Ammon News - The National Center for Innovation (NCI) has become a member of the ORCID global organization to support the activities of scientific research, development, and innovation in Jordan.

The NCI, affiliated with The Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST), has signed an agreement through Jordan Open Innovation Platform (JOIP) with ORCID whereby it will be linked with the ORCID database to have an automatic and bidirectional information exchange.

The membership would enable building the main structure of JOIP to link all the researchers and innovators in Jordan by providing them with a unique international identity. It would also allow for a verified, organized, and automatically updated database for researchers and innovators based on reliable data from international indexes.

The system will be based on the ORCID database, making it locally and internationally recognized, linking all innovation, research, and development activities.

The HCST is the first Jordanian institution to secure ORCID membership and join hundreds of international institutions and organizations affiliated with this non-profit organization.

ORCID is considered a significant part of the broader digital infrastructure for information exchange concerning scientific research, development, and innovation activities in the international arena.

The agreement was signed by HCST Secretary-General Dia-Eddin Arafah and ORCID Executive Director Chris Shillum.

The NCI was co-established by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) and the Middle East and North Africa Transition Fund (MENA TF) under the supervision of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).