In the footsteps of Renaissance - Government action priorities for the years 2019/2020.

This National Renaissance Project is a nationwide multi-sectoral document aiming at the development of the Kingdom of Jordan based on the Jordanian human being as the goal and foundation of this development or, in other words, the human State, as it is called. This human State is based on three pillars (1) the State of Law that aims to consolidate the principle of the rule of law and enhance the rights and duties of the Jordanian human being on the ground; (2) the production State which aims to unleash the energies of the Jordanian human being to achieve a decent life; and (3) the State of solidarity that preserves the dignity of the Jordanian human being by improving the public services and social protection systems. Since everyone is a partner in the realization of this national project, the Government’s vision to reach the state of law, production and solidarity will only be achieved through complementarity and true partnership with everyone. Therefore, the Government will launch parallel dialogues on the three pillars of the project, including the provincial councils, the political forces of all shades, and the sector private and civil society organizations. Strategic objectives under the three pillars are (1) State of Law: (i) develop political life and safeguard public freedoms; (ii) fight corruption and promote transparency and integrity; (iii) promote decentralization; (iv) empower the judiciary and enhance its role; (v) strengthen the power of law; (vi) promote national culture and active citizenship; (2) State of production (i) growth through entrepreneurship and trade; (ii) growth through investment and the advancement of economic sectors that characterize Jordan; (iii) 30,000 additional productive and decent job opportunities; (iv) home service program; (v) economic and financial stability; (vi) efficiency of the public sector; (3) State of solidarity (i) expand the scope of social protection; (ii) develop public education outcomes; (iii) improve the standard of health care; (iv) develop public transport system; (v) create affordable housing; (vi) focus on environment and citizen safety.
To help eliminate hunger and malnutrition, the Government will work on measures to reduce poverty in general, and, in particular, continue the school feeding program in government schools and military schools.
In order to make agriculture more productive and sustainable, the actions envisaged by the document are (i) provision of technical assistance and financial incentives to farmers to produce water-efficient crops and take advantage of technology (such as hydroponics) that requires skilled Jordanian technicians; and (ii) focus on organic farming, dates and aromatic plants.
Rural poverty is not dealt with specifically in the document which, however, aims to improve the state of the most needy sections of the population, including therefore rural ones. No specific measures are mentioned for rural poverty.
For the enhancement of more productive and inclusive agricultural and food systems, the Project seeks to the creation of about 2,100 jobs in the export-oriented agricultural sector.
The resilience of livelihoods to disaster will be increased through (i) the development of energy production through renewable energy and oil shale; (ii) the development of the capabilities related to early warning systems to cover various types of crises and disasters; (iii) the development of mechanisms and methods for collecting information and data about the expected risks; (iv) investments in studies and research related to forecasting crises and disasters; (v) a comprehensive national campaign to clean up and reduce the random dumping of waste; and a series of measures aiming at the adaptation to climate change such as coordination of national efforts related to climate change management in cooperation with the relevant authorities and to follow up on the implementation of any international climate commitments ratified by the Kingdom, implementation of the NAP that aims to adapt to the effects of climate change on development sectors and integrate adaptation requirements into the policies and budgets of this sector, and support Jordan's commitment to the requirements of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, take advantage of international financing opportunities for mitigation and adaptation projects such as the Green Climate Fund, implementation of the National Green Growth Plan, which aims to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.