Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - DART Student Club, of Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE), concluded its first Jordanian universities entrepreneurship conference, organized at the campus of Princess Sumaya University for Technology in order to promote a culture of entrepreneurship among students and encourage them to join DART Student Clubs.

This conference, in which more than 200 students from various Jordanian universities participated, stands as one of the club’s main goals that aim to develop a sense of leadership and entrepreneurship for the academic groups and draw their attention to the importance of establishing DART Students Clubs and how to benefit from its vital projects.

Mr. Farhan Al-kalaldah, the Executive Director of QRCE, commented: "The significance of this conference comes from the results of our field visits to more than 15 private and governmental universities across the country and from the conversations that showed students’ willingness and readiness to join DART programs that aim to raise a new generation of Jordanian business pioneers.”

Al-Kalaldah added: "Initially, we chose a group of students from 13 different universities to attend this conference and some of its training programs to acquaint them with the club’s goals and programs, urging them to invite the largest possible number of fellow students, especially that entrepreneurship has become a backbone of modern life and the axis of its modern economy."

During the 2-day event, students had the chance to learn about DART’s goals and programs and how to take advantage of their technical programs and professional trainings. Moreover, they were trained to manage and develop emerging projects and taught the skills of financial administration and managerial leadership, getting the chance to hear from some organizations working in the field of Entrepreneurship in Jordan like Endeavor Jordan, Microsoft Innovation Center, Al-Urdonia LelEbda’a, and the Business Development Center.

Mr. Mohammed Obaidat, Networking Program Manager in QRCE, explained: "Participation in the different aspects of this conference was rich and positive; especially Jordanian success stories of realistic demonstration in which we previewed the reasons for the success of a large group of entrepreneurs, as it was clear that the denominators of success were fixed and joint.. It is leadership in thought and action.”

Mr. Obaidat added: "I think that the event successfully delivered its messages to a wide range of Jordanian university students, as it successfully made them aware of the importance of establishing and joining DART clubs. Moreover, the conference was successful in demonstrating the role of QRCE and the periodic events they supervise and coordinate to help the creative owners of inventions and innovations develop their businesses."

It should be noted that the student club is an initiative of the Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship which message is summarized by the work poured into reducing the gap between the academic community and the business community through holding workshops and organizing specialized courses that reflect the pulse and the need for the labor market.