TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER WORKSHOPS

In support to the Technolo-

gy Transfer Units (TTUs)

established by the SRTD I,

a series of workshops are

being conducted through-

out stage II of the SRTD

project cycle, to support the

Technology Transfer Offic-

ers (TTOs) and increase their capacity in running the units in more effective

way and by providing better support to their institutions.

The first training course for TTOs was held between 14-18 February, 2016 at

the Higher Council for Science and Technology, the course was geared to-

wards upgrading the TTOs skills, standards and practices in technology

transfer.

The second training course was held between 22-24 March, 2016, also at

the Higher Council for Science and Technology, to further build the capacity

of the TTOs before their participation in a Study Tour to Italy.

This training focused on;

Communication and negotiation skills.

Project design and management tools.

Institutional building: reputation, leadership, influence

IPRs procedures from prior arts to exploitation.

Organising a network of TTUs.

Both trainings were delivered by the visiting expert, Ms. Manuela Arata.

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Inside this issue:

Technology Transfer (TTO)Trainings

Ms. Maral Nersessian

1

HORIZON 2020 Workshop

Ms. Maral Nersessian

2

Technology Transfer Study Tour in Italy

Ms. Maral Nersessian

2

European Day Cele-bration

4

In Focus project

Eng. Dana Hjazeen

5

Up Coming Events 6

B I A N N U A L N E W S L E T T E R P U B L I S H E D B Y T H E E U F U N D E D P R O J E C T , S U P P O R T T O

R E S E A R C H , T E C N O L O G I C A L D E V E L O P M E N T & I N N O V A T I O N I N J O R D A N ( S R T D - I I )

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ge

In order to increase the suc-

cessful participation of Jorda-

nian researchers in the Hori-

zon 2020 initiatives, an inter-

active workshop was organ-

ised from 10-12 April, 2016 by

SRTD II Project.

Horizon 2020 is the biggest

EU Research and Innovation

programme ever, with nearly

€80 billion of funding available

over 7 years (2014 to 2020) –

in addition to the private in-

vestment that this money will

attract, it promises more

breakthroughs, discov-

eries and world-firsts by

taking great ideas from

the lab to the market.

Jordan has been seeing

an increased participa-

tion in the framework

programmes with a

growing rate of a suc-

cessful participation

over the last few years,

the SRTD-II along with

other initiatives under

the umbrella of the

Higher Council for Sci-

HORIZON 2020 Workshop PROPOSAL WRITING for HORION 2020 EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

ence & Technology, aims to facili-

tate the participation process

through raising awareness & di-

rect support for the interested re-

searchers.

Technology Transfer Study Tour in Italy

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As part of the overall objective of

SRTD II to increase the contribu-

tion of Jordan’s Research & Tech-

nological Development and Innova-

tion sectors to Jordan’s

economic growth and

employment, and the

commitment to providing

support for the enhance-

ment of the TTUs by

supporting the TTOs,

and as already foreseen

in the SRTD II annual

programme, a study tour

covering the four key

areas supported by the SRTD II;

Food, Health, Energy and Water

was organised to give the oppor-

tunity for participants to visit top

organisations in Europe and have hands-on

experience in the respective areas.

The tour was conducted in Italy encompass-

ing visits to different institutions; such as in-

cubators, research centres, etc. The tour was

divided into two parts.

‘ The Study Tour met

the expectations and

the group left with

the hope this will be

a start to establish

stronger links …’

The first part was hosted by CIHEAM; In-

ternational Centre for Advanced Mediterrane-

an Agronomic Studies, in Valenzano, Bari,

Puglia, targeting the Water & Food sectors.

During this period the intensive program in-

cluded;

Attending the opening session of an INFO

Day on “Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action”

organized at CIHEAM in cooperation with

the European Commission.

A visit to Capitanata /Foggie.

A field visit to see the Aqua Card - an en-

vironmental solution for water and land

administrations.

A visit to Cooperative Coldiretti - San Fer-

dinando di Puglia, Farmers Cooperative

established in 1961.

A visit to MEDAB, Mediterranean Incuba-

tor for Business, Creation and Change,

Rural social Innovation, Feeding

knowledge and knowledge transfer

(Mediterranean Innovation Partnership)

Field visit to Laserinn innovation campus.

Agro-food enterprises.

Field visit to Parco delle dune costiere

(Ostuni).

The second part of the tour was hosted by

APRE, Agency for Promotion of European

Research, conducted in Lombardy, Milano,

and involved visiting research institutions in

Energy & Health sectors and studying the

Technology Transfer models of Milano.

This section included the following visits;

Innovhub – Experimental Stations for In-

dustry, the Special Agency of the Milan

Chamber of Commerce which conducts

applied research, scientific and technical

advice and industrial testing.

Study Tour in Bari, Italy, organized by Ciheam

APRE, the Agency for the Promotion of Europe-

an Research.

POLITECNICO DI MILANO - Technology Trans-

fer Office (TTO)

San Raffaele Hospital.

Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico (RSE), a joint

stock company which develops research in elec-

tro-energy.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC); the European

Commission's science and knowledge service.

University of Bergamo.

Kilometro Rosso; the science and technology

park of University of Bergamo, including Mario

Negri; the institute for very advanced pharmaco-

logical research.

Final station was at the PoliHub, the business

incubator of the Politecnico di Milano.

The Study Tour met the expectations and the group

was left with the hope that this will be the beginning

of establishing stronger links between these ad-

vanced European institutions & Jordan and future

cooperation of mutual benefits.

In celebration of Europe Day—

May 9th, the EU Delegation in Jor-

dan organized public events in

four different cities. The EU-

funded events took place in Irbid,

downtown Amman’s Hashemite

Square, Karak and Zarqa.

The Europe Day celebrations were

attended by children and families,

and included performances by Eu-

rovox Choir Amman, SemaZen

and Euromusicae; Greek dancing

by Opa Mazi; storytelling by Sally

Shalabyia, fire performance by

Nor o nar, Roman gladiators, clay

making, face painting, innovation

souk, energy corner, and was also

attended by EU Member States,

promoting their culture & language

institutes

SRTDII participated in the Souk

and had a special booth focusing

on three of its main key areas;

Health, Food and Energy, giving

SRTDII researchers the opportuni-

ty to present their projects to the

public, EU Delegation and the

Mayor of Greater Amman Munici-

pality Mr. Aqel Biltaji. The

HEALTH sector researchers

who participated were:

(MONOJO), represented

by Dr. Luay Abu-Qatouseh.

Novel antimicrobial agents of

ferulic acid derivatives for the

treatment of infections caused

by multi-resistant strains of

pathogenic bacteria

Dr. Ala' Khalifeh

A video conferencing platform

for e-health services

Prof. Khaled Asfar

Intermittent Pneumatic Com-

pression Device for the Pre-

vention of DVT in Patients.

In the FOOD Sector NCARE

participated with Dr. Yahay Al

Naser’s project, Developing an

oyster mushroom production

system to be more economic

and stable thereby reducing the

cost and stabilising the produc-

tion system. Dr. Hussein Kattab

also participated presenting his

project—Nitrate Production Sys-

tem.

In the ENERGY sector, the fol-

lowing projects were exhibited;

Dr. Louy Qoaider, German

Jordanian University -

Investigation of the techno

commercial potential for cool-

ing of photovoltaic modules.

Dr. Eyad Al Maaita & Dr.

Mohammad ElBes – Afforda-

ble Smart Lighting Control

Modules.

For more information about

European Delegation in Jordan

please visit:

http://www.eeas.europa.eu/europ

e-day/

https://www.facebook.com/

EUinJordan/?pnref=story

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The overall objective of the pro-

ject is to evaluate the impact of

three main control measures

which used to control pests of

date palm to increase the quali-

ty and quantity of the yield. To

assess the impact of conven-

tional, integrated pest manage-

ment (IPM) and organic cultural

methods on controlling pest

that infested date palm, several

activities have been conducted:

The first activity was to detect

the reasons behind the high

losses of date palm during the

early transplants age,150

Medjool date palm seedlings

were transplants in August

2015 on three plots to repre-

sent the three treatments

(conventional, IPM, and organ-

ic). During date palm season a

weekly monitoring for infesta-

tion and intensity of infected in-

sect and diseases was conduct-

ed, in order to collect data need-

ed to evaluate the used control

measurement. The second activi-

ty was in Commercial farms (10-

15 and 0-3 year’s old farms) to

evaluate the impact of the con-

ventional, organic and IPM meth-

ods used by the farmers. The

third activity conducted in a

farm that has old palm date

trees where farmers used a

specific instruction proce-

dures; a monitoring and eval-

uation program was set for all

processes from the prepara-

tion till the harvesting date.

The last activity was school

field days, which aimed to

train technicians on IPM and

organic cultural practices

needed to manage date palm

farms, twenty five students of

the agricultural-vocational

school in Jordan valley were

trained through fourteen lec-

tures and fourteen field days.

They were trained on practical

techniques and received all

the needed knowledge to

work in date palm as a techni-

cian starting from establishing

the farm, planting and irriga-

tion system installation to har-

vesting.

Eng. Basil checking a palm tree

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In Focus Project Assessment the impact of various control programs used in controlling pests that infested date palm under field condition on the quality and quantity of the yield.

Applicant: Eng. Basil Obeidat, Co-applicant: Dr. Muna mashal

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For more information about SRTD - II Project Please visit

www.srtd.hcst.gov.jo

Address: P.O. Box: 36 Amman 11941 – Jordan Phone: +962-6-5335288 Fax : +962-6-5340589

www.hcst.gov.jo

The Higher Counci l for Sc ience & Technology

This publication has been produced with the assistance

of the EU. The contents of this publication are the sole

responsibility of SRTD-II and can in no way be taken to

reflect the views of the European Union.

AUGUST: Technology Transfer Officers’ Training III

SEPTEMBER:

1. H2020 Proposal Writing II

2. Technology Transfer Officers two week Internship.

3. Horizon2020 Proposal Writing III

OCTOBER: H2020 Proposal Writing IV & V

NOVEMBER:

1. Technology Transfer Officers’ Training IV

2. Regional Innovation Souk & Brokerage Event

3. World Science Day for Peace & Development

* Dates are tentative and subject to change.