URBAN PROGRAMS STRATEGIC URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND C ITIES AND C LIMATE C HANGE MAPPING OF RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS AND CENTERS OF COMPETENCE
Amman Institute for Urban Development Category: Research and training institutes
Country : Jordan
Director: Chairman, H.E. Eng. Omar Maani, Mayor of Amman Contact : PO Box 9155, Amman 11191, Jordan Tel: +962 6 47 85 358 / +962 6 46 21 829 Fax : +962 6 46 29 165 Email: info@ai.jo Website: www.ammaninstitute.com Missions: Established by the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), the Institute operates not only to serve GAM, but also to advance the work related to urban governance at the local and national levels, tackling issues of land management, physical planning, public policy, and city leadership, among others. The Institute seeks to understand the locale and operate within its sphere whilst expanding it under its own rules to create success stories in urban governance. Moreover, the Institute is reversing the brain drain and contributing to the building of a knowledge economy by retaining and attracting back professional Jordanians in the field. Amman Institute provides its advisory services in land management and planning, and in urban governance. However, AI's mandate is much larger than advisory services. The Institute aspires to play a critical role in shaping the discourse of urban governance and planning, which is just rapidly emerging in Jordan and the region. Publication, translation of seminal works, intellectual debates, executive training in both hard skills and soft ones, outreach initiatives to the public in general and to the children in particular, are among many other programs that are being initiated by the Institute. Relevance to the CMI urban programs : UD1 -- Regional and urban planning; Urban expansion and renewal UD2 – Climate-appropriate urban development Date of entry : June 2010