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AMMAN – After a week loaded with activities, Endeavor Jordan and Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship QRCE concluded Global Entrepreneurship Week GEW 2010, celebrating entrepreneur achievements and exemplary success stories for Jordanian entrepreneurs.

In the closing ceremony, Carmen Saad, Endeavor Jordan Managing Director, appraised regional and international organizations, in addition to local companies who played a major role to enrich GEW’s agenda with educating programs, field activities, and specialized workshops.

Carmen said, “On behalf of the Endeavor Jordan team, I appreciate all the participants, whom have displayed an unprecedented support for the GEW to reach the largest possible amount of entrepreneurs in Jordan, helping them in adopting entrepreneurship as the basis for their careers. Allow me to extend my warmest gratitude to the sponsoring companies, in particular ARAMEX, Iris Garden, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, and Pharmacy1".

She added, “Entrepreneurship is essential for any developed economy, especially for its ability in job creation. It is one of the pillars of continuous economic development in Jordan, which is what we are attempting to establish via our entrepreneurship programs.”

Farhan Kalaldeh, QRCE Executive Director said, “GEW activities, which was extended to cover various cities and municipalities in the kingdom, was marked with a strong participation from youth leaders, prominent entrepreneurs, executives, and investors. It was also distinguished by the increasing demand from the youth to attend the several programs and activities, which was organized by more than 25 regional and international organizations.”
Kalaldeh added, “We’re required to invest in and employ this success to serve the community and motivate the entrepreneurs, to invoke their latent powers, turning them into financial projects that would benefit them and their communities. These projects will new jobs in the market and offer services such developed communities need.”

GEW’s agenda included several projects and initiatives such as the “Omorha” initiative and “Falling Up” project, in addition to specialized workshops and training sessions such as “Supporting Green and Environmental Friendly Projects” and organizing Amman Technology Tuesday.

“Tomorrow’s Choices” and “Training and Business Entrepreneurship” were two more projects conducted within the GEW. There were also field visits to four Jordanian universities, namely Al Al Bayt university, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, and the University of Jordan. GEW concluded with a display of the experiences of the “Thought Festival” winners.

It is worth mentioning that governmental organizations, academic establishments, and non-profit organizations participate in the GEW to engage students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and others to assist them in adopting a culture of entrepreneurship and employ it to serve society. GEW is a global event organized in more than 90 countries around the world in the same week in November.

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About Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE): A Non-Profit organization established in 2004 to help develop Technology Entrepreneurship in Jordan. The Center is part of El Hassan Science City, and plays the role of a national Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship. As part of QRCE strategic plan, the Center is implementing a comprehensive initiative focusing on four key areas: Networking, Recognition & Awareness, Capacity Building & Support, and Funding. Over the last five years, the center has organized many activities that benefited thousands of entrepreneurs, professionals, & students in Jordan. For more information, please visit: www.qrce.org.


Endeavor Jordan is part of a global non-profit organization which breaks down barriers that prevent emerging-market entrepreneurs from reaching their high-impact potential. Endeavor identifies entrepreneurs leading high-growth innovative companies in emerging markets. These entrepreneurs are given world-class strategic advice, access to key networks and other tools that will catapult them to success. With Endeavor's guidance they become "high-impact" - expanding employment, generating wealth and inspiring others to innovate. Often overlooked, these local entrepreneurs are now jumpstarting private sector development in their countries. Endeavor Jordan launched in 2008, to support high-impact entrepreneurship in the country. (www.endeavorjordan.org)