INJAZ

INJAZ
إنجاز

INJAZ Headquarters in Amman, Jordan
Founded	1999
Type	Non-profit organization
Focus	Youth, Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship
Location	Amman, Jordan
Employees	90+
Website	injaz.org.jo

INJAZ (Template:Lang-ar) is a non-profit organization that focuses on youth development through a variety of programs, taught to youth in schools, universities, community colleges, and various other social institutions.

History

INJAZ was established in Amman in 1999, as a project under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded program, Save the Children. In 2001, INJAZ became an independent, nonprofit Jordanian organization. Over the past 17 years, INJAZ has benefited over 1.9 million youth. INJAZ has linked the public, private, and civil society sectors. INJAZ developed its programs in consultation with local and regional experts and collaborated with international development organizations to bring new, high-impact programs to Jordan and adapt them to local sensibilities.

Background

INJAZ provides youth with skills to enter the workforce and to fill the gap between the national educational system and the job market. “In addition to the gap, 70% of Jordanian youth who are one year out of school are still unemployed and caught in a period of waithood”. “Youth in the age range 15-24 represent the 51.2% of Jordanian population. Jordan is currently affected by very high rates of unemployment”. “According to the Jordanian Bureau of Statistics, the general unemployment rate is 15.8% during the third quarter of 2016; where the females’ rate is 76.0%, while it’s 24.3% among males”. One of the major reasons behind the worrying unemployment rate is that Jordan has an underdeveloped entrepreneurial culture. “A 2010 Silatech-Gallup poll revealed that only 17% of young Jordanians had considered starting their own business, compared to 34% of youth in other middle-income Arab countries”. However, young Jordanians were more likely than their regional counterparts to have a favorable view of entrepreneurship. This suggests that it is not a lack of interest that keeps Jordanians from becoming entrepreneurs, but other factors, such as the perceived legal, financial, and bureaucratic challenges or the lack of educational resources necessary to prepare for such a career.

Programs

INJAZ programs develop youth vital soft and hard skills, entrepreneurial skills . INJAZ reaches over 130,000 youth a year with its programs. INJAZ programs engage youth from the earliest stages of their education to the last, with relevant and unique content, activities, and projects that improve students’ and youth’s skills through 44 programs grouped into four main thematic areas: financial education, life skills, entrepreneurship and employment. INJAZ implements its 44 programs throughout Jordan's 12 governorates, working in and alongside over 3000 schools, 41 universities/colleges, and 50 youth centers.

Volunteerism

INJAZ developed a platform to set up volunteer services in a more coordinated, systematic, and efficient manner. It offers effective means to engage volunteers in building their society and to spread a culture of volunteerism in Jordan. INJAZ succeeded in institutionalizing volunteerism within the corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, which have been adopted by many of its over-300 private and public sector partners.

Organizational structure

INJAZ is headquartered in Amman,Jordan, with field offices in Irbid, Zarqa, Karak, Tafila, Wadi Musa and Aqaba, and currently employs over 90 staff. Daily operations are managed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Management Team. As of 2017, the CEO is Deema Bibi, who assumed the position in 2005. INJAZ Chairman Dr. Amjad Al-Aryan