Who we are

The Academy for International Development – Middle East and North Africa (AID-MENA) is an organisation dedicated to capacity building and research for professionals in civil society, the public sector, and government in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as the Balkans and Turkey (specifically for Syrian NGOs). 

About Us

AID-MENA has several branch offices registered in Lebanon, Yemen, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Bosnia and implemented several programs in Libya, Tunisia, Iraq, Syria, West Bank and Gaza. Moreover, a broad network of partners from the Middle East and North Africa, Tanzania, Europe, and the UK.

Our services

AID-MENA has several running offices nationally and internationally based, which are utilised to provide various services. AIDMENA is dedicated to fostering positive change on a global scale. Our comprehensive services encompass tailored guidance and support for national and international organizations, leveraging evidence-based research and thorough analysis.


We empower public officials, NGOs, and INGOs with capacity-building solutions and specialized training in diverse development and humanitarian fields. In regions affected by conflicts, we equip frontline responders with essential technical knowledge and practical skills to carry out their critical roles. Our commitment extends to nurturing the potential of youth and lifesavers, ensuring they are well-prepared to deliver humanitarian and reconstruction services that meet international standards.


AIDMENA actively collaborates with women groups, women NGOs, and activists, advocating for increased engagement in political and social spheres, while actively participating in policy formulation.

Embracing innovation, we develop field tests and create program-oriented training curriculums, materials, job resources, and tools to empower communities and promote lasting impact. 

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● Providing advice for national and international organisations based on evidence-based research and mapping and analysing the current situation.

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● Providing capacity-building solutions and training courses for public officials, NGOs and INGOs in various development and humanitarian fields.

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● Providing technical and practical knowledge and skills to the front liners in the countries where there are conflicts.

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● Equipping Youth and lifesavers with the needed skills to provide humanitarian and reconstruction services by international standards.

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● Working closely with women groups, women NGOs and activists for more engagement in political and social life, in addition to participate in policy formulation.

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● Developing field tests and producing programme-oriented training curriculums, materials, job resources, and tools.

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Our Team

Our organisation boasts a talented and diverse multidisciplinary team comprising professional staff and consultants. With backgrounds in development, economics, social sciences, politics, governance, gender mainstreaming, youth engagement, humanitarian aid, peacebuilding and climate change, our team brings a wealth of expertise and experience to our work. 

We take pride in our extensive network, spanning the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, and Africa. Our network comprises more than 100 non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, civil societies, faith-based organisations, and privately owned businesses. This broad and robust network enables us to forge impactful partnerships and collaborate on projects that drive positive change and sustainable development in the communities we serve

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About US

AID-MENA implements internationally recognised training course models across various sectors, including Health, Education, Youth, democracy and election, and women’s engagement. Our organisation focuses on promoting strategic participatory planning, evidence-based approaches, and action-oriented methodologies to raise awareness and facilitate knowledge transfer among
public officials and civil society organisations (CSOs). We specialise in community development and the evaluation of humanitarian projects, as well as mapping CSOs, non-state actors, and local governance, employing suitable methodologies that are tailored to challenging contexts in the MENA region. With our extensive experience in these fields since 2006, we are well-equipped to assist public officials, NGOs, and other stakeholders, including frontline workers, in achieving their goals and making a lasting impact.

Our organisation’s work in training, capacity building, evaluation and mapping, governance, and peacebuilding is supported by a dedicated team of skilled and professional staff, as well as MENA/International experts. Additionally, we have established a wide network of partners spanning Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the UK. We strive to foster mutually beneficial partnerships and strategic alliances with leading development and academic organisations, institutions, and networks at regional and international levels.
This allows us to allocate our resources and expertise to projects that we consider of utmost importance.

Our programs and consultancies tackle highly complex and sensitive issues, providing services in various regions of the Middle East, including Syria, Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan, and Yemen. Through our capacity-building initiatives, we aim to assist countries in delivering their services to international standards.

OUR CORE VALUES

PASSION: Driven by a personal and collective professional commitment to
initiate and sustain positive change in the MENA region.

RESPECT: Appreciates cultural diversity and local experiences and assets. 

INTEGRITY: Strives for the highest ethical standards, transparency, and accountability in all aspects of its work as an independent firm with no political or cultural biases.

INNOVATION: Works with innovative non-traditional interventions and problem-solving techniques.

OUR VISION

Envisions competent, informed, and empowered public officials in Health, Education, and Youth and women engagement to be able to identify, initiate and sustain the service provided for the citizens.

OUR MISSION
Partners with and provide services for organisations to:

  • Design, implement and evaluate strategic evidence-based and action-oriented community services programs that influence political dialogue, collective action, social norms and individual behaviour. 
  • Enhance networking and access to information, skills and the exchange of lessons learned and best practices. 
  • Design and initiate formative social research to guide and shape program design, evaluate impact, test theories and advance knowledge within different development fields. 
  • Develop, field test and produce programme-oriented training curriculums, materials, job resources, and tools.
  • Strengthen organisational capabilities through institutionalising sustainable systems.
 

OUR OFFICES

  • Regional Office: Egypt – Cairo
  • Turkey office: Alanya
  • Jordan office: Amman
  • Lebanon office: Beirut
  • Tunisia office: Tunis
  • Yemen Office: Sana’a
 

Ongoing and Past Funding Agencies

At AIDMENA, we are immensely grateful for the continuous support and collaboration from our Ongoing and Past Funding Agencies, which have played
a crucial role in empowering our mission. These esteemed agencies have believed
in our vision and have been instrumental in providing the necessary resources to drive positive change in the communities we serve. 

Our stakeholders are at the heart of our journey towards sustainable development, and their unwavering commitment has been the driving force behind our impactful initiatives. Together with local communities, government bodies, non-profit organizations, and dedicated volunteers, we strive to create a meaningful difference in the fields of education, healthcare, and environmental conservation.


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Who we are

AID-MENA was established and registered in Egypt, in 2006 and later became a registered as Regional Organization in the Kingdom of Hashemite of Jordan. In 2009, AID-MENA founded its three sister organisations in the region, the National Development Foundation (NDF) in Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon which are operating as a non-profit organisation.  

As part of AID-MENA geographical expansion, we established the International Development Foundation (IDF) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina which operates as a non-profit organisation. Subsequently, in 2018, AID-MENA registered its new organisation and research centre, AID-Türk, in Turkey, under registration number 0030628835 for responding to the Syrian crisis and supporting the civil social sector inside Syria and Syrian NGOs in the dispora.

AID-MENA has a multidisciplinary team of more than 50 professional staff and consultants with different educational backgrounds, skills and experiences in various development, economic, social, political, democracy and election, governance, humanitarian aids, women and youth engagement and health fields. AlD-MENA has an extensive network of more than 100 non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, civil societies, faith-based organisations and privately owned business in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Europe and Africa.

Project title: HEYA – Women Policy Centre (WPC)

Country: MENA REGION (EGYPT LEBANON, JORDAN, YEMEN, TUNISIA)

Detailed description of the project:
HEYA Program or Women Policy Centre (WPC) is a regional program directed by AID-MENA and implemented by its partners in 5 countries in the MENA Region, including Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia and Yemen, alongside five CSOs in each country, making a total of 30 CSOs. The proposal is built on the current complicated situation of women in the MENA region who face several major challenges that hold them back from advancement in various spheres, especially the political one. The proposed program’s overall goal is to increase women’s active participation in public spheres in the MENA region for sustainable and gender-equitable changes in policies and practice to ensure that the voices of women at all levels, including the poorest and most marginalized, are heard. The proposed program strategy is to create the WPC that focuses on a multitude of policy issues, including but not restricted to governance and democracy, women and youth development, education and socioeconomic development, environment and natural resources, and public affairs. Participant women leaders will be equipped and engaged in addressing several disciplines of development and public affairs.

Type and scope of services provided:
1. Developed Arabic CSOs toolkit for “Monitoring Government Policies”,
2. Five national roundtable discussions on the identified topic that affect women’s participation in the target countries in which women recommend and provide doable actions for policy change.
3. 30 needs assessment studies to assess and identify development needs and problems facing women in the 30 target communities in the six countries.
4. 3,600 women trained and equipped with the necessary skill, tools, and knowledge in policymaking and policy monitoring governance and public policy area.
5. “Women Policy Center” is established and equipped. This center will serve as an independent policy platform for women to engage in monitor and providing public policies in several development disciplines of their societies.

Project title: Supporting Democratic Transition in Jordan (SDT) 

Country: Jordan 

Detailed description of the project:

The project Supporting Democratic Transition in Jordan” (SDT) is designed in order to address the pressing need to support democratization and good governance in Jordan. The expected results of the project are to empower 4 CBOs in Jordan in order to play the role of facilitator and interlocutor between the communities and the governmental sector; thus they should be able to foster and enhance policy dialogue between government and NSAs, and also improving policy dialogue between CBOs and public sector in general. 

The general objective of the project is to support NSAs to act as an effective drive for good governance and accountability. First and foremost, it stresses on enhancing policy dialogue between Government and NSAs including CBOs and Citizens. Accordingly, the SDT project aims to develop and foster dialogue between Government and NSAs, with specific reference to youth and women and political figures, through strengthening and building the capacity of local CBOs as well as increasing civic awareness of democratization and good governance. Furthermore, the project focuses on supporting democratic reform in Jordan by enhancing the role of partner organizations in civil society as conduits for increasing citizen civic awareness. Thereby, the project intends to support the democratic process by promoting and fostering democratic behaviour, participatory planning and public participation among CBOs.

Type and scope of services provided:

Develop and foster dialogue between the government and NSAs

– CBOs’ capacities to participate and engage in public policy should be enhanced so that they will be able to have a policy dialogue with governments’ policies.

– CBOs actors’ capacities of coordination, networking, knowledge sharing, participatory planning, and monitoring and evaluation should be strengthened.

– Engagement of CBOs in the annual action plan and thus CBOs should be playing a role in the local governance and the making of public policy.

– A development strategy will be developed using the concept of participatory planning with public consultation.

Support local governance and decentralization and promote public accountability

– Interactions and trust should be built between CBOs and the public, CBOs and the government sector and between the government sector and the public.

– CBOs actors should be empowered enough to play the role of interlocutor between the community and government officials.

– Various stakeholders and the public, in general, should be more aware of citizens’ role in political and social affairs of the state and most notably their knowledge should be increased about gender equality and human rights.


Project title: Umayyad Route 

Country: EGYPT, TUNISIA, LEBANON, JORDAN, SPAIN, ITALY, PORTUGAL

Detailed description of the project:

The multilateral cross-border cooperation “Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme” is part of the new European Neighbourhood Policy and of its financing instrument (ENPI) for the 2007-2013 period: it includes the European Union and partner countries’ regions placed along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

At the Mediterranean level, tourism has often led many countries and regions to develop the industry in a competitive way rather than in a cooperative manner. For obvious climatic reasons but also due to the role played by tour operators, Mediterranean tourism destinations have based their growth essentially on a “sun and sea” vision and developed strategies aimed at maximizing short-term profits instead of addressing the needs and expectations of customers and residents. In this sense, there is a real need to adopt and introduce new consumer models translated into environmentally friendly tourism products, respecting natural resources and diversifying the seasonal nature of tourism demand. UMAYYAD contributes to this objective by promoting sustainable tourism based on the synergies derived from the design of a cross-border itinerary between 6 countries sharing a common history and cultural background.

Type and scope of services provided:

– Mediterranean Cultural Tourism Network established and good practices in cultural tourism and cross-sector activities transferred 

– Integrated strategy implemented addressing 3 dimensions: cultural heritage, diversification of the supply of tourism services, tourist infrastructure contributing to the seasonal tourism balance

– Cultural itinerary on Umayyad heritage launched

– Specific Mediterranean common tourism brand designed within the itinerary of Umayyad

– Increased number of arrivals during the off-season period with estimated 10-20% growth Main activities

– Analysis of tourism infrastructure and opportunities for off-season offers

– Identification and exchange of good practices related to cultural tourism

– Development of Local Action Plans containing recommendations for enhancing cultural tourism

– Design of thematic tourism packages within the Umayyad itinerary

– Training sessions dedicated to policy-makers, tour operators and entrepreneurs

– Organization of an exhibition devoted to cultural tourism and Umayyad itinerary

Project title: Supporting Women during Democratic Transition in Libya (SWDTL)

Country: EGYPT, Jordan and Tunisia

Detailed description of the project:

“Supporting Women during Democratic Transition in Libya (SWDTL)” is proposed by the Academy for International Development (AIDME) to be implemented jointly with six partner Libyan NGOs. The proposed project was implemented to cover two regions in Libya (Tripoli and Benghazi) over an 18-month duration from 2013-2015. This 18-month project proposal proposed to overcome a number of challenges facing women in Libya, during which the constitution drafting assembly is elected, the constitution is drafted, a national dialogue is conducted and a new government is elected. Therefore, building Libyan women’s capacity in the election, democracy, and governance during the 18 months was very crucial in increasing women’s participation and women’s representation. The project contributed to supporting women during the democratic transition in Libya to increase women’s political participation.

Type and scope of services provided:

Increase Libyan women’s knowledge of democracy, governance and elections increased.

Build the Capacity of women leaders and activists increased on democracy, governance and elections to provide Bridge training to other women in Libya, and

Support Women and human rights NGOs in Libya to be capable to support and sustain women’s knowledge of democracy, governance and election.

Trained 300 women activists from Tripoli and Benghazi on democracy, governance and elections (Bridge) 

40 female leaders trained and officially accredited as Bridge facilitators,

Six women and human rights NGOs identified and empowered on democracy, governance, and elections.


Project title: Youth Empowerment Program (YEP)

Country: EGYPT

Detailed description of the project:

The Youth Empowerment Program covers 27 Governorates through six clusters, Tanweer Centers, in Cairo, Minya, Luxor, Ismailia, Tanta and Alexandria. The Youth Empowerment project aimed to create opportunities where youth and adults could be found together; debating, grappling with problems, crafting solutions and jointly deciding on how resources should be allocated. Ultimately contributing to a robust democracy where all people, including youth, exercise their right to select those who should speak and act on their behalf and hold them accountable, where young people have an equal opportunity to have a sustainable livelihood, and where adults and young people can be found working together to build a thriving a society from the ground up (contributing to nation building from the community level up to the national level). The training component of the Youth Empowerment 

The project aimed to produce 2 catalogues to document field research reports that trainees produce during the youth empowerment training in its 1st and 2nd phases, in the PRA and research papers fieldwork. Therefore, the Project was divided into three phases:

Phase 1: Training of 6,000 youth in 6 regions (1,000 per region) on political leadership, creative thinking and PRA over a period of 2 weeks (5 days of classroom training, followed by 5 days of PRA work in the field, and one day where participants were given the opportunity to share their work with the rest of the participants). 

Phase 2: Training of 1,500 youth who have graduated from Phase 1, on advocacy, strategic planning, Electoral campaigns and principles of political life. (Duration: 6 days followed by 1.5 months in which participants worked together in groups on their thematic papers which were presented at roundtable discussions)

Phase 3: Training of 360 youth in public debate.

Type and scope of services provided:

1- 6,000 youth (60% men & 40% women) provided with the political and leadership skills necessary to effectively deal with social problems and map community challenges on the political and social levels; 

2- 1,500 (stage 2, out of the 6,000 of stage 1) youth provided with political participation and civic engagement skills; and, 

3- Support youth in maximizing their efforts through mass communication and social media tools,

4- 25,000 youth as direct beneficiaries with political knowledge through the media component;

5- 30,000 youth with political knowledge and effective civic participation through the portal website;

6- Six Egyptian regional Tanweer Centres, in Cairo, Minya, Luxor, Ismailia, Tanta and Alexandria covering all Egypt’s governorates in 6 clusters, with the necessary skills to empower regional youth,

7- One Political Academy that provides accredited academic, short-courses and fee-based services to young leaders and politically engaged individuals or groups.

 

Project title: Empowering Women for Political Affairs (EWPA)

Country: EGYPT

Detailed description of the project:

Empowering Women for Political Affairs (EWPA) is a Project implemented by AID-MENA in Egypt in order to have a positive effect on the state of women in Egypt, particularly in terms of political representation and capacity and create an awareness of the importance of female inclusion in Egyptian politics.

This project has been designed to specifically enhance the capacity of women to engage in politics within Egypt, from political knowledge and awareness to specific skills relating to political or politicized roles such as political office or advocacy. This is a response to the overall exclusion of women from politics or politicized roles due to traditional gender roles and the little effort given to building the capacity of women for the public sphere in general.

Type and scope of services provided:

The project activities included a series of workshops aimed at enhancing the capacity of all participants in response to this issue, with training on such topics as political ideologies and systems, campaigning and advocacy, research techniques and using social media as a political tool. Once training was completed, participants moved on to the next stage in which they were split into two groups concerned with completing two different tasks. The first task was concerned with the legal status of women in Egypt as detailed within the current constitution, in which they applied their research skills to look into the law, and how it works and they provide suggestions on how it may be revised to better suit Egyptian women. The second task will be concerned with women’s social status and visibility in the public sphere, for which they organised, advertised and held an event featuring a short film on the social status/visibility of women followed by an open discussion of the topic. Each task had a strong online/social media presence so that the tasks and their outcomes reached a wider audience.


Project title: Early Childhood and Women’s Employment Needs

Country: Minya and Beni Suef EGYPT

Detailed description of the project:

SFSD is collaborating with the National Early Childhood Development Program (NECDP) to implement a pilot project that aims to improve the educational and pedagogical services in public nurseries for students aged 0 to 4 years in Minya and Beni Suef governorates.

The objective of the Needs Assessment:

What are the main barriers that face women regarding access to employment, including self-employment, with a special focus on gender norms?

What are the current perceptions of ECD within target communities and how do they differ from ECD best practices?

How can the project effectively reach the target women (women with nursery-aged children), given the physical distancing during COVID-19?

Type and scope of services provided:

– A desk review of programs that have focused on women’s empowerment within the context of improving their employment prospects in Egypt and the MENA region,

– A field review of existing development programs that are working on women’s economic empowerment and/or ECD in Minya and Beni Suef governorates,

– 15 focus group discussions with target beneficiaries and relevant stakeholders on recent women’s economic empowerment and ECD programs (women, mothers with young children, mothers-in-law, fathers, community leaders, … etc) in Minya and Beni Suef governorates,

– 10 in-depth interviews with relevant program managers who have experience in women’s economic empowerment and ECD programs in international and local organizations,

– five in-depth interviews with related government officials.

 

Project title: Enhancing Bedouin Youth Skills for Development and Employability in South Sinai (SSRDP)

Country: EGYPT

Detailed description of the project:

The project offered youth in South Sinai a learning opportunity in which they can be better equipped to make a positive contribution to their community and better access the job market.  Moreover, the project objectives included the social and economic development of Bedouin communities through a capacity-building and skill-development component (Component 1).  This led to increased employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for young disadvantaged and unemployed men and women. A priority of the project was to encourage the active involvement of all sectors towards the development and employment of youth and their cooperation towards that end.  Therefore, through the formation of the advisory committee, the project worked in close cooperation with other locally based organizations working in the fields of community development, training and employment as well as the private sector.  The committee consisted of representatives from key organizations from different sectors, including community leaders, local businessmen, local officials and civil society organizations. The advisory committee had an advisory role and served mainly as a platform for knowledge sharing and synergizing of efforts as well as forming partnerships and linkages. The project covered the area of Youth Employment Empowerment in order to offer youth in South Sinai a learning opportunity in which they can be better equipped to make a positive contribution to their community and better access the job market. Activities will include assistance in finding economic and employment opportunities, to be accomplished through skills training, job matching, counselling and career advice and other services.

Type and scope of services provided:

Activities included assistance in finding economic and employment opportunities, to be accomplished through skills training, job matching, counselling and career advice and other services (Component 2).  Furthermore, measures such as matching youth with organizations that provide financial services and other assistance to new graduates contribute to the reduction of the unemployment rate among youth in the Governorate.

1- 1500 Bedouin youth have increased technical and vocational skills and are capable of working autonomously and self-sufficiently.

2- Provide employment opportunities for 200 Bedouin youth through the development of market-driven technical and vocational skills training and 200 through the introduction and development of entrepreneurial initiatives.  

3- Enhanced capacity of local governmental bodies and civil society organizations to implement youth programs and increased awareness among the private sector of corporate social responsibility.

Project title: Young Women Leadership in Political and Social Development (YWLD)

Country: EGYPT, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia

Detailed description of the project:

YWLD is a Regional Program that includes AID-MENA and its Partners in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia, and their participating 6 CSOs in each country making a total of 24 CSOs. The proposed program is an empowerment and advocacy program designed to enhance the leadership, advocacy, civic participation and mentoring skills of 600 young women (18-25 years old) through a series of sensitization meetings, participatory and experiential learning workshops and orientation meetings. 

The ultimate goal is to create first and second lines of active young women leaders who should act as change agents within their communities for civic participation and good governance practices.

The program has two major components: 

The first component focuses on skills and behavioural acquisition through a 24-month learner-centred leadership and advocacy skills training program that includes Information and Communication Technology (ICT), English as a Foreign Language (EFL), communication skills, advocacy, decision-making, voluntarism, facilitation and negotiation, as well as training in gender mainstreaming, women’s rights and democratic principles. 

The second component provides participants with opportunities to community-based platforms to apply the acquired skills to real-life situations in private, public, and civil society sectors. The participants shall select and design their own interventions, which may involve outreach and awareness-raising on a wide range of political and social reform topics, participate in internships, volunteer in NGOs, undertake community mobilization projects, facilitate social dialogue forums on democratic reform issues, and train and mentor.

Type and scope of services provided:

1- 2400 young women aged between 18-25 years, to empower them to participate effectively in civic and political platforms, and transfer their enhanced knowledge and skills, too:  

2- 9600 adolescent girls aged between 13-17 years old. Out of the targeted 2400 young women, 

3- The most qualified 800 young women are to receive advanced training/mentoring on political and social leadership skills and practices. 

4- These 800 young women leaders are to develop, with their peers, 96 initiatives to improve their localities and their own socio-political role and status. 

5- The program has two major components: Component one focuses on skills and behavioural acquisition through a 2-year learner-cantered leadership and advocacy skills training courses that include Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and the second one provides participants with opportunities to community-based platforms to apply the acquired skills to real-life situations in private, public, and civil society sectors.

6- AID-MENA, and its Partners, share their experiences and spread the image and press articles & TV coverage on the Program’s philosophy, activities and its end regional results/impact.

 

Project title: Several projects and evaluation assignments  

Country: MENA region

List of projects:

– Mapping NGOs/INGOs in fragile countries (Libya, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Westbank and Gaza) working in peacebuilding, social coherence and crisis prevention for future cooperation in infrastructure peacebuilding interventions.  

– Evaluation of TALD program in Jordan, Motivators for Training. 

– Evaluation of Democracy Support, the programme duration is 4 years (2017-2021) with a total budget of 17.6 million Euros using the Outcome Harvesting methodology, Jordan.

– Training Needs Assessment and capacity building for South Yemen and developed and mentored 17 training packages in managerial, financial and business development topics, South Yemen.

– Participatory Organization Needs Assessment and capacity building for 27 NGOs, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

– Developed and conducted three workshops for 25 NGOs and Local Authorities on Participatory Action Research and Policy Paper formulation, Jordan. 

– Conducted workshops in Participatory Action Research (PAR) and designed three participatory research plans for Equality and effective citizenship, Women enclouding in economic, social and political and Enhancing public transportation Services, Jordan.

– Building the capacity of MENA region youth activism
(Libya, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia) and developed public policy, and regional action plan for MENA Region Activist inclusion.

 

Project title: Building the Financial Sustainability
for NGOs in Tanzania and Kyrgyzstan  

Country: Tanzania and Kyrgyzstan

Detailed description of the project:

Perform a thorough evaluation of the financial stability of 25 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) operating in Tanzania and Kyrgyzstan. Additionally, assess the potential for aligning the work of these CSOs with the national strategy and the implementation plan for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Following the assessment, develop and put into action tailored financial sustainability plans for each CSO, taking into consideration their specific circumstances and requirements. Facilitate collaboration and synergy among these CSOs to maximize the impact of their programs and advocacy efforts

Project title: Projects in Syria

Country: Syria

List of projects:

– Developing Safeguarding and protection strategy and establishing a partnership with NGOs, LAs and INGOs, Syria. 

– Developed online Good Governance and Democracy 16 videos for the Hamzet Wasel platform and mentored the development of the Good Governance framework for 20 CSOs inside Syria. Facilitated the growth and guidance of 10 governance and development initiatives in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) operating within Syria.

– Conducted Project Management Development (PMD) Workshop attended by 17 professionals, working in a different department of Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) for Syrian NGOs. 

– Provided 15 Syrian CSOs with the needed technical and managerial capacity to develop a three-year strategic and sustainability plan for their organisation inside and outside Syria.

– Support to Emerging Local Governance in Syria program which is known as TAMKEEN, (Tamkeen Al Mubadarat Al Mahalia)