Advocacy services are the core mandate of int@j, in which it positions the association as the ICT & ICT Enabled Services sector representative and advocate. Advocacy reveals the importance and value of int@j, as a powerful tool that influence the national ICTES directions, policies, and regulations, to help overcome a lot of the sector’s burdens and issues with the government that slow the sector’s progress and growth.

• int@j is working on re-structuring its core service and mandate as the sector’s advocate to be able to tackle main items and challenges faced by its members and the sector whether with the government or with other business partners or counterparts. This helps in giving a robust platform for int@j’s community and power.

Creating new business opportunities and reaching for new markets are a key focus of our marketing activities; int@j is also committed to establish a healthier relationship between the ICT & ICT Enabled Services sector and other sectors for mutual benefits through the Diffusion of ICT & ICT Enabled Services in vertical sectors, that’s why int@j hosted and will be hosting a set of regular forums & meetings between the ICT & ICT Enabled Services sector and other sectors; (Health, Pharmaceutical, Education, Energy, Financial…)

Trade Missions are part of the main initiatives under marketing as well; int@j conducts these missions to give our members the opportunity for a hands-on experience in new markets; we conduct two trade missions on average every year for a set of selected markets. Markets selection is based on market research, local capabilities and areas of focus, members’ feedback, and market trends.

• Market Reach - (Qatar trade Mission) As part of our efforts to create new business opportunities for our members, we are finalizing a trade mission to Qatar to be conducted soon. For interested members please contact mais.daoud@intaj.net . more details will be published soon.
• Create New Business Opportunities - Red Hate Business Linkages and Presentation June 2nd , 2009: In line with our efforts to attract global leaders to our local market, int@j is planning to invite its members to present their ideas, services and products to one of the global software industry leaders (Red Hate, http://www.redhat.com). This will be a unique opportunity for our members to be exposed to the latest software trends, exchange knowledge and capture partnership opportunities with one of the main players in the global IT market... more

   

  Participation Fees:
  Members	25 JDs
  Non-Members	50 JDs

   

• BPO Focused Market Reach – ‘BPO Strategy Summit – Bangalore’: As int@j has become the ICT enabled Services Association to help in better growing and serving the Business Process Outsourcing Sector in Jordan, the need for a thoroughly focused service aroused especially in the current financial crisis mode that have put on halt a lot of related activities. The targeted event will be an eye opener to our BPO sector on how to manage during crisis times, learn from the best world players from India and other countries, highlight opportunities and partnership possibilities, and get introduced to the latest trends and emerging markets… more
  
  For interested companies, please contact mais.daoud@intaj.net

   

  Participation Fees:
  Members	2,200 JDs
  Non-Members	4,000 JDs

   

• Gitex Dubai – The main targeted exhibition for products and services promotion, networking and making business leads from around the world. int@j is cooperating with Jordan Enterprise to arrange for this Gitex, give added value to members and maximize their benefit from this visit. For interested members, please contact nancy.dababneh@intaj.net

With the number of our association members increasing and the ICT & ICT Enabled Services community is growing, it is important to take the time in order to network with each other to encourage collaboration and market awareness.

These networking efforts were a key reason behind creating and/or developing business relationships that were of benefit for the companies as well as the sector; these networking events also supported the competency development of the sector in order to tackle regional as well as international challenges and opportunities.

int@j organizes the ICT Connect, which is a monthly gathering for our members to set together and discuss a certain theme that is of great importance to them; moreover, it is usually attended by our main partners in the sector and mainly H.E. the Minister of Communication and Information Technology to help building bridges and encouraging partnerships among the private and public sectors and even the Academia in so many cases.

• ICT Connect Jan 09: themed at int@j Plans & Business Collaboration.
• ICT Connect Feb 25th, 2009: themed at HR Challenges in the ICT Sector , in which a number of HR initiatives were launched.

Please feel free to suggest a theme for upcoming networking events, to be sent to nancy.dababneh@intaj.net

Human resources are the main competency for the Jordanian ICT & ICT Enabled Services sector; we believe it is of great importance to continuously build and support the Capacity Development in the sector whether as companies or as individuals. Capacity building is not only by providing competitive knowledge, but is also by interacting with our members, researching the market to understand related trends, and identifying how int@j can assist in elevating our companies’ readiness to meet and satisfy those trends.

The capacity building activities and the training that int@j provides is another way to support our members financially, since the rates and cost we provide are subsidized up to 75% in some cases.

int@j also provides its members with unique training services, in which the members list their training needs and requirements for int@j to assist them in designing and implementing a Customized Training package that suit their specific needs and organization dynamics.

• iHR: We launched an HR service to assist our members in developing and supporting their resources; we signed a deal with the British council to provide us with a very low cost, high quality English training. The training will be customized and tailored for your company needs and requirements.

In addition, MAHARAT program is working closely with int@j and gave the association members high priority to access the program graduates’ CVs to be employed by them. For interested members, please contact us at nancy.dababneh@intaj.net

Customized Training: Training is core to our members’ capacity development plans; moreover, each member is unique in terms of his strategy, goals, culture and directions. That’s why we, at int@j, believe that each investment in training should return the right value; we support our members to provide the right training and education that is tailored to the exact company needs and requirements; for example a sales training for an internet service provider should differ from the same training for a software company since they sell different products/services, and to different audience. This customized approach will assist the resources in realizing the true value of training, which will reflect positively on the overall development of the ICT sector resources & corporate.

For interested members, you may request your training from nancy.dababneh@intaj.net

int@j provides a unique channel of communication using both online and offline tools; these publications allow our members to get in contact with each other, raise awareness about market trends, latest investments in local, regional and international markets, and initiatives that are taking place in the ICT & ICT Enabled Services sector. Sector studies and statistics is an important element under this category in terms of the Annual Industry Statistics & the Salary Scales Study.

ICT Mag is only one example of these successful publications as well; a quarterly magazine that is followed and read by key decision makers and executive leaders in the ICT & ICT Enabled Services sector.

int@j is also working to develop a who’s who in the ICT & ICT Enabled Services sector; this publication is due in summer 09 and will be the first who’s who published by the association. Moreover, focused industry profiles for companies’ services and products is being developed to create the platform and literature to be used by the various economy leaders, who will help promote this sector and its representatives through their competitive deliveries.

• ICT Mag: The one and only sector magazine issued quarterly, providing valuable insight about the sectors’ companies and stakeholders news, capacity, and directions, in addition to promoting the global technical and business trends, sharing stories, opinions and successes, all developed in cooperation and with the engagement of our members and partners.
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• Monthly Newsletter: a Monthly unique publication covering every month news by int@j, its members and the sector, in addition to many other topics and of interest for a quick review of the sector on monthly basis. Share with us your news and stories, by contacting us on nancy.dababneh@intaj.net

As a growing community of 130 members, we were able to provide corporate services with other partners to benefit the association members by saving cost, effort and time. These services range from Health Insurance Deals to Hotel Deals and special rates on publications; we are also finalizing other services that will benefit the staff working in our member companies and organizations.

• Corporate Health Insurance: a very competitive package for int@j members only that was designed by one of the best insurance providers, all to give more value to our members, help them in enhancing their work environments/ incentives, and support them in cutting their operational costs.
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  To apply for the service, please contact us on nancy.dababneh@intaj.net
• Hotel Deals: very competitive hotel deals for residency and conferences. It’s a case by case service that int@j will handle fully on behalf of you.
  To apply for the service and for more details, please contact us on nancy.dababneh@intaj.net