One of the main goals for Jordan and Palestine territory (JO&PS) today is to assure the expansion of economic development to rural areas. Agriculture is considered one of the largest shares in employment and is economically important in JO&PS. The percentage of agricultural employment is about 13% in PS and therefore agriculture is a source of income, a food source, and a source of support for food security. JO is a food deficit country and is among the seven most vulnerable countries to the impact of high food prices. The sector is also affected by the scarcity of irrigation water and the overuse of groundwater. Due to the multiple challenges the two countries face, the consortium in this project with the aid of EU partners will establish 5 “AgroTec” centres in Universities of JO&PS and develop practical and innovative VET courses. These centres will promote cooperation between companies and VET institutions as well as create links between all stakeholders of the Agri-Food value chain. These centres will also assist in promoting the smart tools for enriching data through IoT sensor networks for soil-crop monitoring, processing, marketing and quality control. The curricula will be developed and the students will be acquainted with the new developments requiring new skills, not addressed in traditional curricula. The consortium is composed of 6 Universities and 2 business partners. The consortium involves Mutah University in more remote areas that have not received capacity building for VET support from the EU before. The output of the project will also be 12 new e-Learning modules corresponding to 6 new ICT solutions and 6 new agrarian trade and marketing courses. Out of these 12 courses, 4 will be conducted and tested in demo farms to demonstrate various smart farming and marketing techniques for research, training, and extension services. Special attention will be given to migrants from Palestine, Syria, and Iraq and to poor local farmers.

One major problem that the current education system in Palestine faces is the gap between academia and the private sector. Employees very often complain about the skills acquired by new graduates, that is not sufficient for the requirements of the labor market.Several studies have claimed that e-learning has become more equitable for people with disabilities as it connects them anywhere and anytime and it can be dealt with according to their needs and how it is suited for them. There is a general agreement on the major advantages of E-learning and ICT. We envisage the solution will not only be by redesigning the content, changing the method of teaching or changing the assessment methods, but the change must include various and multiple aspects. The core structural pieces (learning environments, content, teaching methodologies) must be joined side by side to close the gap. The content must be developed by experts with a diversity of interest and harmonious approach, the method of teaching must be participatory and the responsibility for the learning process must be shared by the participants (the learner, the academic, and the employer). If these pieces are brought together in a single building block that has been enabled and strengthened with the help of external experts. Our proposed project aims to develop flipped Practical courses VIA triple environment by Triple Experts Teams, and to train a team of trainers (TOT) through Triple Enhance programs using flipped approach VIA Triple Environment (3EEE)In this project we aim to provide the following to cater for the needs addressed in this study:-Pilot a number of Flipped courses VIA Triple learning Environment-Train a team of trainers about the concept and the use of flipped approach VIA triple Learning Environment-Enhance the current learning platforms to host developed Flipped courses and Modules.-Develop and accredit Triple Enhance Program-Disseminate the experience to other universities

The transition toward sustainability has increasingly become a crucial necessity in all sectors. The effort to foster a sustainability culture in educational training curriculum began as a step towards fulfilling the global sustainable development goals (SDGs). Because of its potential relevance, this project primarily focuses on fostering a culture of sustainability in the disciplines of sustainable design and production. Especially considering the rising need to develop a culture of sustainable production. Therefore, the project Consortium comprises the College of Applied Professions and Irbid National University, that provide vocational education and training programs and services in collaboration with European partners ARCES and LCE Foundation in order to transfer leading European expertise in the fields of sustainability. To accomplish this goal, the project includes six integrated packages that will be implemented in a twenty-four-month period under the administration and guidance of the European partner ARCES, with the intention of promoting areas of expertise and laboratories, as well as preparing VET staff and learners to ensure the project's success. Work will be done on sustaining the project's impact through the incorporation of sustainability into the educational curriculum, as a basic first step in strengthening this mindset in the rest of the disciplines in order to change from traditional VET to greener VET.

‘Cultivating the Entrepreneurial mindset in Education’ is a key goal of the European policies in the last years, with a special emphasis in the 2014-2020 programming period, for coping with the severe consequences of the worst economical crisis met by the Europeans after the second world war.In today’s society, entrepreneurs are celebrated for creating successful businesses and leading the people out of the economical stagnation. On the other side, based on the cliché of the starving artist, parents discourage their kids from becoming artists in fear that they will end up struggling to support themselves.Buts artists and entrepreneurs have a lot in common: both are individualist and risk takers and both need to create. Nevertheless many artists fail at business, mainly because they don’t identify a viable market to fill. Creating art good art is difficult. But creating good art isn’t enough.According to several surveys, many artists say that learning how to make the best work is crucial, but being able to disseminate in an effective way is equally as important. They all highlight how they would have greatly benefitted from developing strategic plans for their career goals while learning how to market and promote their work. Likewise, art entrepreneurs wish they had had the opportunity to acquire additional knowledge and skills.Over the last years the so called creative and cultural industries have greatly increased, proving to be driving factors of economic growth and development even in countries suffering from high crisis.Thus the project main aims are:-to professionalize HE in PS, TN and UZ in a variety of knowledge-based creative fields focusing on three macro-areas (Music, Visual Arts, Performing Arts) and their interactions by providing the future artists with entrepreneurial and interdisciplinary skills - to prepare future artists in order to enhance in a more effective way their (self) employability and capacity to access the Creative Economy

"METHODS is a 3.5-year project that entitled ""Modernization of Teaching Methodologies in Higher Education: EU Experience for Jordan and Palestinian Territory"", started on the 15th October 2015 and is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. It is coordinated by The University of Jordan (UJ) with 14 partners from Jordan, Palestine and European countries. The project aims at improving the quality of teaching and learning at the partner universities with cooperation of EU-experience through incorporating technological tools in consistence with pedagogical best practices and by building the capacity of the universities to evaluate, develop and design e-curricula. The main aim of the project will be achieved through Establishing a national centers in both Jordan and Palestine interested in modernizing higher education to be as a hub for utilizing best practices in ICT in education, and for hosting a portal for sharing these experiences; Implementing smart class rooms in partners' universities; Developing the capacity of the staff at the partners' universities from diverse discipline, to be responsible for developing learning objects built in best practices in utilising ICT in education; and also through Cooperation with EU partners through mutual visits to develop strategies for moving from teaching to learning and develop scalable sustainable solutions. Internally, partner universities will hold the capacity to develop, design and evaluate e-enabled curricula for their courses. The project achieved a wide impact in the partner countries' universities."