The Industrial Observatory is an electronic statistical database that works to identify the performance of the industrial sector, which helps decision and policy makers and support them to take the appropriate decision.

The Jordanian Industrial Observatory is an effective tool for providing various capacity building to produce strong and relevant industrial analyzes and also to give different views on the importance of industrial development through production, employment and productivity and for this reason, an agreement was reached between the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply (MITS) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) To find and establish such a site to be of help to others in the public and private sectors.

The Jordanian Industrial Observatory is considered one of the most important economic websites, it is a milestone for what it does and what it contains of economic and industrial data to provide to others, particularly those interested in the affairs and conditions of the Jordanian Industrial Sector.

What does the Jordanian Industrial Observatory offer?

• Multiple and different data on other countries, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, in addition to showing the state of regional development in Jordan.
• Illustrate the progress made in empowering women in the region
• Use it as a powerful analytical tool to assist researchers and policy makers
• It acts as a communication channel between global industrial databases: by linking the observatory with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to include Jordan in its databases related to the TiVA program
• Provide the necessary data and contribute to conveying a message about how data can support evidence-based policy making in the region.
• Assessing the quality and efficiency of the data entered through a comprehensive evaluation of the national industrial databases currently in use.

The value added that the Industrial Observatory will work on is to increase the competitive contribution of the Jordanian Private Sector in creating job opportunities and promoting the economic integration of youth and women by supporting the development of small and medium-sized establishments.

One of the most important points that the Jordanian Industrial Observatory works on and is concerned with is the situation of Jordanian employment in particular and total employment in a general situation.

What does the Jordanian Industrial Observatory mean for employment and unemployment rates?
Dealing with the situation of employment and unemployment and the different and changing rates of employment cases, whether for males or females, constitutes a troubling case for successive governments, which always seek to reduce unemployment rates between the males and females, through the creation of multiple job opportunities, whether in the public or private sector or both

Access to figures and rates of employment and unemployment between the males and females requires the existence of a reliable place for these figures so that it is easy to deal with them with confidence and reassurance by the decision makers and those interested in improving employment rates and reducing unemployment rates between both males and females, decided to establish the so-called Jordanian Industrial Observatory.

Therefore, the presence of an effective tool such as the Jordan Industrial Observatory, with its various numbers and data on the Jordanian economy, helps others to identify the economic situation and how to deal with the different numbers, which helps to understand the overall situation of employment and unemployment rates between the males and females and work to address this situation, as it constitutes reducing rates Unemployment and poverty are major development challenges in Jordan.

Providing capacity building to produce robust and relevant industrial analyzes as well as providing concrete examples of support for selected value chains through technical advice related to development and investment plans and the promotion of various business development services, which leads to an increase in the contribution of the private sector in working to increase economic growth that leads to Increasing employment among both males and females and thus reducing unemployment rates among them.