Ammon News - Director General of Hashemite Fund for the Development of the Jordan Badia (HFDJB), Jamal Fayez, and Chairman of International Arab Virtues Academy Fatima Masry on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in implementing programs and initiatives that serve local community in the Jordanian Badia regions.

Fayez said the MoU aims to address the negative phenomena that ravaged societal concepts and values and affected local communities' culture, and is part of the HFDJB's endeavor to support implementation of scientific, cultural and social activities in the Badia regions, which target a number of age groups.

The MoU also sets frameworks for joint cooperation by launching an executive action plan to implement activities, programs and initiatives that are scheduled to be implemented, according to a specific timetable, and exchanging expertise and services.

The academy, a non-profit organization, is concerned with authoring, publishing and producing educational resources and seeks to promote moral awareness and empowers and develops local communities.