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(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- Amman) – Celebrating Jordan’s young entrepreneurs this year, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah honored the winners of the 5th Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition (QRNEC), in a ceremony held today at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) and attended by HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan.

Her Majesty praised all the projects that participated in the competition intended to develop Jordanian youth leadership skills and foster a culture of entrepreneurship among them.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department-Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah paid a visit today to Oasis500 where she met with the management of the development and investment company as well as young entrepreneurs running start-up ICT and digital content companies who showcased their progress, achievements and future plans.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- Paris)  As social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, increasingly bridge the gap between the digital and offline worlds, the question Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah asked the audience at Le Web, Thursday, is whether the real time web can bring real world change.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania on Wednesday urged young people to benefit from the experience and knowledge of global communities in order to implement their own projects.

During a meeting with young people participating in the Global Business Opportunities Programme from Jordan, Argentina and South Africa, she reiterated that young persons should practise teamwork and learn from other cultures to implement successful business projects.

Jordan's Queen Rania Al Abdullah emphasizes the need to teach Arab kids how to start their own businesses and create jobs. She's crisscrossed the region to drum up support for Injaz al-Arab, a fast-growing NGO that has helped 270,000 students learn business skills and set up their own mini-companies. Her Majesty answered Stefan Theil's written questions from the royal family's undisclosed vacation retreat. Excerpts: