Amman, Sweifieh, Ali Nasouh Al Taher street, Al Kamal Building no. 22, 1st floor
Amman
Jordan
- Democracy and community development
- Human rights
- Youth and education
Through the support of the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Partners-Jordan has been established in 2006, based on a needs assessment study that has been conducted in Jordan in 1994, as a local not for profit national center in Jordan. Since initiation, Partners-Jordan committed to advance civil society, promote mediation, conflict management, create culture of change, and encourage citizen participation in Jordan’s social and political development. Additionally the center focuses on strengthening ongoing government reform efforts by facilitating government-civil society dialogue and cooperation, and offers a range of skills and services designed to strengthen democracy and citizen participation, including: Promote in-country training and trainer expertise: To increase citizen participation, build consensus, and manage disputes. Provide change and dispute management services (e.g. mediation, facilitation of dialogues, conciliation and cooperative planning services) To help communities, government and business leaders resolve contentious local issues. Encourage new public policies using citizen participation processes To build “bottom-up” support for reform initiatives, laws on mediation, and civil society legal frame work reforms. Promote democratic development (through programs using change & dispute management skills) To result in: improved governance, strengthened civic leadership, and more effective and sustainable institutions. Furthermore, Partners Jordan is a member of Partners for Democratic Change International (PDCI), which is the international network of Partners Centers. PDCI facilitates the exchange of expertise between Centers and the mobilization of international teams of experts. In developing new Centers, Partners works with the PDCI to ensure the transfer of expertise, using experienced trainers from various countries to build new Centers’ training, application, and organizational development capacities. Partners for Democratic Change (Partners) is an international NGO committed to building sustainable local capacity to advance civil society and a culture of change and conflict management worldwide. Since inception in 1989, Partners has provided vital communication, negotiation, and cooperative planning skills to thousands of civic, NGO, municipal and national government leaders in nearly 50 countries. Partners’ locally managed national Centers work within communities to facilitate the resolution of disputes and build consensus on neighborhood, business, majority-minority, and citizen-police issues. Partners’ Centers are currently located in: Americas (United States, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil & Peru), Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Kosova, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia & Slovakia), and Middle East & North Africa (Jordan & Yemen) Partners-Jordan Executive Director: Ms. Raja Hiyari Partners-Jordan Board Members: Mr. Laith Al-Qasem –Partners-Jordan President Mr. Sa’ad Karajah Partners-Jordan Vice President Mrs. Fotouh Younis –Board Member
Mission: Partners-Jordan, is a Jordanian not for profit organization, committed to advance civil society, promoting mediation, conflict management and culture of change, and encouraging citizen participation in Jordan’s social and political development Vision: Prosperity can be achieved through responsible participative citizenship Objectives: 1. Provide capacity building and facilitate multi sartorial initiatives to promote the advancement of civil society organizations in Jordan. 2. Promote mediation as a profession in Jordan 3. Provide Coalition building, NGOS’ Management, Advocacy, conflict and change management training and services. 4. Promote good governance, and organizational management 5. Promote citizens participation in Jordan’s social and political development.
1.1. Promote the enhancement of the environment where NGOs operates, through creating a platform for partnership between government and civil society organizations. 1.2. Provide technical assistance and training (including Coalition building, NGOS’ Management, Advocacy, conflict and change management) for civil society organizations 1.3. Provide publications that can be of help to civil society organizations 2.1. Conduct a needs assignment 2.2. Offer training to certify official mediators 2.3. Provide mediation services 3.1. Organize TOT programs. 4.1. Conduct training and awareness sessions on good governance 5.1. Conduct awareness campaign to promote youth participation in politics 5.2. Develop curriculum to educate youth bon the importance of political participation
Being a memebr in a well reputable network like Ana Lindh will open the chance for us to cooperate with other organizations on the national and regional level, Additionally our work and the expereince we implement on field can be reflected in the network which can benefit other organizations within the network, Building networks, new cooperations will help advancing the community, and finally being part of the network opens the door in front of other organizations to particpate in the activities we conduct
First, becasue the objectives and values of the ALF network matches our values and work, second, because we beleive of the importance of networks work and impact,