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Launch of the "Sport for Sustainable Urban Development" Project in Ghor Al-Safi

Launch of the "Sport for Sustainable Urban Development" Project in Ghor Al-Safi

The "Sport for Sustainable Urban Development" project was launched in the Ghor Al-Safi area under the patronage of Princess Ayah bint Faisal, President of the Jordan Volleyball Federation. The project is a partnership between the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the Jordan Olympic Committee, the Southern Jordan Valley Municipality, and the Zaha Cultural Center, with the aim of utilizing sport as a tool for development, improving the quality of life, and enhancing the sustainability of public spaces in the region.

The project embodies an ambitious developmental vision based on employing sport to serve the community through the development of public spaces and the improvement of the urban environment, alongside providing new opportunities for development and investment. This contributes to creating a more vibrant and inclusive environment, and opens horizons for the area's residents to harness athletic and youth energies into sustainable developmental pathways.

The launch of the project comes within the framework of the partners' directions towards enhancing the role of sport as an effective means to achieve community development, support youth participation, improve the quality of life, and create public spaces capable of hosting sports, community, and cultural activities.

The Southern Jordan Valley Municipality emphasized the importance of this partnership, considering that continued cooperation with national and international entities reflects the level of mutual trust and the municipality's credibility in working with its partners, as well as its ability to transform ideas and initiatives into realistic projects with a sustainable impact on the local community.

The municipality pointed out that the project represents a model for effective partnership between local, national, and international institutions, and enhances efforts aimed at supporting urban development in the Ghor Al-Safi area, investing in youth energies, and providing a more suitable community environment for sports activity and development.

Through employing sport within the urban development pathway, the project aims to enhance the presence of sport in the daily life of the community, create more effective public spaces, and thus contribute to building an active society, enhancing community interaction, and opening the door for new developmental and investment initiatives.

The project reflects the importance of integrating efforts among various partners to achieve sustainable development goals, translating plans and ideas into tangible projects that respond to the needs of the local community and enhance development opportunities in the Ghor Al-Safi area.

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