Projects

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...

National Policy & Strategy STI of Jordan

It aimed at reviewing and assessing the National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policies and Strategies in Jordan for the project period of 2013-2017. IBTECAR Consulting supported the Higher Council for Science and Technology of Jordan to review the national STI policies for the UNESCO Project. The project developed the strategy review and assessment framework based on international best practices, using the framework for reviewing the National Science, Technology, and Innovation strategy, and stakeholder assessment, and facilitating the focus groups’ feedback...

Innovation and Creativity stimulation in health organizations

This project, implemented in 2013, discussed how employees’ creativity can be stimulated through policies, methods, and processes at “the 3rd Symposium with the theme “Professional Training in Developing Human Capital”. It was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and organized by the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital.

Development of the national ICT strategy of Jordan

The EU project, implemented in 2012, aimed to support the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the national strategy including a master action plan, KPIs, and implementation budget and timeline. The strategy was based on stakeholder assessment (such as Intaj and TRC) as well as assessment of the market, regulations, and research.