Tag «Jordan»

Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Direct Final Status Negotiations

Jen Psaki Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC July 28, 2013 Today, Secretary Kerry spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and personally extended an invitation to send senior negotiating teams to Washington to formally resume direct final status negotiations. Initial meetings are planned for the evening of Monday …

Arab World Urgently Needs Institutional Reform and Extra Investment in Education

Arab World Competitiveness Report 2013 highlights job creation as the major economic challenge for leaders in the Middle East Among the 13 countries in focus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are leading in overall competitiveness; Jordan slightly improved its performance. Underdeveloped skills, weak institutions and labour market inefficiency are the main factors limiting competitiveness …

World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa to Open in Jordan

H. M. King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to open the World Economic Forum, taking place at the Dead Sea, Jordan, on 24-26 May 2013 More than 900 participants from over 50 countries will participate, including heads of state and government from 22 countries Dead Sea, Jordan 22 May 2013 – The …

SAMENA Council issues findings of its Policy and Digitization Study aimed at driving the Digital Agenda in 10 Regional Countries

Kuwait City – Kuwait, April 08, 2013: SAMENA Telecommunications Council, the tri-regional non-profit telecommunications association for South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, has issued the findings of its region-wide ICT Policy Assessment and Digitization Study. The findings have been compiled into a full regional-level report as well as 10 country-level policy and digitization …