Meeting discusses monitoring public opinion trends on economic and social issues
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The Economic and Social Association of Retired Servicemen and Veterans hosted a meeting of the Social Policies Committee of the Economic and Social Council, chaired by the Council President, Prof. Mousa Shtaiwi, and attended by the Council's Secretary-General, Nather Al-Awamleh, and the President of the Economic and Social Association of Retired Servicemen and Veterans and Chair of the Social Policies Committee, retired Major General Adnan Al-Raqqad, along with committee members.
At the beginning of the meeting, retired Major General Adnan Al-Raqqad welcomed the Council President, the Secretary-General, and the committee members. He provided a summary of the Economic and Social Association of Retired Servicemen and Veterans, covering its establishment, history, key tasks, and roles in serving retired servicemen and veterans, as well as its efforts in economic, social, and developmental fields. He also reviewed the committee's future work plan.
During the meeting, the committee discussed a proposal to implement a project to monitor, study, and analyze public opinion trends and measure reactions to major economic and social issues of concern to citizens. The Council President, Prof. Mousa Shtaiwi, emphasized that this proposal directly intersects with the core work of the Economic and Social Council by strengthening its role in monitoring and analyzing economic and social issues and providing evidence-based advice to support policy and decision-making. He pointed out the importance of ensuring that the recommendations and proposals generated by the platform are based on scientific analysis of collected and processed data, while utilizing artificial intelligence tools and techniques to analyze data and extract relevant trends and indicators.
The committee also discussed another proposal to conduct an evaluation study of the Student Support Fund program in Jordanian public universities, with the aim of determining the program's impact on promoting equity in access to higher education and its role in investing in human capital for families benefiting from social protection programs at the Development and Employment Fund.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the committee agreed to submit these proposals to the Economic and Social Council's administration for approval, in preparation for their implementation in accordance with established procedures.
