The Jordanian Education for Water and Environmental Leadership (JEWEL)
JEWEL is a USAID funded project that is implemented by The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (WDI) – USA. JRF in partnership with the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute at the University of Michigan; the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise (CSGE) at the Cornell University’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) started implementing the project (2008-2010), aiming at empowering leadership and decision making, and creating resources and knowledge networks in Natural Resource Management (NRM) in Jordan.

In 2008, the project started by conducting several Natural Resources Management Workshops were conducted in different governorates including Ajlun, Balqa’, Mafraq, and Aqaba. These workshops aimed to raise awareness on sustainable use of natural resources amongst local communities.They were attended by representatives of communities who have an effective and vital role to play in the area such as farmers, environmental societies, cooperatives, private sector, parliament members, and school teachers among others.

In 2009, the workshops were spread to other locations, in Kufranja, Hashimiya, Fuheis, and Jerash. Moreover, the “1st International Conference on Integrated Natural Resources Management in Jordan” was held by jointly by JRF and JUST.