Gaza Sky Geeks
Palestine, State of
Since 2011, Mercy Corps' Gaza Sky Geeks has trained over 60,000 Palestinian youth in coding, freelancing and startup skills through …
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Jordan Youth, Technology, and Jobs (YTJ) Project
Jordan · Amman · See the Jordan profile
World Bank-funded ($200M) programme that trained 10,591 youth in digital skills and delivered digital curricula to 402,757 school students, while improving 200 digital government services generating 52.9M transactions.
US$200M
Project funding
10,591
Youth trained in digital skills
402,757
School students reached with digital curricula
Details
- Maturity
- Scaling
- Promoter
- Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Jordan
- Period
- 2020–2025
- Keywords
- digital skills, youth employment, e-government, refugee inclusion, MENA
Context
The Jordan Youth, Technology, and Jobs (YTJ) Project is a World Bank-funded programme (US$200M) training youth in digital skills and improving digital government services.
Results
The US$200M project trained 10,591 youth in digital skills and delivered digital curricula to 402,757 school students, while improving 200 digital government services that generated 52.9M transactions.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-21
- Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Jordan — accessed 2026-06-21
- World Bank: Expanding Economic Opportunities for Youth, Women, and Refugees in Jordan — accessed 2026-06-21
- Jordan News – $85.82M disbursed for YTJ — accessed 2026-06-21
- Jordan Pulse – Project exceeds targets — accessed 2026-06-21
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