LES-AC and Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship Sign Cooperation Agreement
LES-AC and Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship Sign Cooperation Agreement
The Agreement aims at promoting creativity among students in schools and universities and raising awareness and knowledge of Intellectual Property Rights through specialized training courses.
AMMAN - November 9, 2009 - The Licensing Executives Society - Arab Countries (LES-AC) and the Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE) signed on November 3, 2009 a cooperation agreement to organize and hold specialized training and educational courses in the field of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).
According to the agreement, both parties will cooperate in holding a series of specialized training courses to promote creativity in Jordan. The objective of these courses, which will target the age group of 12 to 25 years, is to promote innovation and investment in IPRs, and raise awareness and knowledge of Intellectual Property Rights among members of this segment.
The agreement was signed by Ms. Renad Al-Nubani, manager of LES-AC, and Eng. Mohamed Al-Khawaja, executive director of QRCE who stressed the importance of investing in new generations as a strategic development alternative in order to build a creative generation aware of its responsibilities towards its society. He added that LES-AC is a strategic partner of the center and LES-AC is the first Arab specialized regional network in the field of licensing and technology transfer.
From her part, Ms. Al-Noubani praised the center’s efforts and its programmes aiming at enhancing the development of knowledge economy in the region, notably the technology investment programme which seek to raise the level of awareness on intellectual property management.
About Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship
QRCE is a non-profit non-governmental organization, established in 2004. It is affiliated with El Hassan Science City. The mission of QRCE is to support economic growth through the provision of a range of services that aims at developing leadership and technology commercialization through the Center's various programs.
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