JEWEL Leadership Visits the United States
Dr. Munir Rusan, the Dean of Agriculture and Dr. Mohammad Bataineh at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) recently completed their visit to WDI and Cornell University.
WDI has a three-year agreement with Higher Education for Development to implement JEWEL. It was designed by WDI with the objective of empowering leadership and decision-making. It also will create resources and knowledge networks to improve decision-making in integrated natural resources management in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The first leg of the visit focused on technical meetings on capacity building at Cornell University, a WDI partner institution. It produced palpable progress in envisioning a fully functional Center of Excellence for Sustainable Natural Resource Management.
Dr. Munir Rusan outlines JUST’s vision on the Masters of Science program and Center of Excellence for Sustainable Natural Resources Management.
Great progress was made in two main components at the University of Michigan. Drew Horning, Managing Director of the Erb Institute presented the team ideas on operating the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Natural Resource Management. Professors Steve Yaffee and David Allan from the School of Natural Resources and Environment lauded JUST’s design of the Masters of Science program and offered sharing their syllabi. The technical meetings with key personnel allowed JUST professors to take home many innovative ideas to be shared in Jordan.
Makiko Omitsu, the Projects Administrator said, “More than ever, the partners are aligned towards a common goal and we are already beginning to see tangible results.”
Progress update at WDI. Khalid Al-Naif discusses capacity building with JUST professors (Dr. Rusan and Dr. Bataineh).
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