This project is responding to the emerged needs and challenges in Jordan. This include climate change, low employment rate of engineers, the gap between workforce supply and demand, the rapidly growing market of Electric vehicles and Hybrid vehicles (EV and HEV) and the need for servicing and maintaining them.The main scope is to equip the engineers with the needed practical skills in the field of EV and HEV and qualify them to local, regional and international markets, through developing a professional diploma and integrate some of these courses within existing programmes. Through this diploma, students will get the needed skills to maintain and operate Electric and Hybrid vehicles with appropriate knowledge in the fields of climate change, vehicle manufacturing systems, and life cycle assessment.The envisaged impacts within this project include:• Increase the employability of Engineers in Local, Regional and International Market • Reduce air pollution and mitigate climate change impact on Jordan, through increase the use of EV/HEV• Enhance the quality of the vocational training provided in the vocational training centers, through employing the trained engineers in those centers• Improve the level of provided services for repairing and maintaining electric and Hybrid vehicles in Jordanian enterprises. • Satisfying industry and economical needs by empowering engineers.• Helping to move Jordan forward to become a host for Electrical and Hybrid vehicles industry in future
ECO-CAR aims to develop the capacities in the field of Electrical and Hybrid cars in Jordan and bring together and strengthen the cooperation between companies and HEIs through empowering the engineers with needed skills to meet the market needs. This include developing a vocational training diploma programs for students who don’t have access to universities as well as providing the vocational training centers with qualified trainers to graduate qualified technicians.
ECO-CAR is a 3-year project that aims to develop a multidisciplinary diploma in the field of Electrical and Hybrid Vehicles (EV/HEV) along with establishing EV/HEV labs as well as to bring together and strengthen the cooperation between companies and HEIs in 8 partner universities in Jordan, as well as it involves integrating the experiences of 6 EU universities through building the capacity of the universities to evaluate, develop and design programmes and courses in the field of EV/HEV.
<< Background >> ECO-CAR is a 3-year project that aims to develop a multidisciplinary diploma in the field of Electrical and Hybrid Vehicles (EV/HEV) along with establishing EV/HEV labs as well as to bring together and strengthen the cooperation between companies and HEIs in 8 partner universities in Jordan, as well as it involves integrating the experiences of 6 EU universities through building the capacity of the universities to evaluate, develop and design programmes and courses in the field of EV/HEV. << Objectives >> ECO-CAR aims to develop the capacities in the field of Electrical and Hybrid cars in Jordan and bring together and strengthen the cooperation between companies and HEIs through empowering the engineers with needed skills to meet the market needs. This include developing a vocational training diploma programs for students who don’t have access to universities as well as providing the vocational training centers with qualified trainers to graduate qualified technicians. << Implementation >> Baseline study including Staff, Students, and Stakeholders.Developing vocational, associate degree and professional diploma.Developing 9 clusters with 45 courses in 2 languages (En and Ar).Conduct online and physical Workshops.Develop capacity building plan for staff and students. Establish 8 ECO-CAR Centers.Monitoring and Quality assurance plan. Establish EV/HEV network.Dissemination and exploitation activities.Create Website and social media tools.Develop Virtual Learning Platform. << Results >> Surveys analysis Report.8 Vocational diplomas, 2 Community College diplomas and 2 Professional diplomas.9 clusters with 26 courses and 19 labs manuals.6 ToT workshops and 3 students Internships in EU.Implementation workshops by EU.13 online workshops and 10 In-house trainings.8 ECO-CAR Centers.ECO-CAR network with 95 members.10 Agreements with Stakeholders.Virtual Learning Platform (VLP).Website, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn.6 e-Newsletters.100 online and physical meetings.