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.
Amman, on December 15th, 2020, the EDU-SYRIA team held virtually the first consortium management meeting for the EDU-SYRIA III project. The meeting aims at discussing the project’s progress and opens a discussion venue among the partners. EDU-SYRIA programme manager, Dr. Dhiah Abou-Tair welcomed the the consortium partners and introduced EDU-SYRIA Management team. The GJU president and director of EDU-SYRIA programme Prof. Fayyad opened the meeting by expressing her gratitude for the team and thanking all partners for making it possible. Moreover, Dr. Abou-Tair presented the project components, and objectives and went through the meeting agenda. The Attaché of the Regional …
Mazen Al-Natour was born in Syria in the spring of 2001. In 2012 he moved to Jordan due to the war in Syria and is now a student at Zarqa University under EDU-SYRIA Program funded by EU, studying electrical engineering. An ambitious and loving young man who started his story with volunteer work since 2015. He implemented and participated in many charitable initiatives aimed at community service. Mazen has some talents such as acting and photography, and these things he exploited in volunteer work, as he has presented theatrical performances in various regions of the Kingdom of Jordan, he covers …
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 …
The EU Delegation to Jordan and the EU Neighbours South project are organising a Virtual Campus Tour in Jordan on Sunday, 29 November 2020, from 9 am to 1 pm. The event is held under the #EU4YOUth regional communication campaign framework running in seven countries of the Southern Neighborhood region. The digital event aims to increase awareness and understanding of the EU-funded cooperation projects empowering youth in different fields. As the EU invests massively to empower Jordanian youth, the event will cover three main thematic topics through panel discussions: Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Green Deal Education and Scholarship Mobility Each panel …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
