Bethlehem 21

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Project Overview

Basic Information

Sustainable development

Project Outputs & Deliverables

T1: Securing and Maintaining Top Level Support

T2: Establishing an Effective Participatory Process

T3: Creating Baseline Community Profiles

T4: Developing Local Sustainability Action Strategies

Media Information

	Latest News

	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 13/05/2006 Publishing Bethlehem 21 Project Website

Project Outputs & Deliverables

T5: Dissemination

Local Agenda 21 Book

The Local Agenda 21 book includes four main sections: the first provides an overview of Bethlehem Governorate and outlines the vital development projects to overcome the challenges facing sustainable development at the Governorate level; the second provides an assessment of the existing conditions in the locality; the third addresses the institutional arrangements and structures; and the forth presents the elements of the local sustainability action strategy. The book was prepared in Arabic, but includes an executive summary in English.

Final Conference Report

The final national conference "Local Sustainable Development in the Bethlehem Governorate" organized on 25.10.2008, highly contributed to disseminating the project's results; transferring the gained knowledge to other local authorities; launching the Local Sustainability Action Strategies “Local Agendas 21"; and providing the involved local authorities with the opportunity to identifying potential funding sources to increase the possibility of implementing the actions and projects identified in the strategies.

Among the major outcomes of the conference is the formation of a committee from all stakeholders to study and analyze the projects identified in the Local Agendas 21 in order to come out with a list of the high priority vital joint projects that should be urgently implemented to meet the needs of people. The conference results and recommendations are presented in the conference report.

Last Update: 31/12/2008