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Jordan Times
05-05-2025
- Business
- Jordan Times
MoU signed to economically empower persons with disabilities
HH Prince Mired, Lord Chamberlain and president of the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on Sunday signs a memorandum of understanding to economically empower persons with disabilities and enhance their participation in economy and entrepreneurship (Petra photo) AMMAN — HH Prince Mired, Lord Chamberlain and president of the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HCD), on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to economically empower persons with disabilities and enhance their participation in economy and entrepreneurship. The prince stressed the importance of building partnerships with the private sector and the non-profit organisations for their supportive role in paving the way for the persons with disabilities to become active in economy and achieving development, the Jordan News Agency, Petra reported. Nayef Steitieh, former minister of labour and founder of the Business Development Centre (BDC), pointed out that signing the MoU comes within the vision of the BDC to integrate people with disabilities into the economic system and empower them with the necessary skills through economic programmes for youth and local communities. The memorandum underlined the need to preparing a joint action plan to ensure the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the development programmes and the strategies of the centre. The MoU also stressed the need to integrate persons with disabilities into economic empowerment projects in local communities, enhancing their access to employment opportunities, and engaging them in entrepreneurship programmes and related awareness-raising efforts to increase their participation. The memorandum focused on training programmes that would promote a culture of integration and inclusion of persons with disabilities in economic life, such as training the centre's staff on the human rights methodology, appropriate communication methods with persons with disabilities, and the 'Forty Questions Guide' for achieving equal opportunities for persons with disabilities in the workplace.
Jordan Times
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Jordan Times
Prince Mired meets with EU Delegation
AMMAN — HH Prince Mired, Lord Chamberlain and President of the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HCD), on Wednesday received a European delegation, led by EU Ambassador to Jordan Christophe Chatzisavas, accompanied by the French and Belgian military attachés, as part of their official visit to the Kingdom. During the meeting, held at the HCD headquarters, Prince Mired reviewed Jordan's 'notable' progress in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities, particularly since the Kingdom's ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in 2008, according to an HCD statement. The prince highlighted key achievements and reaffirmed the prioritisation of disability rights within national institutions. He also acknowledged the 'persisting' challenges in realising these rights, stressing HCD's ongoing efforts to address them through multi-stakeholder collaboration. Chatzisavas commended Jordan's leadership in co-hosting the Global Disability Summit in partnership with Germany and the International Disability Alliance, and the efforts to protect persons with disabilities and include them into society. HCD Secretary-General Muhannad Azzeh outlined the legislative advancements achieved in recent years, most notably the enactment of the Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities No. 20 of 2017. This law stands as the first anti-discrimination legislation of its kind in the region and affirms the rights and freedoms of persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others, Azzeh added. In discussing national implementation strategies, Azzeh referred to the 10-year inclusive education strategy, the national plan to improve accessibility in existing buildings and public facilities, and the national strategy to replace institutional care with community-based support services. He noted that Jordan's selection as a co-host of the Global Disability Summit reflects its sustained progress in legislative and policy domains concerning disability inclusion. This recognition, he pointed out, will serve to boost Jordan's international positioning and facilitate the establishment of global partnerships that support national priorities in the area of disability rights. Azzeh also underscored Jordan's leading role in shaping the summit's final outcome document, the 'Amman-Berlin Declaration,' which introduced the '15 for 15' principle, encouraging states parties and international actors to allocate at least 15 per cent of all development cooperation projects to be inclusive of persons with disabilities. He noted that Jordan led globally in the number of commitments made, with 133 commitments from 88 entities, spanning government institutions, national bodies and the private sector. Azzeh stressed that the fulfilment of these commitments requires the mobilisation of resources and implementation within clear timeframes, in close consultation with persons with disabilities and their representative organisations.
