Delegation News

Agreements worth a total of €13 million in the areas of renewable energy and poverty alleviation and local development were signed by Jordan and the European Union at a ceremony in North Mazar, at a ceremony attended by visiting European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle.

 

The €10-million ‘Capacity Building in Wind Energy and Concentrated Solar Power’ project will support Jordan's National Energy Research Centre (NERC) to steer and facilitate the implementation of the Jordanian government's Renewable Energy Strategy 2007-2020 by installing a wind testing facility, as well as a pilot Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant.

 

In line with the European Union's longstanding commitment to local development and poverty alleviation projects in Jordan, a €3-million agreement was signed for the Baladiaty ("My Municipality") project, which aims to build municipalities' development capacities, namely in the areas of poverty alleviation, public participation and decentralization.

 

The project builds on the successes achieved through the €30-million Poverty Alleviation and Local Development Programme (PALD), which concluded in December 2009. (ENPI Info Centre)

 

Delegation press release

 

ENPI Info Centre – Commissioner hails Jordan progress as he embarks on visit

 

ENPI Info Centre webpage – Jordan