Portfolio

Strengthening Social Entrepreneurship for Migration and Development: Support to Social Entrepreneurship Structures

The project, made for the Swiss Agency for Development (SDC), aimed to upgrade enterprises’ skills in Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt. IBTECAR Consulting was responsible for the inception phase of the project in Jordan in 2020. IBTECAR conducted research and assessment of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Jordan to identify support structures for social entrepreneurship in order to extend their services. The company conducted various interviews and desk research to identify the skills and capacity-building needs of the organizations enabling them...

Impact Leaders Design Thinking Training

IBTECAR Consulting, in collaboration with the German Jordanian University, organized the largest training event on Design Thinking and problem-solving during COVID-19 in 2020, to contribute to solutions to social challenges especially in education. The program included more than 25 local and international trainers and coaches in the field of Design Thinking with more than 200 participants across various digital platforms in many countries.

Digitalization Energy Hackathon

The Energy Digitalization Hackathon aimed at introducing participants to the available digital services in the market and the local challenges in the energy sector to come up with an innovative solution. IBTECAR Consulting in cooperation with the German Jordanian University and the New Castle University implemented the UK competition that took place in 2020. Participants were trained on several skills such as design thinking, IoT, and Business Model Canvas. Furthermore, they were supported by experienced coaches to initiate and pitch...

Impact Week Program and training

The program aimed to support youth in Jordan in addressing solutions for local challenges through establishing social innovations, enterprises, and businesses. IBTECAR Consulting was the lead implementation partner for the “Impact Week Program Jordan 2019” while collaborating with the German Jordanian University (Jordan), the Help Alliance (Germany), and other partners. The program, implemented in 2019, involved Train the Trainers of coaches on Design Thinking and human-centered design along with training for 100 youth on social innovations with high impact. IBTECAR...

Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) Innovation Unit Design

The project, which was implemented from 2018 to 2019, aimed to support services in open innovation delivered to members of the Jordan Chamber of Industry. IBTECAR was responsible for designing and developing an innovation unit in the Jordan Chamber of Industry, assessing stakeholders, coaching and export of innovative solutions, and conducting and designing several workshops on the food industry and packaging innovation for stakeholders and members of the Jordan Chamber of Industry. The project concluded with an innovation support unit...

The Civil Society Facility (CSF) South

The EU-funded program aimed to build the capacity of youths in various Southern Mediterranean countries. IBTECAR Consulting designed and implemented the program “Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Capacity Building” targeting Youth leaders affiliated with social enterprises, CSOs, and NGOs. The Capacity Building program, implemented in 2018, involved various training sessions, hands-on coaching, and planning of youth projects aiming at establishing social enterprises and ventures. The program combined face-to-face technical support (workshops) through the delivery of relevant skills and followed by a...

Shoman Foundation Innovation Award Design

The Innovation Award Design program aimed to support and develop innovative and creative start-ups. IBTECAR Consulting conducted an assessment on Innovation and Research Funding in Jordan and various related fundings, and it organized various stakeholder and ecosystem analyses to understand the situation of innovation and entrepreneurship in Jordan. As part of the mission, IBTECAR Consulting has assessed several ongoing research and innovation grants for the Shoman Foundation on their commercialization potential to support the creation of new innovative start-ups. The...

Water & Sanitation Entrepreneurship Program

The program, implemented in 2017, aimed to support the establishment of new ventures focused on solving challenges related to water, sanitation, and environmental issues. IBTECAR Consulting worked in collaboration with CEWAS Middle East through a Swiss project, to develop the program, delivering various trainings on Design Thinking, Business Model Innovation, and market feasibility. Besides, more than 6 months of coaching were organized for various ventures that participated in the program.

SRTD2

The EU project aimed to help people build their own open-source renewable energy devices under Do-It-Yourself (DIY) projects that can be used in start-ups, camps, and houses. In 2015-2016, IBTECAR Consulting launched “CleanTech.IBTECAR”, an online community and marketplace for DIY, which enables visitors of the platform to benefit from the detailed description and instructions for building clean energy technology devices for free. IBTECAR Consulting has selected the DIY approach to promote the culture of collaboration and provide simple renewable energy...