Ammon News -

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship has launched the "Jordan Growth Programme (Free Business Platforms)."

Funded by the World Bank, the programme aims to enhance access to income-generating opportunities in various economic activities using digital self-employment platforms, which would help empower the target groups, with a focus on underprivileged societies, according to a ministry statement issued on Sunday.

The e-initiative also targets inclusion of women, especially from communities with limited job opportunities and refugees, the statement noted.

The program offers grants of up to $200 thousand to civil society organizations and non-profit companies to cover up to 80% of costs spent in providing services to individuals to use technology, raise the standards of services quality, and network with buyers and target markets, the statement pointed out.

Moreover, the statement said priority is given to the sectors in which Syrian women and refugees are "active."

On the target areas, the statement said these platforms include graphic design, administrative, technical support services, translation, private lessons, care domains, and handicrafts, among others.

Speaking during the launching ceremony, Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Ahmed Hananda, said participatory economy facilitated emergence of free employment platforms, as one of the advanced solutions to fight unemployment and increase per capita income, which would achieve sustainable revenues and stimulate competitiveness.

There is a high demand for these platforms by many large, medium and even small companies, both at the domestic and global levels, as this concept has achieved "great" success in many countries across the world, which increased its attractiveness "significantly," according to the minister.