Amman: Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh underlined the ministry's commitment Sunday to promoting innovation and creativity among employees by encouraging the submission of practical ideas and initiatives that enhance performance and improve the quality of services.
According to Jordan News Agency, Kharabsheh made the remarks while patronizing a ceremony honoring the Innovation and Participation Team, winners of the Innovative Idea Award for its second cycle (2023-2024). He stressed the importance of supporting innovative ideas across all levels of the ministry, noting their role in improving work mechanisms, optimizing the use of time and resources, and enhancing operational efficiency.
Kharabsheh said honoring innovators reflects the ministry's efforts to establish a culture of excellence and encourage employees to develop solutions that contribute to streamlining procedures and improving government services. Head of the Knowledge Management and Innovation Department at the ministry, Omar Barqawi, said the award followed the launch of an internal training program titled "Innovative Administrator," supported by the Jordanian-German Energy Partnership Project.
He explained that the program was developed in line with methodologies adopted by the King Abdullah II Center for Excellence and the Global Innovation Management Institute to strengthen employees' capabilities in institutional innovation and develop practical solutions to challenges facing the ministry. Barqawi said 15 employees from various ministry departments participated in the program.
He added that the "Creative" team, comprising geologists Ali Samadi and Dima Atiyat, Tahani Zeidan, Ghada Hamed, and Hanin Saeed, won the award for their project "Mineral Exploration Using Remote Sensing." The project provides innovative solutions to support exploration activities and improve the efficiency of investing in national mineral resources.
Samadi presented an overview of the winning project, including its implementation phases, estimated cost, proposed timeline, expected outcomes, and contribution to advancing exploration and mining activities. The ministry also honored Ibrahim Sharari for his "Ejarti" project, an electronic system designed to regulate leasing operations in the energy sector, protect the rights of owners, tenants, and partners, and enhance the real estate investment environment linked to the sector in Jordan.