Singapore: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on Thursday visited the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
During the visit, a memorandum of understanding was signed to provide specialised programmes in public policy and administration for Jordanian government officials and public servants, as well as facilitate their participation in the school’s executive and master’s programmes.
The memorandum entails cooperation between the school and the Jordanian Institute of Public Administration, which provides the opportunity to enhance training methods for public servants in line with the objectives of administrative modernisation, in addition to enabling knowledge transfer to Jordan through executive education and postgraduate programmes.
Crown Prince Al Hussein stressed the importance of the partnership between Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and relevant institutions in Jordan in empowering senior employees and equipping them with knowledge
and experience to effectively lead and implement national reforms in Jordan.
The school offers master’s degrees in public policy, public administration, and international affairs, in addition to a doctorate in public policy. In 2022, more than 3,800 students from 94 countries graduated from the school, and over 24,000 experts from 114 countries received trained.
Planning Minister Zeina Toukan, Jordan’s Ambassador to Singapore Samer Naber, and Director of the Office of the Crown Prince Zaid Baqain accompanied His Royal Highness on the visit.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Egypt is preparing to establish a green data center project, harnessing around 200 megawatts (MW) of power sourced from solar and wind energy.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has entered a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Company for Petroleum and Industrial Services (INCOME), Record Digital Asset Ventures, and SIC Investment for the development and operation of the project.
The project’s objective is to provide digital services to specific target customers worldwide. The implementation of the project will take place within privately operated free zones and will be executed over two phases.
Each phase will involve the establishment of a power generation system capable of harnessing solar and wind energy, with a capacity of 100 megawatts.
In December 2023, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly held a meeting with China National Building Material (CNBM) and Chinese Hony Capital to explore potential collaboration in localizing the manufacturing of solar power
station components and semiconductors.
This highlights Egypt’s proactive approach to nurturing its own renewable energy industry, particularly in the production of clean energy project components.
Furthermore, the Ministry of International Cooperation announced in October that the country is set to implement renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 10 gigawatts, accompanied by investments amounting to $10 billion, all within a span of five years.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
