Jordan has committed itself to incorporating ICT into the daily lives of all its citizens. As part of Jordan’s broader aspirations for a knowledge-based economy and society, efforts are underway to broaden access to ICT technologies to communities, businesses, and families across the Kingdom. His Majesty King Abdullah II, kick-starting this agenda, established the Knowledge Stations, which serve as access points for ICT services to communities.
In support of this agenda, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MoICT), introduced the Connecting Jordanians Initiative (CJI), which aims to coordinate and accelerate critical developments and reforms intended to make ICT an important facet in the lives of all Jordanians and to improve their economic, social and cultural prospects in meaningful ways.
The E-Village Project aims to establish a pilot ICT village in which all citizens; being youth, women and men, can benefit from various e-services through focused capacity building, job placement and awareness raising programs.
The intention is to create a model development approach that focuses national e-initiatives to integrate their activities to meet the above objective. This model can then be replicated in other villages and cities.