuffic EDU-SYRIA newsletter will present the program progress quarterly.

EDU-SYRIA Inspiring Story: Amer Hijazi

November 29, 2020

Amer was studying for his computer technologies diploma back in Syria when his passion for technology had led him to open a Computer maintenance and supplies store. yet soon after he graduated he was eager to continue learning and study graphics design, and therefore he traveled to Jordan to study. Unfourtently when he was just about to graduate; the war erupted in Syria and he stayed in Jordan, not as a student anymore but as a refugee. To provide for himself, Amer worked as a designer in a kitchens designing company. In 2016, he applied for the EDU-SYRIA scholarship where …

EDU-SYRIA: Bottleneck Alleviation Programme-BAP

November 16, 2020

EDU-SYRIA Programme is a series of EU-funded projects via the EU Regional Trust Fund (EUTF) in response to the Syrian crisis, directed and managed by the German Jordanian University in Jordan. The programme provides higher education and training scholarships to Syrian refugees and underprivileged Jordanian youth to improve their livelihood by being self-sufficient. The current EDUSYRIA phase, 15 million Euros, has been awarding 2,245 scholarships through eight Actions/Components that are implemented by a consortium of 9 national and international, academic and NGO partners. Among the consortium partners is NUFFIC, an international Dutch organization for the internationalization in education. NUFFICs’ global …

Protracted Displacement Conference 3rd Day

November 3, 2020

The EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN program funded by the EU through the regional trust fund “Madad” in response to the Syrian crisis and managed by the German Jordanian University (GJU), co-sponsored and co-organized the third day of the virtual conference “Protracted Displacement: Hopes, Perspectives and Solutions?”, that took place On the 3rd of November 2020. The conference discussed a variety of subtopics with the participation of many Authors and Co-Authors from worldwide universities and institutions, where it had the Refugee’s current situation and circumstances as the highlight of the conference. It discussed how Syrian Refugees are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic resulting in …

EDU-SYRIA III Project Awards 651 New Scholarships

October 23, 2020

The EDU-SYRIA III program, funded by the EU through the regional trust fund “Madad” in response to the Syrian crisis and managed by the German Jordanian University, awarded 651 fully-funded scholarships for underprivileged Jordanian and Syrian refugee youths for the upcoming academic year 2020/2021. The new set os scholarships include 217 scholarships for Vocational training diploma and bridging for BA at Luminus technical University College for Syrian refugees and underprivileged Jordanians, 282 Bachelor’s Degree scholarships at Zarqa University for Syrian refugees, 113 master’s degree scholarships for Syrian refugees and underprivileged Jordanians, in addition to 39 scholarships for the Queen Rania …

EDU-SYRIA III Vocational Educational Scholarship Program’s Results

October 22, 2020

On Thursday , 22nd of October EDU-SYRIA Scholarship programme have held the Selection Process of the EDU-SYRIA III Vocational Education Scholarship Program at Luminus Technichal University College. A total of 502 applications were submitted to EDU-SYRIA III Vocational Education Scholarship Program (HND5) for the academic year of 2020/2021. A net of 217 Syrian applicants were accepted with 193 from outside refugee camps and 24 applicants from refugee camps. Another 16 Jordanian applicants, identified as underprivileged, were accepted into the same scholarship program. In addition to being (i) Syrian refugee, (ii) has a Jordanian magnetic security card, (iii) resident of Jordan, (vi) has …