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The digital vision statement is as follows: In 2025, Jordan will:
...be the platform for digital innovation by being an innovation creating center for next generation solutions
driven by strong partnerships between Jordanian champions and global IT companies.
...have world-class talent that can compete and collaborate on the global digital skills market with an
emphasis on applied solutions driving value added creation.
...drive globally competitive and innovative digital solutions in the following key sectors:
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HEALTH – Jordan is viewed as a regional center for health and should take advantage of this
position. To reap this potential in Jordan, opportunities include unified eHealth records, ehealth exchange, telemedicine, Arabic content in health, health insurance exchange and records,
and online booking for doctors. Building on the existing eHealth program, a particular niche will
be the intersection of the Health sector, AI and the pharma industry powered by digital analytics
capacity.
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EDUCATION – Personalized and collaborative digital learning environments will revolutionize
how education will be delivered globally. The latest advances in learning science, artificial
intelligence, learning analytics, mobile platforms/services, and maker spaces, should enable this.
Jordan will have a world-leading role in developing these types of solutions and platforms
responding to the global need for scalable solutions that match 21st century skills demands. Jordan
pioneered the adoption of ICT as a means to innovate education several years ago and should
exploit this. In Jordan, there are opportunities around digital curricula, entrepreneurship and
digital skills for kids in schools, makerspaces in education, and online education for refugees.
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ENERGY & CLEANTECH – Jordan has an impressive history of dealing with scarce resources
and creating livable urban environments in a desert environment. Jordan will take a leading role in
“innovating towards zero”, testing energy efficient solutions in close collaboration with the
construction industry, adopting smart mobility solutions and delivering optimized tech-enabled
solutions for water resource management. To reap this benefit, Jordan should exploit that it has
more than 300 sunny days per year for solar power energy. Other opportunities include energy
storage solutions, energy management and monitoring, and smart cities/buildings and houses.
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FINANCIAL SECTOR – Jordan possess the potential to become the regional FinTech hub, and
can be at the forefront of delivering FinTech solutions and transforming industry areas like retail
banking, investing, and peer-to-peer lending.
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TRANSPORT – building on its smart city Amman initiative, Jordan will take a leading role in
developing an effective digital transportation system, using for instance IoT sensors, Big Data and
other new technologies.
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COMMUNICATION AND SECURITY – Jordan has strong incentives to drive ICT-led security-
related solutions and enable communications and connectivity in rural areas. Also, with the conflict
in Syria and Iraq at its borders, Jordan will take a leading role in driving ICT led security-related
solutions. In terms of security, with Jordan currently deploying smart IDs, this can include digital
signatures as well for authentication into all applications.
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REACH 2025 ACTION PLAN – ROADMAP TO EXCELLENCE
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