Ammon News - Canadian Minister of International Development Harjit Sajjan, on Wednesday visited INJAZ incubator "mySTARTUP" to review its plans, programs and projects.

During the visit, Sajjan also met entities and institutions working in partnership with the Canadian government.

According to INJAZ statement, Sajjan's visit to its business incubator comes within a partnership, with the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) to implement a project to support women's economic opportunities in Jordan, which was launched in 2018, with the support of the Canadian government.

At a meeting with JNJAZ CEO, Deema Bibi, Sajjan discussed Jordan's entrepreneurship activities and went over ways to enhance cooperation to support the Kingdom's youth entrepreneurial sector.

Sajjan said small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of all economies worldwide, noting that youth unemployment challenge, refugee influx and global pandemic are enormous hardships, but young people are the solution.

He stressed the need to pay attention for youth's important ideas and aspirations to help governments worldwide to address their concerns and build an inclusive future.

For her part, INJAZ CEO said "mySTARTUP" incubator is part of the entrepreneurship environment in Jordan, and works directly with all stakeholders to advance this sector.

Bibi also noted the incubator includes a large group of female and male entrepreneurs, who have established companies in various fields.

INJAZ has been working with its CBIE partners for more than 4 years, to provide economic opportunities for Jordanian women to increase their participation in the labor market and make a clear impact, she said.

Within this partnership, Bibi noted INJAZ is working on other axes related to development of entrepreneurship programs and community leadership implemented in schools and universities.

In addition, INJAZ has launched a national campaign to support women role in the labor market and held various public and private sectors' seminars to enhance this women-driven effort and their contribution to development of the national economy, she pointed out.

Then, Sajjan met a group of male and female entrepreneurs and learned about their projects and startups that benefited from Canadian partnership and support for Jordanian institutions.