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Education is recognized as a key catalyst and enabler for
social and economic development in countries throughout the
world. Recognizing this, business leaders from the IT and
telecommunications sectors at the World Economic Forum
Annual Meeting 2003 presented the World Economic Forum with
a mandate to launch an action-oriented initiative to
leapfrog education reform in a selected pilot developing
country using a new framework for public-private
collaboration and partnership.
Jordan, with a committed, clear, and aggressive strategy for education reform
was selected as the pilot country for the learning
initiative. Formally launched in June 2003 at the
Extraordinary Meeting of the World Economic Forum at the
Dead Sea, the Initiative aims at accelerating education
reform through a public-private partnership model that
drives innovation and capability.
The Initiative was
developed in partnership between the Government of Jordan
and the World Economic Forum and to date incorporates over
17 global corporations, 17 Jordanian entities, and 11
governmental and non-governmental organizations as
stakeholders in achieving its goals.
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