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Using Innovation and Ecosystem to Transform Covide-19 from Crisis to an Opportunity: The Case of Jordanian Program “Faculty for Factory” (FFF)

2021; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-030-67151-8_14

2198-4190

Yousef Abdallat,

COVID-19 epidemiological studies

The National Program for Linking Academic Institutes with Industrial Sectors (Faculty for Factory) is distinguished as the first of its kind in Jordan and the region, and one of the best programs in the world. Its idea is characterized as a non-traditional one, applicable to the mechanism of linking academic institutions to the productive community represented by the industrial sector. Development of an applied model of cooperation between industrial companies (SMEs) and academic institutions. During the life cycle of the program in 2020, Covid-19 virus appeared in the world, where the program worked to develop its goals and the nature of its work to confront the virus in all possible academic ways, starting from directing students and academics to work under one goal in proposing and adopting various ideas that contribute to supporting the Jordanian government in facing the virus. FFF also participated in various governmental tasks such as providing the crisis cell responsible for planning in the Crisis Management Center with the academics who are required to complete the planning process according to the best scientific practices, in addition to participating in the various committees formed by the Prime Minister and concerned with the promotion of manufacturing operations.