The event

On November 27 2019, An-Najah National University, joined by its partners, will officially launch their project MoreThanAJob (Reinforcing social and solidarity economy for the unemployed, uneducated and refugees). The event will be in held in Grand Hyatt Amman Hotel, Amman – Jordan.

Project and Partnership

MoreThanAJob is a project funded under the EU “ENI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin” Programme with a budget of €2 million, out of which €1.8 million as EU contribution. The project started on September 4^tg, 2019 and will last for three years.

The partnership, led by ANNU, covers four countries (Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Italy and Greece).

Main objectives of the project

The main objective of the project is to enforce social inclusion of vulnerable, unemployed populations by applying best practices for more effective collaboration of the SSE actors with the public administration.

MoreThanAJob will promote economic & social development by facilitating the inclusion in the employment & educational system of some of the most vulnerable population groups. It will deliver and demonstrate a framework of best practices for inclusion of the unemployed (including refugees & uneducated) in the work & education system. The framework is based on the collaboration of SSE actors and public authorities for delivering more effectively their services. Selected SSE actors will also be directly supported through sub-grants.

The SSE actors & public institutions will be trained in the application of the framework. Pilot sub-projects applying the framework will also take place. By assisting the target population in entering the economy, we foresee at least 500 new full-time contracts. To make an impact in the long-term, train-the-trainer seminars have been planned, as well as policy recommendations. In the long-term, by applying the framework, we foresee at least 1000 new jobs in each of the target countries yearly. Long-term impact is also expected in the SSE actors’ ecosystem (at least 100 new positions per year in each country).

Expected achievements of the project

The expected achievements during the implementation of the project are:

• 31.500 people covered by improved social services as a direct consequence of Programme support.
• 10 Workshops for the presentation of the results to key stakeholders
• 2 common workshops for synergies with other projects
• 3 policy briefs will be generated for practice
• Report on best practices in social schemes to the benefit of unemployment of vulnerable populations
• MoreThanAJob framework of social schemes and guidelines for its implementation (adapt the five best practices)
• 3 Train-the-trainer workshops (45 trainers)
• MoreThanAJob framework
• 3 Training seminars for SSE actors (300 participants)
• Open call (sub-grants) report
• Evaluation report on SSE sub-projects’ progress and results   Report describing the modalities of implementing the MoreThanAJob framework
• 3 Training seminars for public authorities in the field of employment, education and migration
• New/improved policy suggestions
• 10 MoUs with the SSE actors involved in sub-grants
• Development of Portal as a multilingual interactive space to enrich interaction between the SSE actors and Public administration
• 2 Project videos , 10 Press release ,3 Press conferences

Key actors invited

The following speakers are invited to the event:

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