{"id":18019,"date":"2024-04-21T18:36:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T18:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncej.org.jo\/?p=18019"},"modified":"2024-04-21T20:45:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T20:45:20","slug":"the-advisory-committee-meeting-for-the-professional-empowerment-project-for-women-in-aqaba-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncej.org.jo\/?p=18019","title":{"rendered":"The Advisory Committee Meeting for the Professional Empowerment Project for Women in Aqaba City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Center for Environmental Justice (NCEJ) Holds the First Meeting of the Advisory Committee and Trainers for the Project ‘Women’s Empowerment through Enhancing Environments, Capacities, and Practices of Eco-Tourism Service Providers in Aqaba City’, funded by the United States Agency for International Development USAID – Makani Project. The meeting discussed the mechanisms for implementing the project, its objectives, stages, and the planned activities during the project’s duration. It also addressed the training topics for the targeted groups, with experienced trainers and consultants in the fields of law, tourism, sustainability, and strategic planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The project aims to enhance the tourism sector’s adaptation to green tourism requirements and create new job opportunities that align with the aspirations of women in Aqaba City to work in the sustainable tourism sector. This will be achieved through developing or improving internal systems and policies of establishments in the tourism sector to create a more conducive environment for women’s employment in Aqaba City. The project also aims to empower youth, especially women, in Aqaba City to engage in the sustainable tourism job market, develop the tourism sector’s orientation towards complying with international green tourism accreditation standards, prepare a professional guidance manual for those working in the tourism sector in Aqaba, and develop a special program for governing the environmental practices of tourism sector companies (ESG), to chart a roadmap for sustainable tourism in Aqaba City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The meeting was attended by members of the Advisory Committee and Trainers, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n