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Inside this issue:
Introduction 1
Orientation, Networking & Brokerage Workshop for Researchers in Jordan
2
SRTD-II participation in The 15th International Congress of the Interna-tional Society for Ethno pharmacology
3
Research and Innovation in the MED:
EU Different Instruments
toward Shared Goals 4
SRTD Project’s Technology
Transfer Unites (TTUs) 4
SRTD – II Team in The 2nd
Euro-Mediterranean Bro-
kerage and Venturing
Event on Research and
Innovation
6
Upcoming Events and
Conferences 6
B I A N N U A L N E W S L E T T E R P U B L I S H E D B Y T H E E U R O P E A N U N I O N F U N D E D P R O J E C T S R T D - I I
Welcome to the SECOND ISSUE of SRTD-II E-NEWSLETTER; and first for this year in terms of news and events. SRTD-II would like to take this blissful opportunity to wish its networking partner’s success with their en-deavors during this holy month of Ramadan. This current edition of our newsletter will provide you with a useful summary of the project’s latest activities and achievements; you will also learn about the activities we
are planning to conduct in the near future.
SRTD-II has finished the initial phase of the project by successfully fund-ing sixty two grants in the areas of Food, Energy, Water & Health, and is now entering to the second phase during which the implementation and monitoring of these grants will begin. Support will be provided to all beneficiaries during the implementation and closure phase in order
to deliver successful outcomes to the Jordanian Scientific arena.
During this phase, there will also be more in-depth focus on the Horizon-2020 Framework Programme; the biggest EU Research and Innovation
programme ever, with nearly €80 billion of funding available over sev-
en years (2014 to 2020). The Jordanian participation has significantly
increased in the framework programmes over the past few years.
pa
ge
The Higher Council for Science and Technology
through their Project Implementation Office (PIO)
of the EU funded project “Support to Research,
Technological Development and Innovation in Jor-
dan II” Project (SRTD II), and in collaboration with
the currently running Enhancement of Jordan-
European Partnership (EU-JordanNet II) project
organised the Orientation, Networking & Bro-
kerage Workshop targeting SRTD-II grant bene-
ficiaries, investors, entrepreneurs and researchers
from Jordan and the EU to create an opportunity
for them to meet, share experiences and
knowledge, and start planning to work together
on research proposals under H2020.
The Workshop took place over two days; 23rd –
24th March at GENEVA Hotel, where presenta-
tions on the four thematic sectors identified under
Jordan’s national economic priorities; (Energy,
Food, Health & Water) were presented by EU
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Head of Trade and Economic Section;
Ms. Tarja El Idrissi, Dr. Al Karmi and SRTD
– II project director Eng. Amawi opening of
the Workshop
Experts, and Grant Beneficiaries, who shared their
experiences and innovative ideas. During this
workshop Grant Management Guidelines, accord-
ing to EU rules and regulations, were also present-
ed for the benefit of the newly awarded grant-
ees. This workshop is among many activities host-
ed by the HCST , aiming at building scientific net-
works and enhancing scientific and technological
exchange between Jordan and the EU.
Dr. Al Karmi handing Dr. Malkawi his Grant
Orientation, Networking & Brokerage Workshop for
Researchers in Jordan
SRTD-II, represented by its director and the key area
coordinators for Food & Health along with two of the
project’s grant beneficiaries in the health and food
sectors, participated in the 15 th International Con-
gress of the International Society for Eth-
nopharmacology, which was held in May 5-8,
2015 in Petra Panorama Hotel, Petra-Jordan.
This conference was organized by Al-Balqa
Applied University– Shobak Collage in collabo-
ration with the International Society for Ethnopharma-
cology.
SRTD-II participated by conducting a presentation
about the Higher Council for Science and Technology
(HCST) focusing on its role as a national umbrella for
all scientific activities in Jordan, covering SRTD-II,
HCST policies and other projects such as (EU-
JordanNet II). Moreover, a booth including visibility
material (Banners, Fliers, etc) about HCST projects and
activities was set up allowing participants to gain
more information on the activities.
The topics of the congress included different fields of
research related to ethnopharmacology aiming at
bringing together researchers from all over the world
enabling them to share their recent achievements in
ethnopharmacology and medicinal plant science, inno-
vations and industry. Speakers from different coun-
tries were invited such as: Jordan, EU Member States
and associated countries, Canada, USA, South Africa,
Australia, and India.
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SRTD - II project director Eng. Amawi and his
team with Asso. Prof. Mohammad Abu-Darwish
Participating in the ISE congress facilitated raising
awareness among participants about the Higher
Council for Science and Technology and the pro-
jects conducted under its umbrella including SRTD-
II, and strengthening the links between EU and
Jordan in research and commercialisation activi-
ties in the health and food sectors and establish-
ing links with important institutions all over the
world. Also, it helped the participants to expand
their knowledge and become updated with the
efficiency of herbs; especially herbs used for an-
timicrobial properties.
SRTD-II is supporting two projects that match the
theme of the conference, the first in Health sector
entitled “Production of Medically Highly Valued
Neem Plantlets Locally by Tissue Culture Biotech-
nology Technique”, which aims at improving hu-
man health by local production of neem plantlets
which is a major component in medicinal & cos-
metic products and pesticide safety-products pro-
duction, environmental improving issues. The sec-
ond project is in Food sector entitled “Feed sup-
plement for broiler chicken with no antibiotic”
SRTD-II participated in The
15th International Congress of the In-
ternational Society for Ethnopharma-
cology (ISE Congress)
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Technology Transfer is one of the main components within the “Support to Research, Technological Development & Innovation in Jordan” project (SRTD-II). It is based on the concept of bridging science and business. A key focus of the majority of European research programmes is applications leading to solving real world problems. This emphasis naturally leads to the possibility of commercialising
research through transferring the knowledge and technology to business.
During SRTD I, the project aided in the development of a National Technology Transfer Programme, by providing financial support to expand the national Intellectual Property Commercialization Office (IPCO) at the El Hassan Science City, and to establish 11 Technology Transfer Units (TTUs) in universities, research centers and business organizations.
In February 2015, SRTD-II held a meeting for the TTUs, entitled “Technology Transfer for Knowledge Based Growth in Jordan” to evaluate the activities and achievements of the 11 TTUs over the last few years, and to select five Technology Transfer Officers(TTOs) to whom SRTD-II will provide significant training to enhance their performance, focusing on general and specific Technology Transfer (TT) concepts and skills such as TT effectiveness, TT tools, TT activity organization, IP rules and regulations, communication and soft skills for TT. A study tour, internship & workshops will be provided, visiting a wide-range of technology transfer and com-mercialisation organisations in Europe. Furthermore, SRTD-II team
SRTD II Project Technology Transfer Unites (TTUs) Support
The European Commission organized a regional workshop in May 27,
2015 in Cairo, Egypt; entitled 'Research and Innovation in the MED: EU
Different Instruments toward Shared Goals'. The workshop brought
together participants in research and innovation clusters funded under
different EU programmes (such as the FP7, CBC-MED, bilateral RDI
programmes) in the Euro-Med region aiming at exploring potential synergies and sharing experienc-
es.
The one day workshop, consisted of three sessions followed by round-table discussions. During the
first session, three projects were presented from Jordan and Egypt, followed by a 15 minutes discus-
sion on the impact of such projects and their possible contribution to the development process. Finally
two speed pitch sessions were conducted (6 projects/session) in different fields; Energy, Food, Water,
ICT, Social Innovative and Technology Transfer.
SRTD-II participation in the workshop gave an opportunity to raise awareness among participants
about the project’s activities and helped identify possible opportunities for further collaboration un-
der H2020 and other common areas of interest.
Research and Innovation in the MED:
EU Different Instruments toward Shared Goals
Mu’tah University President
Ph.D., Rida A. Shibli Handing
Eng. Amawi the University
Shield
SRTD – II Team in The 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Brokerage and
Venturing Event on Research and Innovation
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The “2nd Euro-Mediterranean Brokerage and Venturing Event on Research and Innovation”, which is a two-days event organized in Berlin (Germany) by the Med-Spring project from the 25th to 26th February 2015 and hosted by The National Aeronautics and Space Research Centre of the Federal Republic of Germany (DLR), in collaboration
with the Ministry of higher Education and scientific research - Egypt (MHESR), The
Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST), Investment Network (ANIMA)-
France and CIHEAM-IAMB– Bari.
Coming to its second edition, and building on the 1st Brokerage event (held in Cairo
on February 2014) the 2nd Brokerage Event was a regional Euro-Mediterranean
event where companies, organisations, entrepreneurs and researchers from different
EU and Mediterranean countries participated with the aim of facilitating bridging
between research and innovation through the creation of private-public and research
-enterprise partnerships. It also aimed at activating relevant actors in the Mediterra-
nean region, helping them to enhance clustering for innovation involving young entre-
preneurs from the Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs). The brokerage event stimulated
the participation of representatives of identified innovation clusters as well as ideas carriers
from different European countries. Existing regional networks or cluster initiatives were also
involved in the event to help trigger local to regional commercial-technology partnerships.
visited several institutions including Jordan University for Science and Technology (JUST), Jordan University (JU), Mutah University (MU), Petra University (PU) and Amman Chamber for Industry (ACI), where meetings were organised with presidents and deans of scientific researchers, to dis-cuss the Technology Transfer Programmes within these institutions, and SRTD – II role in supporting these programmes.
In general, the TTO’s role within universities and research centers, will focus on identifying which research initiatives could have commercial potential, manage the disclosure and protection of the IP and ensuring that the researcher can still publish his results. On the other hand, the role within business organisations focuses on identifying the industrial sectors and the individual businesses which could benefit from additional research efforts.
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Around 90 participants from 18 countries attended the brokerage event: young entrepreneurs/
researchers, start-ups, researcher institutions, tech-driven enterprises, SMEs and other relevant private/
public potential investors/networks from Euro-Mediterranean Countries met to share their interest and
offers for cooperation as well as to learn more about funding opportunities. Among them, 20 young en-
trepreneurs and researchers were invited to present their innovative ideas.
SRTD II PIO staff; Eng. Omar Amawi the PIO Director, Eng. Majd Al Naber the Key Coordinator for Wa-
ter and Eng. Dana Hijazeen the Key Coordinator for Food participated in the event in order to support
innovation ideas of the Jordanian projects within the areas of water and food also contributing to bridg-
ing our efforts in supporting Jordanian researchers participation in the next framework programme of
Horizon 2020, in order to increase the contribution and participation of Jordanian researchers in Euro-
pean events which will give them an opportunity to introduce their ideas to a wide group of experts and
entrepreneurs worldwide.
The brokerage event explored opportunities and challenges, presented project ideas to potential inter-
national cooperation partners and meet a number of prospective cooperation partners. It was organized
in the areas of water and food. SRTD II supported three Jordanian researchers; Dr. Hanee Aldmoor,
Eng. Mohammad Al Fageeh and Dr. Al Moayied Assayed participation in the event enabling them to
present their projects to the EU researchers.
Upcoming Events and Conferences
The development of joint strategic agendas for research, development and innovation,
The bilateral relation on Science, Technology and Innovation, reviewing the achievements and iden-
tifying future needs.
Problems faced researchers on both sides and what can and should be done to reduce the existing
barriers.
The conference will have a regional view, inviting researchers as well as policy makers from the neigh-
boring countries and from the other BILAT projects.
EU-JordanNet II final Conference
Enhancement of Jordan-European Partnership (EU-JordanNet II) project
will come to an end in the 14-15, September 2015. A final conference will
be held in Jordan gathering research & development actors at the nation-
al, regional and international level. The conference will focus on strength-
ening the R&D cooperation between Jordan and Europe through,
For more information about SRTD - II Project Please visit
www.srtd.hcst.gov.jo
Address: P.O. Box: 36 Amman 11941 – Jordan Phone: +962-6-5335288 Fax : +962-6-5340589
www.hcst.gov.jo
The Higher Counci l for Sc ience & Technology
This publication has been produced with the assistance
of the EU. The contents of this publication are the sole
responsibility of SRTD-II and can in no way be taken to
reflect the views of the European Union.
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