Description
The U.S. Embassy Amman, U.S. Department of State, announces an open competition to implement a program to strengthen the capacity of Jordanian entrepreneurs to invest in the U.S. market through SelectUSA programs. This program will develop a cohort of 15 Jordan-based entrepreneurs working in U.S. priority sectors through a two-phase readiness program. The first phase consists of a 10-week training program to enhance participants’ success in engaging with U.S. markets. The second phase includes a three-week investment promotion visit to the United States for five of the entrepreneurs who succeed in a competition at the end of the 10-week training.
Key aspects of the job include:
• Implementing a two-phase readiness program for Jordanian entrepreneurs
• Providing training and investment promotion activities
• Enhancing participants’ understanding of the U.S. market
• Supporting private sector growth and strengthening long-term commercial ties between the United States and Jordan