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FNF kicks off outreach series in the Maghreb |
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 00:00 |
 The EU co-financed project on “Freedom of Association,” implemented by FNF together with its Arab partners in 5 Arab Mashreq countries, launches the project’s outputs beyond the direct targets and reaching the Maghreb. The Friedrich Naumann Foundation, together with its partner in Algeria, Centre d’Information et de Documentation sur les Droits de l’Enfant et de la Femme (CIDDEF), held a seminar gathering more than 70 civil society organizations, activists and Algerian intellectuals. The seminar was meant to launch the three codes of conduct for NGOs, political parties and workers’ unions produced by the Freedom of Association project and its partners in the Mashreq. The event was held at Diocese House in Haydara on the 25th of June to promote the three codes beyond the direct countries involved in the project (Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt) and to examine the extent to which these codes are useful in the Maghreb context.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 00:00 |
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The National Center for Human Rights and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty kick off campaign on the NGO law In their attempt to mobilize grassroots organizations in Jordan as advocates for a modern law, the FNF and its partner organization NCHR will launch a campaign entitled: “Towards Effective and Influential Associations.” The campaign, which will kick off on 31 March 2009 in Jarash, will eventually reach distant and remote areas of Jordan. |
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Hand in hand towards effective and influential associations |
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 00:00 |
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Bridging Jarash with Amman in a nationwide discourse
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Proud of their smaller and bigger achievements, more than 50 NGO representatives gathered in the General Union of Voluntary Societies’ premises to meet with their National Centre for Human Rights and to voice their concerns regarding a law that is be amended by the government soon.
“We were not present when the amendments were introduced; the law impacts us, our efficiency and therefore the services we provide for our people. So, why weren’t we represented,” said one of the NGO representatives in Jarash.
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 00:00 |
“Moral Responsibility of CSO’s in the Arab Word & the Right to Freedom of Association” | |  | "Arab particularity" is a catchphrase used to justify the inapplicability of international standards and criteria in the Arab context. The ensuing attitude has resulted in marginalizing civil society, weakening state institutions, and failing to deliver on development plans, to say nothing about human rights violations. | | | |
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AMMAN, Jordan — The National Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) introduced three codes of conduct for civil society organizations (CSOs) in a seminar entitled “Civil society in Jordan, Democracy and Good Governance”. The seminar was held at the Landmark Hotel, Amman on 21 June 2009 in cooperation with the German Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF). It comes in the framework of a three year EU-cofinanced regional project on Freedom of Association in the Arab World.
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