INJAZ

INJAZ (Arabic: إنجاز‎‎) is a youth-centered non-profit organization established in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in 1999.

INJAZ
إنجاز

Founded	1999
Focus	Youth, Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship
Location	Amman, Jordan
Employees	90+
Website	injaz.org.jo

This non-profit organization focuses on developing skills of the youth in four main thematic areas:

1. Financial Education

2. Life Skills

3. Business and Entrepreneurship

4. Employment

These four fundamental skills are developed through a variety of programs, which are delivered to youth in schools, universities, community colleges, and various social institutions.

This organization implements programs across Jordan, in twelve governorates, by working with partners from the private and public sectors.

History

Sponsored by Queen Rania,[1] INJAZ was established in 1999 as a project under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded organization Save the Children. In the early stages the project encountered opposition, notably in Ma'an; it was re-launched in 2001 by Soraya Salti as an independent non-profit.[2] Its activities reached over 100,000 school students in Jordan during the 2010–11 academic year.[3]

Its aim is to meet a perceived need for vocational training, providing young people with entrepreneurship skills and enhancing their employability.[4][5] The program has been funded in part by the business sector,[6] and involves volunteers from private business in delivering the training.[7]

It implements over 44 programs throughout Jordan's 12 governorates, in close collaboration with 3000 schools, 41 universities/colleges, and 50 youth centers.

Volunteerism

INJAZ has a platform to set up volunteer services.

INJAZ already succeeded in institutionalizing volunteerism within the corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, which have been already adopted by many of its over-300 private and public sector partners.

Organization

INJAZ is headquartered in Amman, Jordan with field offices in Irbid, Zarqa, Karak, Wadi Musa, Tafilah and Aqaba.

References

1. Soraya Altorki (2015). A Companion to the Anthropology of the Middle East. Wiley. p. 398. ISBN 978-1-118-47567-6.
2. P. Andrews; F. Wood (8 December 2013). Uberpreneurs: How to Create Innovative Global Businesses and Transform Human Societies. Springer. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-1-137-37615-2.
3. Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work. UNESCO. 2012. p. 246. ISBN 978-92-3-104240-9.
4. Report on trade mission to Tunisia, Jordan, Oman, and Egypt. DIANE Publishing. 2005. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4289-5005-4.
5. Navtej Dhillon; Tarik Yousef (2011). Generation in Waiting: The Unfulfilled Promise of Young People in the Middle East. Brookings Institution Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8157-0472-0.
6. Christopher M. Schroeder (2013). Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East. St. Martin's Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-137-35671-0.
7. World Bank (2004). Gender and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Women in the Public Sphere. World Bank Publications. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8213-5676-0.