The President of the National Society for the Conservation of Petra and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Cultural Heritage, HRH Princess Dana Firas, sponsored at Yarmouk University, in the presence of HRH Prince Hashem bin Firas, and the President of the University, Professor Islam Massad, the closing ceremony of the training program "Promoting Cultural Heritage – Our Heritage" implemented by the University through the Deanship of Student Affairs and the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology in cooperation with the Jordan Museum and the Terra Sancta Society.

In her opening speech, Her Highness expressed her happiness to be at Yarmouk University, "that ancient scientific edifice, which is one of the most prominent and important Jordanian universities, where our meeting today comes to celebrate the graduates of the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology who successfully completed the training program "Promoting Cultural Heritage - Our Heritage", expressing Her pride in this partnership with the Jordan Terra Sancta Association, the Jordan Museum, and Yarmouk University in implementing this project, which contributes to the preservation and sustainability of Jordanian cultural heritage and its transmission to future generations. Her Highness added that the National Society for the Conservation of Petra is a non-governmental and non-profit association established in 1989 as a leading association for the preservation of cultural heritage, its efforts focused upon its establishment on the Petra World Heritage Site. She then pointed out that Jordan is the cradle of civilization and from this land spread the ways of life that we know today - from agriculture, water harvesting, settlement, architecture and construction - Jordan is the home of the monotheistic religions, and on this holy land sat prophets and coexisted man with different beliefs and rituals and built his tolerant human values based on justice, mercy and equality. She also addressed students saying said that youth have a vital role in preserving civilization and cultural heritage, especially university graduates from faculties of archeology and other related disciplines, as this generation contributes to enhancing knowledge and understanding of history and building bridges between the past and present in a way that enhances the continuity of cultural heritage in an innovative and sustainable way.  Moreover, Her Highness called on young people to submit new and innovative ideas in the field of preserving cultural heritage, creating a vibrant cultural economy, and participating in projects to restore and rehabilitate historical buildings to be cultural and social centers that contribute to promoting cultural tourism and achieving sustainable development, stressing that involving young people in these processes enhances their leadership capabilities and increases their sense of responsibility towards their cultural heritage.

In his turn, Massad said: this celebration comes as a culmination of the mission of Yarmouk University and the efforts of its Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Deanship of Student Affairs in preserving our cultural heritage and involving local communities in preserving and sustaining it. He added that Jordan, under the leadership of His Majesty the King, has been able to transfer Jordanian heritage from its local arena to the world by adopting projects that promote tourism development and national heritage, thus the Royal Decree was issued to establish the Jordan Museum and the Royal Jordanian Hashemite Documentation Center to devote national goals to preserve and publicize Jordanian heritage, praising His Majesty's interest and keenness to present Jordan and set it in the proper place it deserves for its past, civilized history and bright future. Massad then called for the continuation of this fruitful cooperation between Yarmouk University and the various institutions concerned with this field in the future to achieve more successes in the service of education and provide distinguished field training for students to achieve sustainable development in the preservation of national heritage.

For his part, the Director General of the Jordan Museum, Ihab Amarin, pointed out the focus of this training program and its importance in building capacities in terms of enhancing knowledge of Jordan's history and its contributions to human civilization through the ages and the results and benefits of this enhancement, the most important of which is stimulating creativity among young people within the framework of strengthening belonging and national identity. He added that this program included practical training, rehabilitation and capacity building by 280 training hours over a period of four months, in addition to field visits to selected archaeological sites, lectures on preserving archaeological finds, documentation and restoration, methodologies for dealing with school students, and leading tours inside archaeological sites. While providing the necessary explanations about the training program, Amarin praised the great efforts of the program viewing it as part of a cumulative and cooperative national effort to manage Jordan's heritage and show it in the best ways based on global standards.

The opening ceremony also included a dialogue session on the training program "Our Heritage", moderated by the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Yari Al-Nimri, in which the Country Director of the Jordan Terra Sancta Association, Tariq Rizkallah, the Dean of the Faculty of Archeology and Anthropology, Dr. Mustafa Al-Naddaf, the curator of the Main Museum / Jordan Museum, Dr. Yoshua Al-Omari, the Director of Training at the National Society for the Conservation of Petra, Huda Amarin, and Muhammad Al-Lami, one of the students participating in the training program. It also included the presentation of a short video about the students and graduates of the University participating in the training program. At the end of the ceremony, Her Highness honored the students and graduates who completed the training requirements of the "Promoting Cultural Heritage – Our Heritage" program.

On the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the program, Her Highness also inaugurated a heritage art exhibition of artworks by students from the Deanship of Student Affairs, the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Faculty of Fine Arts.