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Are you interested in attending a course about promoting the Culture of Peace?
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Ittijah’s activities are in the following three areas:
Networking: Ittijah fosters field-based networking (such as women, youth, etc) on local (inter-Palestinian), regional (inter-Arab) and international levels to encourage specialized contact between civil society organizations with similar platforms, skills, expertise and experiences, increasing civil society communication and cooperation.
Capacity Building: Ittijah strives to increase the human, technical, financial and educational resources of its member organizations, through facilitating access to knowledge transfers, volunteer staff, technical and educational resources, and fundraising support. Examples of our capacity-building work include encouraging the placement of international volunteers at local organizations, fostering knowledge transfers, new organizational cultures and assisting with English language correspondence.
Advocacy: Ittijah works on local (inter-Palestinian), regional (Arab) and international advocacy to promote the unique status of Palestinian citizens of Israel; Ittijah highlights their social, political and economic needs through fostering contact with governments, civil society groups and platforms, including supporting bodies, such as donors; other indigenous and human rights groups; unions and solidarity groups. Amongst the work Ittijah undertakes in this regard are our regular Ambassadorial study days, hosting of solidarity delegations, fact sheet publications, and conferences.
Ittijah’s achievements:
Ittijah’s was awarded Special Consultative Status at the UN Economic and Social Council in 2004. Ittijah has also co-founded the NGO Platform to the Euro Med Civic Forum, and is represented on its board and the Euro Med Civic Forum Steering Committee. As Ittijah, and through our member organization, we have represented Palestinian civil society at the World Social Forums. Most notably, Ittijah exposed Israel’s discriminatory and racist institutional structures to the world at the Durban World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in 2001.
In addition to these international achievements Ittijah has facilitated its member organizations; through capacity building with training, funding and support. The achievements on this level are far-reaching and wide spread in the aim of strengthening and encouraging the growth of Palestinian civil society. Through meetings and negotiations cooperation of members has greatly improved; this being evident in the networks and links between organizations of similar focus areas, such as youth networks and women’s rights collaborations. As well as there being numerous other successes at the grassroots level.
Member’s activities take place in the following areas:
Ittijah’s member organizations work on such diverse fields, namely, on Human Rights, Advocacy and Lobbying, Social and Economic Development, Culture and Arts, Children and Youth, Education, Early Childhood, Medical and Public Health, Environment Protection, Political Prisoners, Community Development, Technological Development, Urban planning, Unrecognized Villages, Women's Rights and Status, Social Change and Research.
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