Category: Programs

Programs

EBRD Community Clean Up

The European Bank For Reconstruction and Development and Partners

2026

 

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), together with the European Union (EU), Austria, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the TaiwanBusiness–EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund and the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), is organized a community clean-up event in Amman to promote responsible waste management, environmental awareness and community participation.

The one-day event, which took place on 4 July 2026, brought together young people, families, and local stakeholders to participate in the clean-up of a public park, while encouraging responsible waste disposal and environmental awareness.

The clean-up took place alongside a public discussion bringing together community members, local authorities, and environmental experts to explore challenges and identify practical solutions for waste management. Interactive and educational activities were also be organised to raise awareness among children and families.

This event was part of a broader initiative, supported by the EBRD and its donors, to improve solid waste management systems and promote sustainable urban development in Jordan. It complements ongoing infrastructure investments by addressing the behavioural and community aspects of waste management.

Programs

Diwanieh Debate Clubs

Shoman Foundation

2024

In partnership with Crown Prince Foundation and Athar Foundation

With the support of the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, as part of the Shoman Cultural Grants, Diwanieh implemented a series of training programmes targeting young men and women across various governorates in Jordan. The project aimed to strengthen youth participation in public dialogue by equipping participants with essential debate, communication, and critical thinking skills, enabling them to establish and manage their own debate clubs within their communities. Through these clubs, participants were encouraged to engage in meaningful discussions around social, cultural, and community-related issues, while promoting a culture of respectful dialogue, diverse perspectives, and informed civic engagement among young people.

Programs

The Jordan Hackathon

Plan International – Danish Arab Partnership Program

2022 – 2026

The concept of Jordan Innovation Challenge was developed to serve the purpose of “Ready for Tomorrow” project 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.

Programs

Youth Participation and Employment Project

Oxfam – Danish Arab Partnership Programme

2018 – 2022

This project aimed to enhance opportunities for employment and inclusive social participation among the targeted groups, by: (not limited to)

  • Supporting FORSA opportunity research and publishing
  • Supporting user recruitment & marketing
  • Capacity building courses on various topics
  • Creating a directory guide with all relevant information about specialities and where to study them

Programs

Diwanieh Debate Training and Tournament

The French Embassy in Jordan


2022 – 2023

DIWANIEH, with the support of the Embassy of France in Jordan collaborated to conduct a comprehensive and interactive debate-training program and tournament that aim to contribute to developing its participant’s debate, research, critical thinking and public speaking skills.

Project Outcomes:
To reach its overall objective, LOT has designed the main outcomes to be reached to ensure the success of the intervention, as follows:


Outcome 1: 28-32 youth (male and female) in the age group (20-25years old) were selected to receive 4 full days
debate training.
Outcome 2: Selected youth to undergo a debate tournament tackling various themes, with live audience attendance

Programs

Inclusive Early Childhood Education Hackathon: Early Childhood Education for Jordanian and Syrian Children in Jordan (HEROES)

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
(GIZ)

2023

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

Programs

Amman Public Engagement Project – Part of Green City Action Plan “GCAP”

AECOM, EBRD, Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, Amman Municipality


2019 – 2021

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.

Programs

Social Innovation Challenge: Educational Solutions Hackathon

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
(GIZ)

2020 – 2021

The first of it’s kind virtual multi-phase hackathon that aims at engaging youth in Jordan to come up with creative educational solutions that aim at supporting the educational system in Jordan.

Due to COVID-19 and social distancing measures at the time, the entire hackathon was designed and executed to take place online with over 300 participants joining in the early stages.

The hackathon was divided into different themes: Creative Thinking, Mental and Physical Well-being, Teachers aid, and Vulnurable Students Support. The final stage of the hackathon involved customized mentorship sessions that aimed at supporting the winning solutions and helping them to exceute their innovative ideas.

Programs

Local Voices – Global Exchange

DW Akademie
2021 – 2022

As part of the initiative: Transparency and Media Freedom – Crisis resilience in the global pandemic, “Local Voices – Global Exchange” is a project by DW Akademie, the Deutsche Welle’s center for international media development, journalism training and knowledge transfer. The project was implemented by the organizations “Local Press” (Serbia), “Media Matters for Democracy” (Pakistan) and “Leaders of Tomorrow” (Jordan) and funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Throughout this project, Local and citizen media companies from different regions (Jordan, Pakistan, and Serbia) collaborated with each other across international borders on learning and sharing innovative programs and economic approaches that strengthen their resilience against COVID-19 and future crises.

As part of the project’s execution process, the selected media from each country went through a mentorship process where they received guidance and mentorship on an area of development that they lacked.

Programs

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

EU NEIGHBOURS SOUTH & The European Union in Jordan
2022 – 2023

A series of local coffee talks in different cities across Jordan to engage active Jordanian youth in conversations with EU officials about different topics such as: the environment and climate change, vocational training, research, innovation, and private sector development.

The aim was to eventually create a network of active youth who will continue to engage with relevant activities of the EU and represent their communities through available projects and activities that the delegation offers.

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