The Jordanian partner of PPI4MED, the National Center for Research and Development (NCRD), has been working for months on building up relationship with important stakeholders within the innovation ecosystem of Jordan. During these months several meetings with many different entities have taken place with the objective of encouraging key players to be part of the PPI4MED, stating the benefits they would obtain from participating in the project, as well as the opportunities available for Public procurement Model, capacity building program and pilot phases. The agreements reached during these meetings were formalize through the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs). 

The signature took place in Amman between September 2021 and December 2022 and a total of thirteen Living Lab MoUs were signed with different governmental institutions, research centers, and companies from the private sector for the project “Technological transfer and commercialization of public research results through PPI in the Mediterranean region, PPI4MED”.

Engineer Maha Al-Aqra, the PPI4MED project coordinator and Living Lab manager for Jordan, from the NCRD, signed 4 Living Lab MoUs with different governmental institutions (Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO), National Center for Innovation, Water Authority, Jordan Valley Authority), 6 universities and research centers (Yarmouk University, Mutah University, Princess Sumaya University for technology, the Hashemite University, Zarqa University, University of Jordan), 3 private companies (al-Fardthakh Tech & Data Science, Smart technological systems for data processing and analysis, Al-Azal company SOLVillion).

NCRD also signed two collaboration agreements with projects funded under the ENI CBC Med, based in Jordan, the Programme IPMED and the MED-QUAD project coordinators. The collaboration with the IPMED project will help PPI4MEDpromote the commercialization of research results from the Living Labs and have access to innovative start-ups, youths, and women entrepreneurs to IPR and commercialization schemes, and improve capacities of start-ups, youths, and women entrepreneurs for efficient and fruitful IP management. 

The collaboration with MED-QUAD project aims at local and sustainable development, through innovation. The project also looks for the commercialization of research results from the pilots, developed as a result of the Living Labs sessions in the MED-QUAD project : the Smart Water Use Applications (SWUAP) and the Applied Research for Cultural Heritage Exploitation (ARCHEO).

NCRD is very satisfied with these agreements as it believes that they help to create synergies and enhance innovation and development in the country and the Mediterranean region.