NESTA Support Innovation in Jordan

Sun. 21st. July 2019

The Higher Council for Science and Technology organized the first meeting in collaboration with NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) which is a global innovation foundation, based in the UK. NESTA and HCST are delivering partners for the Global Innovation Policy Accelerator programme/ GIPA.

GIPA aims to deliver executive development to national cohorts of senior policymakers from the main innovation institutions, while strengthening the implementation capabilities of their teams. GIPA has the potential to make a real difference to national innovation system and drive greater inclusive economic development. 

The meeting targets the stakeholders and policymakers in Jordan to identify priority challenges for Jordan innovation policymaking and to focus on one or more of those challenges and to have a suggestion of a project idea.

HCST as the national umbrella for all scientific, technological and innovation activities has been selected to build the reputation, contacts and network within the kingdom innovation system.