Organization `s activities, programs , reports and news
MIFTAH’s Programmes
MIFTAH’s programmes are carried out by interdependent teams and are concentrated in three main areas:
A. Democracy and Good Governance
MIFTAH’s Democracy and Good Governance programme aims at strengthening governance and the rule of law, establishing efficient and transparent systems of accountability, promoting political pluralism and participatory governance, and supporting leadership among women and youth.
The programme comprises the following specific components:
1. Empowerment of Palestinian women leaders in the media, politics, economics and information technology.
2. Empowerment of Palestinian youth leaders.
3. Policy formulation.
4. Palestinian media monitoring.
5. Strengthening the role of the media in enhancing principles of accountability and access to information.
6. Enhancing integrity, transparency and accountability in the Palestinian public sector.
7. Promoting women’s participation in all stages of the political process.
8. Supporting reform.
- MIFTAH is a founding member of the Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (AMAN), established in February 2000. AMAN has begun work on a national plan aimed at combating corruption, administrative and financial mismanagement across all sectors. MIFTAH has taken upon itself the implementation of particular core components of AMAN’s comprehensive programme for strengthening integrity, transparency and accountability in Palestine.
B. Media and Information
MIFTAH’s Media and Information programme aims at an accurate presentation of Palestinian social, economic and political realities for the region and internationally. The components of the programme include:
1. A website in English and Arabic that offers analytical examination of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as well as issues of Palestinian concern, in addition to fact sheets, reports and special studies.
2. Intensive media activity on particularly pressing issues through interviews, commentary, and targeted press releases and briefings.
3. Networking and coordination with media institutions at the local and international levels.
4. Timely statements and petitions.
5. Media monitoring at the regional and global levels.
C. External Relations
The External Relations programme focuses on Palestinian-US and Palestinian-European relations with a view to promoting MIFTAH’s guiding principles of democracy, human rights, gender equity and participatory governance in Palestine through:
1. networking with international interlocutors, institutions of civil society, grassroots organizations, and other similar bodies;
2. monitoring policy positions taken by individual countries vis-à-vis Palestine;
3. conducting regular policy briefings to the Jerusalem-based diplomatic corps;
4. conducting regular meetings with media institutions at the international and local levels;
5. participating in conferences, meetings and other activities at the international level; and
6. Conducting meetings with decision-makers and opinion-formers in the US and in European Union states.
Support and Administration
Support and assistance for the core programmes are provided by MIFTAH’s Administration and Finance Unit and the Information Technology Unit. The institution’s accounts are audited by Ernest and Young.