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On March 9^th – 10^th 2012, a joint planning workshop brought together the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) and leading activists of Jordan’s Free Thought Forum (FTF). The workshop’s objective: developing a common action plan for the year 2012 and establishing sub-committees at the Forum in charge of following up on the various activities.

From March From March 6^th – 8^th 2012, FNF’s MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa) based project directors as well as representatives from head-office in Germany and the EU-Liaison office in Brussels convened in Amman for the foundation’s regional office conference.The three days meeting, consisting of intensive discussions on the foundation’s strategies in the region, was held against the background of striking political, social and economic developments unfolding in several countries of the region.

March 5^th, 2012

Amman -

“Jordan's government expenses account for 45% of the Kingdom’s economy, a ratio three times the world average”, said MP and former Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Abdallah Nsour, warning that “the resulting economic distortion constitutes Jordan’s single biggest economic challenge.”

YEA/FNF Press Release

January 24, 2012

Amman -

“Entrepreneurship means taking great risks to realize dreams. And there has never been a better time to become an entrepreneur in Jordan than now”, said Mr. William D. Cohan, award winning American business book author, journalist and former Wall Street banker.

YEA/FNF Press Release
Amman - December 13, 2011

According to Dr. Omar Razzaz, Chair of the National Employment Strategy Team, “a new social contract between governments and their citizens should be the basis for the future of all Arab countries in order for them to prosper and in turn offer their citizens opportunity, employment, and benefits”.

These remarks were made during an event hosted on Tuesday morning by the Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) as part of its well-established “Economic Power Breakfast” series.