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Third Jordan National TEMPUS Day, 4th March
2008
Dr. Saqer Abdel-Rahim,
Director, Information Technology CentreRoyal Scientific SocietyEmail: [email protected]
Royal Scientific Society Participation in EU Projects Success Stories and Lessons
Learnt
The Royal Scientific Society (RSS) was established in 1970 in accordance with a Royal
Decree. RSS is a not-for-profit institution enjoying financial and administrative
independence. It aims at conducting scientific and technological research and development
work related to the development process in Jordan with special attention to industrial
research and services. It also aims at disseminating awareness in the scientific and
technological fields and providing specialized technical consultations and services to the
public and private sectors. The RSS includes 9 technical centres and four administrative
centres.
Introduction
The Information Technology Centre (ITC) was founded in 1972, two years after the
establishment of the Royal Scientific Society (RSS). It was the first to introduce computerization in Jordan. In 1992 the centre expanded its operations to cover industrial studies and conduct long term specialized training courses in the
field of Information Technology at the regional level in cooperation with Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA). ITC is committed to maintaining well-performed applied research and
specialized technical consultation and services based on approved national and
international standards, procedures and methods of software development and studies, ITC
has been ISO 9001 certified since January 2001 and has also adopted RUP (Rational Unified Process) in project implementation.
The Information Technology Centre
At the same time RSS has concentrated on building capacity and professional expertise in important fields like Project Management ( 10 RSS IT Project Mangers attended the 3 week PMP Training and are preparing for PMP certification), Presentation Skills, Customer Relations, Database Design and Administration and Software Development (.NET, Oracle, Java,
PHP ..etc)
- Research and DevelopmentConducting applied research locally and internationally through partnership with concerned international institutions in the various fields of information Technology utilizing an advanced network of computers and the skillful manpower available at the centre.- IT consultations & requirement analysisThis involves the identification of the computerization needs of institutions in terms of information systems, hardware, software, applications, and training. In addition, master plan of implementation, network design, evaluation of bids, and supervision of implementation are provided. Many institutions and ministries have taken avail of these services.
Fields of work:
- Software developmentSoftware development entails establishment of integrated management information systems, including system analysis, design, programming, testing, system integration, acceptance, user training, and documentation. Applications include financial and administrative systems, election systems, web sites & applications, billing systems, WAP application, e-applications, student registration systems, library systems, and so on. Clients include local and international organizations, such as IBM.- Advanced trainingConducting specialized training courses in the various IT fields including short-term and long-term. the center is recognized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as a regional training center in software Engineering, web computing, multimedia and networking design courses.The centre is also accredited by UNISCO as a training and testing centre for the International Computer Driving License(ICDL).
EU Projects
Completed EU Projects
Project Description:
Textile Application of High Performance Computing in the Middle East (THEME): THEME project aims at increasing
the uptake of High Performance Computing (HPC) based quality control within the textile industry in the Middle East.
Partners: Jordan, Germany, Greece and Egypt.
Duration: 30 Months (November 1998 – May 2001)
Textile Application of High Performance Computing in the Middle East (THEME)
Project Description:Mediterranean Science and Technology Information Network (MEDISAT)
Partners:Jordan, Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, Germany and United Kingdom.
Duration: 26 Months (January 1998 – March 2000)
Project Description:
CJIS: to set up a framework to build distributed interactive multimedia networks over the Internet and World Wide Web that would act as Electronic
Roads for cultural and historical exploration in five Euro-Med countries with particular emphasis on
the cross national links of these Electronic Roads.
Partners: Jordan, Egypt, Greece, Cyprus and Spain.
Duration: 36 Months (November 1998 – October 2001)
Project Description:MEDRSSA II: To provide access for European SMEs to emerging markets in the Mediterranean countries.
Partners: Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco, Tunisia.
Duration: 33 Months (March 2001 – December 2003)
WWW: www.medressa.com
Project Description:
HERMES: To boost Euro-Mediterranean collaboration in areas that constitute the intersection of the Information Society Technologies Program & IT Nodes activities. This is part of the EU-EUMEDIS initiative
Partners: Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, Germany and Turkey.
Duration: 37 Months (December 2001 – January 2004)
WWW: http://hayyam.srdc.metu.edu.tr/webpage/projects/hermesProject/
ICT-MED-SMEs
Project Description:
Information & Communications Technology solutions in the Mediterranean SMEs (ICT-MED-SMEs): promoting ICT solutions among Small and
Medium Enterprises from eight third Mediterranean Countries. On a more general scope, it intends to
contribute to facilitate the access to the New Economy to the SMEs from this region.
Partners:Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Cyprus, Turkey, Denmark and Spain.
Duration: 40 Months (October 2002 – June 2006)
WWW: www.ictmedsme.com
Project Description:
EmedTex: development of an Euro-Mediterranean partnership network in the textile sector. This involves the compilation of a database of Mediterranean textile
companies and rendering it available through the Internet, and training of concerned parties in e-
commerce
Partners:France, Greece, Jordan, Syria, Germany, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco
Duration: 24 Months (November 2002 – November 2004)
WWW: http://www.atc.gr/emed-texnet/
Project Description:
Improving Competitiveness of SMEs through IT-based Environmental Planning (SMITE): A
Mediterranean web-based node is to be created to provide information for the food, textile & hotel
sectors and support networking activities.
Partners:Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, Malta, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Denmark.
Duration: 36 Months (April 2002 – April 2005)
WWW: http://smite.chemeng.ntua.gr/
Project Name:
Daedalus: to provide the professionals and the mass market with a flexible, dynamic, cost-effective, easy to deploy Mediterranean reference framework that will enable the establishment and the management
of local communities of interest working in the area of tourism and culture heritage.
Partners:Jordan, Tunisia, Turkey, Cyprus, Luxemburg, Italy, Greece and France.
Duration: 58 Months (August 2001 - June 2006)
ONGOING EU Projects
Project Description:
Portable system for analyzing paintings and polychrome objects (InfrArtSonic): development of
an integrated portable analytical system for the non-destructive "sampling" and characterization of
paintings and polychrome objects. The system will be employed at first priority into the investigation of
Euro Mediterranean cultural heritage objects.
Partners:Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Germany, Greece, Italy and Cyprus.
Starting date: Expected 36 Months (January 2006 – January 2009)
WWW: www.infrartsonic.org
The ICT Research Link between Europeand all Mediterranean Partner Countries
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Mediterranean Information Society
Aims of the Project1. Help the MPC to develop ICT Research Agendas towards EU
research collaboration, and develop a Policy Paper for the EU for targeted research integration of the MPC
2. Create awareness for the opportunities of the EU Framework Programme for Research & Development
3. Identify promising players in the region
4. Train them to become knowledgeable partners in Framework proposals
5. Establish networks across the region and with Europe
Partners
Planet S.A. (Coordinator)……………………………… GreeceIT Consult GmbH………………………………………….. GermanyMinistry of Communications & Information
Technologies………………………………………………. EgyptMinistère des Affaires Economiques et Générales….MoroccoEuromag Consulting……………………………………… AlgeriaCentre National de l’Informatique……………….....……. TunisiaRoyal Scientific Society…………………………..………. JordanPalestine Academy of Science & Technology…..…… PalestineMinistry of Telecommunications…………………………. LebanonMinistry of Communications & Technology…………….. Syria
The Project Workplan
WP 2: Mapping of Research Organisations
Identifying relevant organisations
Mapping of skills and capabilities
Creating the Directory of MPC Organisations
WP 1: The MPC Research AgendaDefining the Consultation Process –
Conducting the Workshops – Recommendations for a Research Agenda
WP 4: Network Facilitation & Dissemination Website development – Promotion in EU
Dissemination in MPC
WP 3: Mentoring Workshops
Preparation of training curricula
Delivery and evaluation of training courses
Set-up of ICT Help Desk Services
ICT-IN-SYRIA
Project Description:
Software Development and Technical Assistance for NISFED. E-Government and ICT Standards
Application in Syria. The project aims at transferring the entire EU experience and best
practices in this regard to Syria, by designing and implementing a number of complex ICT systems in
a form of three main streams.
Partners: Jordan, Syria, Greece, Germany
Starting date: 24 Months August 2006 – August 2008
Examples of Successful projects
401. ICT solutions for Mediterranean SMEs
This project has been partially funded by the European Commission DG AIDCO under the EUMEDIS initiative. The contet of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein, and in no way represents the view of the European Commission or its services.
Contract number: B7-4100/2000/2165-075 p401Project acronym: ICT Med SMEsProject name: ICT Solutions for Mediterranean SMEsAction line: ICT applied to Industry and InnovationTotal cost (€): 2.374.912 €Commission funding (€): 1.899.930 €
Project Coordinator
Fundació CIREM
Centre of European Initiatives and Research in the Mediterranean
Project Coordinator: Inés GÓMEZ
Address: Travessera de les Corts, 39-43 lat. 2ª 08028 Barcelona SPAIN
Tel.: + 34 93 440 10 00 Fax.: + 34 93 440 45 60
e-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]://www.cirem.org
Partners of the project
F. CIREM (Spain) is the co-ordinator of the project in partnership with DTI (Denmark)
Morocco: Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingenieurs. Université Mohammed V
Ministère de l'Industrie et du Commerce Algeria: Institut Nacional pour le Travail Association Nationale pour l'Entreprise et le Travail Institut de Formation Professionnelle de Birkhadem Tunisia: Cemaref. Centre Mohamed Ali de Recherches,
d'Etudes et de FormationMinistère de la Formation Professionnelle et de l'EmploiJordan: Royal Scientific Society (RSS)National Centre for Human Resources Development (NCHRD)Vocational Training Corporation Lebanon: Centre for Sponsored R+D. Lebanese American
UniversitySyria: Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technologies
(HIAST)Intermediate Computer Engineering Institute (ICEI)Turkey: Hacettepe UniversityTurkish Foundation for Small and Medium Business (TOSYOV)Cyprus: Cyprus Institute of Technology
Project Goal
Contribute to SME development in Mediterranean countries by providing IT solutions enabling enterprises to improve their internal work procedures, management of knowledge, transfer of innovations, production and commerce.
Target Groups:
(i) Young graduates and employees who receive training
(ii) SMEs that benefit from qualified personnel and from the ICT advising services
(iii) SMEs who are users of the virtual network
Area of intervention
(*) Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey & Cyprus
Project Specific Goals
WP0 - Management and Co-ordination Promoting the project Monitoring and quality control procedure of the project Administrative and financial report to the Commission
WP1 – Survey• To know the strengths and weaknesses of the Mediterranean
countries for facing the challenges of the Information Society• SMEs needs regarding IT applications and human resource
requirementsWP2 – Training Plan• Preparing people to face the needs of the SMEs regarding ICT• Establishing continuous training mechanisms and procedures
within SMEs
Project Specific Goals (II)
WP3 – Pilot Projects• Setting up innovative ICT solutions in Mediterranean SMEs• Contributing to the north-south transfer of knowledge and
innovations• Acquiring experiences that may then be spread to all SMEsWP4 – Virtual Community• Exchanging experiences and information among the participants• Network at the service of SMEs for information, communication,
experience sharing and benchmarking on best practices in the field
WP5 – Dissemination of the Project• Promote the Eumedis Programme in countries where there are
partners• Disseminating the scopes of the project to achieve the greater
collaboration of authorities, partners and means of communication
WP0 - Co-ordination Results
Establishment of a strong regional network of 12 public and private institutions across the region.
Collaboration of national and regional authorities within the project.
External funding from the Spanish ant the Catalonian Governments.
• www.ictmedsme.com
Design of a virtual platform for the partners communication, debate and interchange of experiences, documents and information.
WP1 – Results of the Study: Computers
Computer Users within SMEs
73%
27%
No users
Users
Portable Computer Users
95%
5%
Non users
Users
< The enterprises have an average of 26.73% of employees using information technologies, witch is consistent with the 27.99% of workers with PC/ workstation in the workplace.
< The number of workers with portable computer decreases down to 5,35% and the proportion of workers with cellular is, the 24,4%.The operating system used by the enterprises of the
survey is Microsoft technology up to the 89,5%.
Internet Connections
The 78,8% of enterprises are connected or have the connection in perspective. The browser used is the Microsoft Internet Explorer with an overwhelming 93,9%. >
SMEs Internet Acces
21%
79%
No internet Internet acces
SMEs Internet Connection
75,2
24,8
0
20
40
60
80
Modem Broadband
Type of connection
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tro
du
ctio
n < The mentioned connection is usually done through the modem+phone line option. Only the 20,1% uses broadbandwidth.
Use of Email within SMEs
The use of external e-mail is widespread among the firms up to the 69,9%. Usually firms have just one mailbox for the whole company (53,7%) and only the 18% have personal mailbox for each employee. Microsoft is again the computer brand used through the 72,5% of firms.
Use of Emails within SMEs
70%
30%
External email Corporative email
In fact the 50,9% of enterprises of the survey have not corporate website even that the 14,1% plan to have it.
WP2 - Training
Development of the training curricula on ICT Basic Skills and Support for Local Networks Administration.
Training of trainers on the internal communication platform.
Training of partners on the MEDSME Platform
More than 250 young people trained in handling basic new technologies.
More than 600 employees of SMEs trained within the project.
WP3 – Pilot Projects
• To develop the DODI Methodology for the Diagnosis and Analysis of the SMEs participant into the Pilot Projects
• Identification of technological needs within 35 SMEs participating in the pilot projects
• Setting up innovative ICT solutions (new technology and training) within 35 SMEs
WP4 – Virtual Platform
Development of the virtual platform www.medsme.com
More than 2000 SMEs registered and acting on the MEDSME platform.
WP5 - Dissemination
• Promotion of the EUMEDIS Programme with the celebration of the ICT MED SME International Conference in Barcelona (Spain, April 2004) within the framework of the Forum Universal of Cultures.
• Dissemination of the activities of the project in the region, through the celebration of seminars and info-days on the MEDSME Platform.
• Publication of news on e-media and local newspapers.
Publications
WP1 WP4 WP5
Impact
• Development of mechanisms of co-operation among the various actors within the MEDA region
•Development of close links among the users of the virtual community
Better performance of the companies where the pilot projects are successful
Adaptation of all the project contents to the particular needs on each country
• Additional value for trained people and improvement in their working life
• Improvement of the education of the young graduates and employees
ICT-MED-SMEs
Amman
RSS Achievements in the project
WP01:Survey of SMEs in Jordan Requirements
Findings : needs for Training on computer
skills ,network management ,and project management
Introducing ICT solutions Using internet for eCommerce.
WP02:TRAINING COURSES
Computer skills course (ICDL) for 20 participants, August 2003
Network management course for 20 participants, September 2004
Project Management for Professionals (PMP) for 20 participants, august 2005
Benchmarking ,Dubai ,November 2005
WP03: PILOT PROJECTS
Computerization requirement analysis study for 5 companies in Jordan representing the following sectors :
Food Pharmaceutical Textile Plastic Electronics
Two of them have implemented integrated manufacturing packages and three have started to partially implement integrated financial and administrative information systems.
WP04 :Virtual Platform
The RSS team redesigned and developed a new user friendly platform using low cost tools.
The website has been hosted at RSS since 2007.
445 companies have been registered to the website
WP05 :Dissemination
Awareness meetings Visits to SMEs Press releases Link to RSS website Info day on 29th march 2006
Conferences attended
Title Date Place
Barcelona Conference April -2003 Barcelona
First EUMEDIS International Conference April - 2005
Dead Sea , Jordan
IT Forum June – 2005 Dead Sea ,
Jordan
Second EUMEDIS International Conference February -2006 Egypt
Seminars/Info days organized
Topic Date Place
Number and people
attending
Awareness Day 1/2/2004 RSS 80
Info Day 29/3/2006 RSS 100
MEDRESSA II
MEDRESSA II
Expanding Mediterranean IT Markets for Europe
Access for European Small and Medium Enterprises in the Information
Technology domain to New Markets in the South Mediterranean Countries
Funded by the European Commission: IST-1999-29058
THE MISSION
•Open New Markets for European SMEs in South Med Countries.•Run Brokerage and Partnership Events for Europeans in 6 South Med Countries. •Run Technology Awareness meetings with companies and associations in the South Med Countries.•Provide Europeans with focused analyses of local South Med markets and business opportunities.
THE MEDRESSA SERVICE
The Brokerage and Partnership Events•EU Companies will be invited to join these events to
present their products / developmentsmeet business partners, both for marketing and joint development
Country Information•Short reports on the local economy•Specific reports on the selected sector•Contact points in the countries
Methodology I
Identify Companies who developed Technology in Europe
Applicability in specific SMCs
Interested Companies and End Users in SMCs
Organize Partnership Events in SMCs
Methodology I
24 Partnership Events until end of 2003
Methodology II
The WEB Information Base
•A repository of all products presentations from the Partnership Events•Contact data of all EU companies who participated•Contact data of the Med Participants•Country and sector reports•Partnership / Technology requests from both sides at any time
The European View
Share Existing Products or Developments•Broaden the scope of their applicability•Direct Exploitation of new markets
Prepare for the Future•Take into account the requirements of SMCs•Identify appropriate partners in SMCs •Pave the way for New Partnerships
The SMCs View
Benefit from existing technology•Adapt and Utilise existing products and technology•Take advantage of the know-how
Participate in the R&D Process•Take into account SMCs needs at an early stage•Establish strong relationship with the European R&D community
The Problems
On the SMC Side:•lack of knowledge of what is available•lack of experience in certain technological areas•small or missing IT Company base
On the European Side:•lack of general knowledge about SMCs•difficulties in finding business partners
The Medressa II Network
•Standardata in Egypt•Centre National de l’Informatique in Tunisia•EMI – Ecole Mohammedia d’Ingénieurs in Morocco•Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Syria• Lebanese University in Lebanon•Royal Scientific Society in Jordan•Consorzio Pisa Ricerche in Italy•Danish International in France•F2i – Fundació Indústries de la Informació in Spain•IT Consult GmbH in Germany (Co-ordinator)
Project Main Achievements
Each of the South Mediterranean partners organized four workshops during the
project.The RSS organized four workshops in Jordan in the following areas:1. IT in the Textile industry2. IT and Cultural Heritage3. e-Procurement4. e-Health