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Organizing Community Forums

29/04/2008
Organizing a Meeting to Discuss the Various Aspects Related to Establishing an Industrial Zone in the Bethlehem Governorate

22/11/2007
The Visit of the External Monitor to the Project

Transferring the ArcGIS ArcView 9.2 Software to Local Councils

16/06/2007
Transferring the Personal Computers and the Developed GIS based Information Systems to Local Councils

29/05/2007
Organizing a Focus Group Meeting in Cooperation with Bethlehem Municipality

Organizing Community Awareness Campaigns

30/10/2006
The On-job Training for Selected Employees from the Targeted Local Authorities Started on 30 October 2006

18/10/2006
Holding the Kick-off Meeting for the On-job Training on GIS Techniques, Database Management and Environmental Monitoring

Conducting Preparatory Meetings with the Community-Based Organizations during September 2006

24/08/2006
Organizing the First Half-Yearly Project Meeting Gathering the Project Team with the Steering Committee Members

   
   
 
 
Who is Responsible for the Project's Implementation?

The project is implemented by the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) in partnership with the Centro Regionale d'Intervento per la Cooperazione (CRIC). The project team is cooperating with several local and national authorities to carry out the project in the Bethlehem District. The project is led by Dr. Jad Isaac, the General Director of ARIJ, and will be organized in coordination with the steering committee and the citizens' committees as illustrated in Figure1.


Figure1 : Project Organization Chart

Technical Team Members

 
ARIJ
 
 
Dr. Jad Isaac "Project Leader"
 
Abeer Safar
 
Ahmad Al Atrash
  Ahmad Ghayatha
 
Enas Bannoura
 
George Khair
 
Ghassan Darwish
 
Issa Zboun
 
Jane Hilal
 
Nader Hrimat
 
Raed Abed Rabbo
 
 
CRIC
 
 
Carla Pagano
 
 
 
 
 
  ahmad@arij.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

ARIJ is a Palestinian non-governmental organization founded in 1990 and dedicated to promoting sustainable development in the Palestinian Territory. Further details regarding the projects and activities implemented by ARIJ can be found at the institute's website: www.arij.org

 
 
CRIC is an Italian non-governmental organization founded in 1983. It is working in the development field in Africa, Latin America, Middle East, the Mediterranean area, the Balkans and Southern Italy. Further details about CRIC and its activities can be found at the institute's website: www.cric.it
 
   
 
Who is Funding the Project?
 
The project is funded by:
The European Commission, LIFE-Third Countries Programme. This programme is one of the three thematic components of LIFE (The Financial Instrument for the Environment), which is one of the spearheads of the European Community environment policy. Further details regarding the objectives of the LIFE-Third Countries programme can be found at the European Commission website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/life/home.htm
 
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The SDC is Switzerlands international cooperation agency within the Swiss Foreign Ministry. Further details about the SDC can be found at the agencys website: www.sdc.admin.ch
 
   
 
 
 
Last Update: 04/05/2006
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