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Education and Capacity Building

 

We empower youth and communities through high-quality opportunities and training programs. Our work focuses on building knowledge, enhancing leadership abilities, and equipping individuals with the practical tools needed to excell professionally and socially.

FORSA platform empowers over 5 million individuals and +2000 organizations across the MENA region by providing open access and smart matching to learning opportunities, trainings, internships and jobs. Through its well-developed digital infrastructure and innovative pathways, FORSA supports youth, women, refugees, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable communities to build skills, gain experience, expand networks, and enhance employability, while enabling opportunities providers (NGOs, CSOs, private sector, government programs) to reach and match with talents across Jordan.

One of the key tools offered through FORSA is the Personality Assessment Test, designed to help young people better understand their strengths, interests, abilities, and personal traits in order to make informed educational and career decisions. The assessment provides participants with valuable insights into their personalities, learning styles, leadership potential, and professional preferences, helping them identify fields and opportunities that align with their goals and aspirations. The Personality Assessment Test serves as a guidance and self-discovery tool that empowers youth to build confidence, improve self-awareness, and develop clearer career pathways.

 

Economic Empowerment & Employment 

 

We support individuals in accessing sustainable economic opportunities by promoting workforce readiness and career development. Moreover, and through our digital marketplace SouqFann; we enable women’s cooperatives and handicraft producers across Jordan to reach wider markets while handling logistics like payments and shipping.

Since its launch in 2018, Souq Fann has supported and promoted the work of more than 100 creative producers, which includes more than 1.000 unique products.

In Arabic, Souq Fann means “Art Market”, but to the vast community of vendors from around the Middle East and North Africa region, it means much more than that. Souq Fann provides the opportunity for local artists to spread their own unique message via its easy-to-use online platform.

Although Souq Fann merchants come from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and customs, they all share one common thread: they are all highly-skilled artisans following their passions and turning their dreams into a reality.

 
A Story Behind Each Product

At SouqFann, each vendor has a unique story that needs to be told and heard by the world, therefore we help our artists not only to sell their amazing creations but also to tell a heartwarming story behind each product they make.

Civic Engagement & Political Participation 

 

Leaders of Tomorrow works to strengthen civic engagement and political development in Jordan by empowering young people to become active, informed, and responsible participants in public life.

Through dialogue spaces, advocacy campaigns, youth-led initiatives, simulations, trainings, and community programs, the organization encourages youth to engage in democratic processes, express their opinions freely, and contribute to decision-making within their communities.

DIWANIEH is an open, free and critical platform for debates in public spaces that aims to transfer political and social discussions from the elitist political and social saloons and ateliers to the street and for the public. Since 2012, Diwanieh has organized more than 65 public debates across Jordan and has implemented a variety of capacity building programs to enable youth across Jordan to actively participate, engage, and express points of view.

Diwanieh also serves as a platform for collaboration between youth, activists, entrepreneurs, creatives, and community leaders, helping participants expand their networks, exchange experiences, and develop leadership and communication skills. By creating accessible spaces for dialogue and innovation, Diwanieh reflects Leaders of Tomorrow’s broader mission of empowering youth and building more inclusive, connected, and socially aware communities.

Social & Behavioral Change

 

We design campaigns and community-driven initiatives that encourage positive social transformation and behavioural change. Through storytelling, research, communication, and engagement, we work to build more inclusive, aware, and resilient societies.

FADFED, translated “Speak it Out” or “Let it Out” in Arabic, is an open platform to engage people to creatively express their opinions anonymously on issues that matter to them. It is an interactive research tool designed to collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative data. FADFED can be utilized to conduct public polling, internal organizational research, and more.

FADFED involves placing white sheets of paper in public spaces and inviting individuals to write on these sheets of paper their responses to a given question/s. Researchers using FADFED categorize respondents by demographics as suits their research purposes; for instance, by age or gender. A researcher does so by establishing a color coding of markers used at a particular event. Red markers might be given to women, or green markers to those over 50 years old, as an example. FADFED generates both written and oral discussion and debate on subject topics, and thus raises awareness of often controversial or politically sensitive issues.

Design, Research, and Creative Consulting

 

We provide innovative design solutions, strategic consulting, and evidence-based research to support organizations, institutions, and development initiatives. Our work combines creativity, analytical thinking, and data-driven insights to develop impactful strategies and sustainable solutions.

 

Campaigns

What distinguishes LOT’s campaigns is their ability to combine grassroots community engagement with innovative approaches to youth empowerment. By leveraging social media, public dialogue, training programs, creative campaigns, and partnerships with local and international organizations, Leaders of Tomorrow continues to foster a culture of participation, innovation, and social responsibility among Jordanian youth.

“Silm Un Bod” – Calm/Peacefulness from Distance

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, NOVACT, OPEV, ARDD, & WE Center

“Silm Un Bod” is an online campaign that promotes peacebuilding in Jordan by highlighting societal challenges facing the community under the theme of COVID-19. As the world was facing a pandemic that forced people to work, study and live their lives from distance, the title of the campaign represented the importance of peace and solidarity even from distance.

The campaign included definitions, sources, suggested solutions, in addition to good and bad practices covering the following topics that helps preventing violent extremism.

Kelmeh

Embassy of Switzerland in Jordan


An online campaign that included a social media campaign of posters and animated videos, and an original online course under the title: “”Cyber Harassement and Digital Safety”” with the following aims:

  • Jordanian women are more empowered in the cyberspace by acquiring knowledge on how to recognize and fight online violence and protect their cyber-rights
  • Women and men in Jordan are more aware of the danger of illicit online virtual conducts

Amman In Green

AECOM. EBRD, Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, & Greater Amman Municipality


The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), with support from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance and AECOM, collaborated with the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) to develop a Green City Action Plan (GCAP) for the City to tackle growing challenges (such as solid waste management, air quality, congestion, water supply and treatment, green space and biodiversity).

To inform the GCAP, in 2019, GAM requested additional support from EBRD to develop a comprehensive public consultation plan in order to support GAM develop a robust GCAP which takes into consideration the citizens opinion about priority actions. Recent events in Amman meant that GAM’s public perception has been adversely affected. As such the objective of the ‘Public Engagement’ assignment is twofold:

1. To gather and integrate public opinion into the development of the GCAP; and
2. Communicate GAM’s commitment to improving the environment.

Leaders of Tomorrow took this part and designed an interactive public engagement campaign “Amman in Green” with many activities that includede a social media campaign, creative competitions, public discussions with municipality members, and others

SCENE Audiovisual Contest

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation & NOVACT


An audiovisual contest to promote youth active role as peace – building agents, especially, women and YwD, in addition to fostering, amongst youth, active citizenship and social inclusion.

The contest targeted youth from three different cities in Jordan and encouraged them to capture “Scenes” that reflects diversity in their eyes. Mobile phones were the official tools to be used to ensure inclusivity and ability of all community members to participate, not just professional photographers.

By the end of the project, a small photo exhibition was organized to invite a selected group of applicants to display their work and tell the story of their inclusive captures.

انتخب واسطتك
“Vote for Your Wasta/Yourself”

USAID, FHI360

An initiative launched by Leaders of Tomorrow in Jordan in 2016. It aimed to transform the traditional concept of “wasta” (connections or personal mediation) into a positive and effective tool within the electoral process.

Objectives: To encourage young women and men to participate in parliamentary elections and choose the most qualified candidate who represents their issues and concerns, making that candidate their true “wasta” or representative in Parliament.

Context: The campaign was implemented intensively during the parliamentary election period to strengthen political awareness and enhance youth participation in decision-making.

Wb3dein? Campaign

DIWANIEH & Canada Fund For Local Initiatives

A digital campaign addressing harrasment from the point of view of the victims and community members who are fed up with this behaviour and is acting against in the form of “Enough is enough”. The campaign included several social media posters, public exhibition by the community, and a Diwanieh public debate.

Instawasta

FHI360


“Instawasta” is the first innovative photography exhibition and competition in Jordan. It highlights Instagram photos and uses the concept of “wasta” (social connections) in a humorous or social sense as its central theme, aiming to document everyday and real-life moments shared through the popular app.

ليكون مش عاجبك؟
“Why isnt it enough for you?”

Leaders of Tomorrow

A media campaign organized by the Leaders of Tomorrow. It aims to encourage young men and women to enter vocational fields, highlighting them as diverse areas with a promising future.

The campaign showcases success stories of men and women working in various vocational professions—from blacksmithing to sewing, cooking, and even working at gas stations—and calls on society to accept vocational careers and refrain from judging them in advance.

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Youth Entrepreneurship

We cater opportunities for young people in Jordan to transform their ideas into impactful and sustainable ventures that address social and economic challenges within their communities. Through entrepreneurship programs, innovation challenges, mentorship opportunities, workshops, and capacity-building trainings, the organization equips youth with practical skills in leadership, project development, design thinking, financial planning, and business management.

The Social Innovation Challenge

 

The Social Innovation Challenge is an intensive entrepreneurship program designed to empower young individuals to transform their innovative ideas into viable social enterprises.
The program has reached youth across various regions in Jordan, including Amman, Irbid, Jerash and Zarqa fostering a nationwide culture of innovation.

It combines experiential learning, expert mentorship, and crucial access to funding, providing participants with the tools and support needed to succeed in the social entrepreneurship landscape.

 

2015: The First in The MENA Region

The first Social Innovation Challenge in the MENA region, supported by Deloitte and organized with Leaders of Tomorrow, was held in Jordan in August 2015. It was a pioneering event focused on fostering social innovation and entrepreneurship among youth, aiming to find actionable solutions to local community.

Key Aspects of the MENA Social Innovation Challenge:

Focus Areas: The competition addressed social cohesion, empowerment of persons with disabilities, economic empowerment, and youth employment.


Methodology: Participants were trained in design-thinking, including empathy, prototyping, and testing solutions.
Impact: The program helped build a network of social innovators and developed practical initiatives for local community needs.
Ongoing Efforts: Similar initiatives, such as the EU-funded Social Innovation Challenge, have continued in Jordan in recent years.

2021: Educational Solutions Hackathon – The First of Its Kind Virtual Hackathon In The Region

In cooperation with GIZ, Leaders of Tomorrow, with the beginning of the year 2021, invited all creative individuals to participate in the Social Innovation Challenge: Educational Solutions Hackathon; an online opportunity for creation, innovation, and constructive cooperation.
The hackathon was designed to cover five themes that aimed at supporting the educational system in Jordan and the learning process for students.
After successfully passing all the hackathon stages, 5 shortlisted ideas were announced as the winners of the challenge to receive a EUR 5000 grant each along with technical support to successfully execute their innovative ideas on ground. 

In compliance with COVID-19 regulations and social distancing measures, the activities of the Social Innovation Challenge were designed to take place virtually while taking into consideration the creation of a user-friendly experience, to ensure youth from different ages and backgrounds are able to join the challenge.

Clusters:

PHYSICAL & MENTAL WELLBEING CLUSTER
CREATIVE THINKING CLUSTER
VULNURABLE STUDENTS SUPPORT CLUSTER
TEACHERS’ AID CLUSTER

2022 – 2023: Inclusive Early Childhood Education Hackathon

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), jointly with the Jordanian Ministry of Education (MoE), was implementing a project on Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Jordan. The project with its components strived to improve access to quality early childhood education for all children in Jordan, with a focus on vulnerable children, including refugees and children with disabilities.
With its’ extensive expertise in this field, LOT organized a multi-phase hackathon to engage refugees, persons with disabilities and university students with engineering, architecture, design, and early childhood education background, in accordance with two main themes:

• Learning activities (developing an adaptable inclusive learning material kit for age group 4-6 matching national curricula for KG1 and KG2)
• Outdoor inclusive play element (playground)

2022 – 2026 : The Jordan Hackathon

The concept of Jordan Innovation Challenge was developed to serve the purpose of “Ready for Tomorrow” project by Plan International  that aimed at enhancing youth entrepreneurial capacities. Youth from Amman, Irbid, Jerash, and Ajloun enrolled in interactive training sessions that aimed at introducing them and developing their entrepreneurial knowledge, skills, and competencies in addition to helping them in the proper formulation and presentation of their ideas into a business plan.

This training phase aimed at equipping youth with the necessary skills and knowledge needed to advance in this field and be able to create their own successful business plans that they can, not only use to secure
funding through this project, but also for any future opportunities they might encounter.

Over the course of 3-4 years, multiple versions of the challenge were adapted to serve the objectives of the project, reaching over 10k youth across the kingdom.

The Coffee Talks Series and The Establishment of The EU Jeel Connect Network in Jordan

Over the period between 2022 – 2023, LOT and in partnership with EU MedBridge (Formerly known as EY Neighbours South) implemented ‘DIWANIEH Coffeetalks’ where young active community members met with EU delegations to discuss and debate about topics they feel concerned about, especially topics related to the ongoing EU-funded projects and programs. Four different coffee talks and a final flagship event took place during this period, resulting in the establishment of the EU Jeel Connect network in Jordan.  These events took place in Amman, Irbid, and Madaba governing three different governorates and tackling four different EU-related themes. LOT employed its extensive reach through FORSA.com to reach and invite young people from various backgrounds and governorates to the coffee talks.