Partnership between "Irbid Chamber of Commerce" and "Engineers" to form an investment advisory council and overcome investment obstacles
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The Irbid Chamber of Commerce and the Irbid Engineers Syndicate, during a joint meeting held at the Chamber's headquarters, discussed the establishment of an "Investment Advisory Council" for Irbid Governorate, aiming to stimulate the economic and developmental wheel, and transition from problem identification to solution manufacturing and launching comprehensive development initiatives.
The President of the Irbid Chamber of Commerce, Muhammad Al-Shouha, emphasized the pivotal role played by the Engineers Syndicate in supporting the commercial sector, particularly in the housing sector, noting the significant impact of engineering cadres and their multiple contributions to the economic and commercial affairs. Al-Shouha explained that this meeting aims to identify the most prominent requirements and challenges facing the commercial sector, and to explore ways to overcome them, in addition to agreeing on creating joint coordination frameworks between the Chamber and the Syndicate to resolve pending issues and problems that hinder the work of both parties with government agencies.
For his part, the President of the Irbid Branch of the Engineers Syndicate, Engineer Mahmoud Al-Rababah, stressed the importance of pooling investment and engineering efforts, and addressing the challenges facing various sectors to advance the economic reality, benefiting from the comparative advantage and competitive advantages that Irbid Governorate possesses.
Al-Rababah explained that the initiative to establish the "Investment Advisory Council" seeks to bring together representatives of economic, engineering, industrial, municipal, university, banking, and business sectors to be a specialized platform that studies stalled projects, identifies real investment opportunities, and removes obstacles for investors during the upcoming phase that requires serious and integrated work.
Al-Shouha and Al-Rababah indicated that members of the joint coordinating committee, which is tasked with inviting all relevant sectors and institutions to join and cooperate with the Investment Advisory Council, have been named, stressing the need to open new horizons to empower young engineers and new graduates through the formulation of training and qualification programs that culminate in employment in coordination with the private sector, and to follow up the implementation of these initiatives according to a specific time schedule.
In turn, a member of the Board of Directors of the Irbid Chamber of Commerce, Zaid Shuqeirat, presented the most prominent regulatory and legislative challenges facing the housing sector, particularly those related to the governing systems and laws. Shuqeirat pointed to clear differences between the systems of the Greater Amman Municipality and the Municipalities Law, in addition to the issues related to the mandatory number of apartments and their linkage to areas and parking spaces, as well as the significant disparity in fees for the establishment of ponds; where it amounts to 5 dinars in Amman Municipality compared to 50 dinars in Irbid, calling for the need to address the issue of land plots located at intersections and traffic lights to facilitate investment and remove obstacles for investors in the sector.
For his part, a member of the Chamber's Board of Directors, Raed Al-Quraan, called for the need to reconsider the mechanism of collecting fees at the Engineers Syndicate and to shift from immediate cash payment to the possibility of providing guarantees to alleviate the financial burdens on investors, while a member of the Chamber's Board of Directors, Ayman Al-Ghazawi, emphasized the importance of the specialized training programs and courses offered by the Chamber that keep pace with the requirements of the modern labor market, noting that the certificates issued by it are officially accredited by the Ministries of Labor and Higher Education, which enhances the opportunities for the qualification and training of engineering and commercial cadres in partnership with the Syndicate.
For his part, the Chamber member, Adnan Al-Afuori, stressed the need to prepare a comprehensive inventory study of land plots owned by municipalities or falling within their organization that can be exploited for investment, calling for the establishment of special legislation and systems by municipal councils to facilitate the investment of these lands and remove complexities in front of the establishment of development projects on them.
For her part, the member of the Irbid Branch Council of the Engineers Syndicate, Engineer Dina Shahrour, emphasized the importance of reviewing and updating some of the systems and laws related to licensing procedures and company licensing, stressing the need to simplify the mechanism of work for companies wishing to obtain a license and to clarify the legal procedures governing them more accurately and transparently to facilitate their work process.
In a related context, the Director of the Chamber, Muhammad Al-Shouha, and the Director of the Training Center, Taghreed Haylat, presented a comprehensive presentation on the most prominent specialized training programs and courses offered by the Center, and the specialized services provided by the Chamber to the commercial sector and the local community, affirming the full readiness to mobilize all training and logistical capabilities to support joint initiatives with the Syndicate.
At the end of the meeting, Al-Shouha and Al-Rababah agreed to identify and frame all the points and challenges facing the commercial and engineering sectors, and to issue official invitations to officials and specialists in the concerned authorities to visit the Chamber, with the aim of direct discussion and finding radical and practical solutions to them, in a way that contributes to simplifying and facilitating procedures and stimulating the investment and commercial environment in the governorate.
The meeting was attended by members of the Irbid Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors: Zaid Al-Shuqeirat, Ayman Al-Ghazawi, Adnan Al-Afuori, Raed Al-Quraan, the Chamber Director Muhammad Al-Shouha, and the Training Center Director Taghreed Haylat. From the Engineers Syndicate, members of the Branch Council: Engineer Hassan Al-Amri, Engineer Ali Dweikat, Engineer Dina Shahrour, and Branch Director Engineer Muhammad Batihah.
