It is a community radio station aimed at creating a community dialogue through social media and community media to address the social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental challenges faced by youth, women, marginalized groups, and regions within the governorate. It also seeks to raise awareness about human rights concepts, the Sustainable Development Goals, and community participation in achieving them. Furthermore, it promotes the concepts of dialogue, youth engagement in public affairs, decision-making mechanisms, good governance, and accountability, while opening channels of communication between citizens and decision-makers.
“Sawt Ajloun Podcast” is a community podcast that reflects the concerns and aspirations of the people of Ajloun Governorate, especially youth, women, and marginalized groups, through interactive dialogue episodes focusing on social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental issues.
The podcast aims to create a safe conversational space that promotes human rights concepts, good governance, and community participation, while helping to open channels of communication between citizens and decision-makers.
By hosting experts, activists, and sharing stories from local realities, “Sawt Ajloun” seeks to build critical awareness, spread a culture of accountability, and support efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in rural and marginalized communities.
The Rural Kitchen is one of the projects of the Intermediaries of Change Center for Sustainable Development. It aims to empower rural youth by equipping them with the necessary skills to produce food efficiently and professionally. The project focuses on teaching cooking techniques (including food and desserts) using locally available ingredients in rural areas, thereby promoting local food culture and contributing to improving food security.
This is achieved through workshops and training courses, providing young men and women with the opportunity to acquire cooking and food presentation skills. This contributes to improving their quality of life and enhances their ability to manage small and micro food-related enterprises.
Additionally, the Rural Kitchen aims to increase the income of rural families by training them on how to market food and desserts and prepare food products that can be sold in local or external markets. By providing these skills, the Rural Kitchen contributes to sustainable development in rural areas by strengthening the links between local agriculture and the food industry, helping to build a more sustainable and inclusive rural community.
This space aims to support and develop entrepreneurs and innovators working on sustainable environmental solutions in rural areas. The Green Business Incubator provides a nurturing environment that encourages innovation and creativity in renewable energy, waste management, sustainable agriculture, and environmental conservation technologies.
By offering technical support, consulting, and training in entrepreneurial skills, the Green Business Incubator enables rural youth to launch their projects and achieve their environmental goals.
Additionally, the incubator offers a network of connections with environmental experts, funding institutions, and international organizations, facilitating access to funding opportunities and project expansion.
The incubator’s goal is to equip rural communities with the tools and skills needed to achieve sustainable development through projects that improve environmental conditions and create new job opportunities, thereby enhancing the quality of life in rural areas and balancing economic development with environmental protection.
Amid the economic and social challenges faced by youth in local communities, and based on the vision of the Intermediaries of Change Center for Sustainable Development to empower individuals and build their capacities, the “Entrepreneurs’ Space” was launched as one of the pioneering initiatives aimed at supporting and enabling youth, women, and entrepreneurs at various stages of their projects.
This space serves as an incubator platform for ideas and emerging projects, providing a stimulating environment for learning, innovation, collaboration, and exchange of experiences among ambitious youth. It also offers participants access to educational resources, specialized training, technical and administrative consultations, and local and regional support networks that contribute to transforming ideas into sustainable projects with social and economic impact.
The importance of the “Entrepreneurs’ Space” lies in promoting a culture of entrepreneurship and freelance work, and nurturing creative energies, especially in marginalized areas, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals—particularly those related to quality education, decent work, and reducing inequalities.
This is a safe and dedicated educational space aimed at empowering women and young women in rural areas to learn skills in mobile phone and computer maintenance, and to gain practical experience that qualifies them to enter the labor market or launch their own projects.
The initiative seeks to break stereotypes around technical roles and provide vocational training opportunities that meet modern needs, thereby contributing to enhancing women’s economic independence and increasing their participation in digital and technical sectors.
Through hands-on training workshops and supervision by specialists, this space offers women the chance to build real technical capabilities and fosters creativity and innovation in a supportive and safe environment, enabling them to support their communities and achieve personal fulfillment.
The “Green Recycling Park” represents a safe and open space for learning and acquiring practical skills in recycling and environmental sustainability, specifically targeting rural residents. This initiative aims to raise environmental awareness among youth and women in rural areas, promote a culture of natural resource conservation, and reduce waste through hands-on learning and community participation.
The park offers specialized training workshops on how to recycle household and plastic materials, transforming waste into usable products, in addition to courses on sustainable agriculture, eco-garden design, and organic fertilizer production. The space also provides participants with the opportunity to develop innovative, eco-friendly projects that serve their communities and offer local solutions to environmental challenges.
Through the “Green Recycling Park,” the Intermediaries of Change Center for Sustainable Development strives to create a conscious and proactive generation capable of positively engaging with environmental issues and actively contributing to building a cleaner, fairer, and more sustainable future in rural Jordan.
تسعى المساحة إلى تسليط الضوء على المقاصد السياحية المتميزة في المحافظة، إلى جانب تعزيز ثقافة السياحة الداخلية من خلال تنظيم رحلات ميدانية مستمرة إلى المواقع الطبيعية والتراثية، وربطها بأنشطة تعليمية وتوعوية ومجتمعية. كما تعمل على الترويج للهوية السياحية لعجلون عبر إبراز المشاريع النوعية مثل “تلفريك عجلون”، وتحفيز روح المبادرة والريادة في قطاع السياحة البيئية والمسؤولة، بما يساهم في بناء اقتصاد محلي أخضر يعزز الصمود ويكرّس مبدأ “عدم إقصاء أحد”.
وتواكب “مسارات” التحولات الرقمية الحديثة من خلال إنتاج محتوى رقمي تفاعلي متنوع يُبث عبر المنصات الإعلامية والمجتمعية لتعريف الزوّار والمستثمرين بالمواقع السياحية والفرص المتاحة. يشمل هذا المحتوى فيديوهات تعريفية، وتقارير مرئية، وحملات ترويجية رقمية تهدف إلى إيصال الصورة الحقيقية لجماليات عجلون وثقافتها ومواردها الطبيعية، مما يُسهم في تحفيز السياحة المستدامة، ورفع مستوى الوعي البيئي، وتعزيز المشاركة المجتمعية في حماية الموروث الطبيعي والسياحي للمحافظة.
The Information Technology Space at the Intermediaries of Change Center for Sustainable Development is a knowledge-driven and innovative environment dedicated to enhancing digital capacities among diverse community groups, especially youth and women in rural and marginalized areas. This space aims to empower local communities to engage with the digital revolution, develop their technological skills, bridge the digital divide, improve access to the job market, and encourage tech entrepreneurship.
The space offers a variety of training programs and hands-on workshops in fields such as programming, website design, digital content management, cybersecurity, digital marketing, and artificial intelligence. It also provides opportunities for applied learning through real digital projects and guidance from experts and specialists, helping participants build employable skills and develop technological solutions that meet their communities’ needs.
The space seeks to create an inclusive digital community based on innovation and continuous learning, encouraging critical thinking and digital collaboration. It provides a participatory environment that enables participants to transform their ideas into impactful digital initiatives. Additionally, it supports entrepreneurial groups in launching tech startups and promotes a culture of digital social innovation as a tool to achieve sustainable development and effective community participation in the digital age.
The Modern Agriculture Technologies Space is one of the specialized spaces at the Intermediaries of Change Center for Sustainable Development. It aims to promote sustainable and smart agricultural practices in rural communities, especially in light of climate change and the economic pressures faced by farmers. The space seeks to transfer knowledge and skills related to modern agriculture to farmers, youth, and women by providing an educational and experimental environment that enhances productivity and reduces the depletion of natural resources.
The space offers advanced training programs in areas such as hydroponics, vertical farming, the use of smart drip irrigation systems, agricultural waste recycling, and crop management using remote sensing and artificial intelligence technologies. It also supports small community agricultural initiatives and provides participants with opportunities for practical learning and the implementation of sustainable agricultural models applicable to their local environments.
The Modern Agriculture Technologies Space aims to build a new environmental and agricultural awareness based on innovation and efficient resource use, contributing to strengthening local food security, generating additional income for farmers and their families, and creating green job opportunities for youth. Additionally, this space serves as a platform for networking among farmers, experts, and innovators in the agricultural field, enhancing rural communities’ capacity to adapt to climate change and achieve sustainable agricultural development.
In light of the growing challenges related to climate change and energy security, the Change Mediators Center for Sustainable Development believes that building a stable and just future in the Mediterranean region requires a collective response and effective partnerships among all stakeholders—governments, the private sector, civil society organizations, and individuals. From this perspective, the center supports efforts to transition toward a low-carbon and more sustainable development model that promotes climate justice and reduces the gap between the Global North and South.
The center contributes to the implementation of programs and initiatives aimed at increasing community awareness of climate change and empowering young people to develop innovative solutions in the fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart agriculture, and water. It also works to strengthen environmental governance by supporting community participation in shaping climate policies and assessing the environmental impact of local projects.
The center works to strengthen regional cooperation to address climate challenges by activating partnerships and multilateral collaboration across the region.
It contributes to organizing dialogue platforms that enhance cooperation between countries and local communities, and expand local and regional partnerships to achieve sustainable development.
The center also implements projects in the fields of energy and climate change that aim to create direct impact on communities and advance sustainable development.
In 2023, Jordan’s installed renewable energy capacity reached 2.62 million kilowatts, compared to 2.6 million kilowatts in 2022.
Jordan enjoys an average of 316 sunny days per year and wind speeds ranging between 7 and 8.5 m/s, which enhances its potential in the field of renewable energy.
Since 1961, temperatures in Jordan have increased at an average rate of 0.3°C per year.
Climate change is contributing to the increased spread of heat-related and environmentally linked diseases.
