UNIDO and GSC conducted an open day of Creative Jordan training activities

Amman - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Design and Training Services Centre (GSC) held an open day event within the "Supporting the textile value chain to create employment and economic opportunities in Jordan" project under the name of "Creative Jordan", funded by the Government of Italy. The open day was held on the 6th of September, at Mövenpick Hotel Amman, and attended by, Mrs. Eleonora Banfi, on behalf of the head of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Jordan (AICS) Amman, Mr. As'ad Qawasmi, the representative of the clothing and jewellery sector in Jordan Chamber of Commerce, Eng. Ehab Qadri, the representative of the leather and garment sector in Jordan Chamber of Industry and different textile sector representatives.

During the event, UNIDO and GSC announced the call for applications and the training curriculum based on the survey of skills and knowledge needs from the designers and SMEs, as one of the main outputs of the project, to build up the production and business capacities of Jordanian designers and textile manufacturers in Jordan.

The training curriculum has two training modules. Technical skills training, targeting individual designers with intermediate and above levels who have had experience designing their garment products and technical workers from Small to Medium Enterprises that are registered and have a functioning production line for garments. The second training module is Export and Business Development Training, targeting individual designers with intermediate and above levels, who have had experience designing their garment products and owners/representatives from upper management of Small to Medium Enterprises that are registered and have a functioning production line for garments. The Three months training program aims to train 200 designers and Small to Medium Enterprises interested in raising their capabilities and participating in the training courses of the program.

The two-year project will play a key role in enhancing economic opportunities and job creation in Jordan's textile and fashion value chains through capacity building and effective linkages. It is estimated that women will represent at least 40% of the project's direct beneficiaries.