Young Women`s Christian Association (YWCA - Jordan) held a graduation ceremony on Tuesday 14th of March 2023 for Syrian refugee and vulnerable Jordanian beneficiaries who completed Health Caregiver Vocational Training for elderly accredited by Technical and Vocational Skills Development Commision. The ceremony was attended by Ms. Lara Nassar, the Regional Nuffic Office Representative, Dr. Abd...

EDU-SYRIA held the first group discussion with refugee students’ beneficiaries of EDU-SYRIA and DAFI scholarships in collaboration with UNHCR on Thursday 09th of March 2023. The main objective of such collaboration is to highlight needs and demands and to support achieving the 15by30 Goal; increasing enrolment of refugee youth in higher education to 15% by 2030, through recognizing the significan...

DAAD Jordan held a workshop for EDU-SYRIA beneficiaries of the Graduate Studies Scholarship Program (GSSP), as this program is managed by DAAD Jordan, on Saturday 25th of February 2023. The workshop was opened by Mr. Benjamin Schmäling, the Director of DAAD Regional Office Amman, who delivered a welcome note and Dr. Dhiah el Diehn Abou-Tair, EDU-SYRIA Project Manager, who introduced EDU-SYRIA ...

Luminus Jordan Start held an information session to introduce the Entrepreneurship Training Scholarship Program (ETSP) funded by EDU-SYRIA and its conditions on Thursday 23rd of February 2023 from 12:00 - 13:00 pm in Luminus Jordan Start campus in Irbid. The Entrepreneurship Training Scholarship Program (ETSP) targets Syrian refugee and vulnerable Jordanian entrepreneurs to turn their ideas, ...

Specto held the final conference of the Digital Empowerment and Entrepreneurship for Refugees (DEER) that brought together over 100 representatives of key partners, universities, NGOs, and beneficiaries on Monday 20th of February 2023. The DEER project is one of the “Bottlenecks Alleviation Program (BAP)” selected projects. BAP is implemented by Nuffic and funded by EDU-SYRIA through the Euro...

The Technical Vocational Training Academy held a graduation ceremony for EDU-SYRIA beneficiaries of the Vocational Diploma in Hybrid and Electrical Cars (HE Cars) on Thursday 16th of February 2023. The HE Cars training diploma course provided the beneficiaries with the skills required to maintain Electric and Hybrid vehicles and training encompassing all aspects of working in vehicle maintena...

EDU-SYRIA students of the Bachelor Scholarship Program (BSP) at Zarqa University, Tasneem Halawani and Shaimaa Al-Asimi from the College of Technology Engineering, Department of Architecture won the first place in The Community Innovation Challenge: The Inclusive Early Education Hackathon on Sunday 12th of February 2023. The Community Innovation Challenge: The Inclusive Early Education Ha...

Zarqa University hosted an information session of the "Japanese Initiative for the Future of Syrian Refugees (JISR)" at the academic corner designated for EDU-SYRIA beneficiaries at Zarqa University on Monday 06th of February 2023. A total of 50 EDU-SYRIA students attended the information session presented by Nozomi Ohashi and Rawan Salhi. Ms. Salehi provided a thorough description of the Japa...

The “Japanese Initiative for the future of Syrian Refugees (JISR)” offers scholarships for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon to complete their master’s degree in Japanese universities. Applicants need to send their application online by Friday, 10th of March 2023. Application link available in the Application Guidelines: https://www.jica.go.jp/syria/english/office/others/c8h0vm0000ahd5f...

EDU-SYRIA held the Ninth Consortium Management Meeting at Jordan University of Science & Technology on 26th of January 2023. The meeting was attended by EDU-SYRIA management team, the EU representative and the project partners of ZU, LTUC, QRTA and DAAD. Throughout the meeting, an update on EDU-SYRIA project was presented. EDU-SYRIA contribution to the Study and Career Opportunities Virtua...