presentation at Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Expert Workshop From Neoliberal to Socially-Just Reconstruction – The role of civil society in shaping post-conflict reconstruction policies in Iraq, Syria, yYemen and Libya, September, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Visit us at JIIS.org to find out more.
בקרו אותנו באתר מכון ירושלים לחקר ישראל: jiis.org.il
Meir Kraus at UCLA's convention: "Israel in 3D": The Jerusalem Mosaic: A Delicate Balance
Visit us at jiis.org. to find out more
בקרו אותנו באתר מכון ירושלים לחקר ישראל למידע נוסף: jiis.org.il
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NADO Associate Director provided a presentation on rural trends and rural, regional transportation planning at the 2019 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
Mair Kraus, Concordia University, Canada. About the JIIS - the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies: Our goals, challenges and vision for the city of Jerusalem and the state of Israel.
Visit us at JIIS.org to find out more.
בקרו אותנו באתר מכון ירושלים לחקר ישראל: jiis.org.il
Meir Kraus at UCLA's convention: "Israel in 3D": The Jerusalem Mosaic: A Delicate Balance
Visit us at jiis.org. to find out more
בקרו אותנו באתר מכון ירושלים לחקר ישראל למידע נוסף: jiis.org.il
Rural U.S. Characteristics and Regional Rural Transportation PlanningRPO America
NADO Associate Director provided a presentation on rural trends and rural, regional transportation planning at the 2019 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
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Paper presented at panel session C2: Questioning the State level of Analysis at the Swedish National Conference on Peace and Conflict Research, Umeå University, 27-28 February, Umeå, Sweden, 2014.
"Qanat rehabilitation in the MENA region rom Morocco to Iraq" UNESCO Presentation for the International Conference on Foggara, 9-12 April, Adrar, Algeria, 2012.
Presentation at the Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), Movement and Migration in the Middle East: People and Ideas in Flux, 5-7 July, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Presentation about Qanat and Cooperation on rehabilitation. Water and sustainable development in the dry areas of the Middle East and North African Region.
Paper presented at panel session C2: Questioning the State level of Analysis at the Swedish National Conference on Peace and Conflict Research, Umeå University, 27-28 February, Umeå, Sweden, 2014.
"Qanat rehabilitation in the MENA region rom Morocco to Iraq" UNESCO Presentation for the International Conference on Foggara, 9-12 April, Adrar, Algeria, 2012.
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Pockets of grassroots agency in Syria, local civil society and international solidarity movements
1. Pockets of grassroots agency and local civil
society in Syria
JOSEPHA IVANKA (JOSHKA) WESSELS, CMES
2. Current territorial control in Syria
18 August 2017:
• Northern Kurdish
areas
• Northern and
Southern FSA
controlled areas
• Mid urban Assad
regime controlled
• Eastern ISIS
controlled
3. Civil Administration Initiative
FSA controlled areas (Northwest)
• August 2017: meeting at the University of Idlib titled as "Civil
Administration Initiative in the liberated areas” attended by about
40 persons representing several organizations and bodies and
entities in addition to military figures, notably the defected
Colonel Riad al Asaad, Head of Idlib University Dr. Mohamed Al
Sheikh and academics including Dr. Hassan Gibran.
• September 2017: Uniting the civil administration
• General Conference for establishment of civil administration in
liberated areas 16 September 2017
10. Internally displaced
• Largest group of
displaced Syrians
are internally
displaced (6.6 mil)
• Need for reformation
of local councils
• Accommodation and
social and medical
care for internally
displaced
• Education and food
security
12. Aerial bombardments of
infrastructure
Three hospitals in an
hour were destroyed by
Assad regime and
Russian warplanes in
the countryside of Idlib.
The Obstetrics hospital
of "Tah" was one of
them. This is in addition
to two schools.
19 September 2017
13. Building a civil administration
• Syrian Opposition
Coalition (SOC), 2012
• Deliberate and
indiscriminate aerial
attacks of civic
infrastructure
• Marginalization of
local civil actors
• Military (foreign) jihadi
factions hampering
development of civil
society
19. The General Assembly of the Free
Aleppo City Council
• A report on the Council
was presented in
general and a report
was presented on the
work of the relief and
service office
• At the end of the
meeting, it was agreed
to set a date and form
a coordination
committee of 9
members.
24. Syria Freedom Charter
"We asked a man 'Will you please give us
your opinion?'
He asked, 'Why?'
We said, 'Because you are a Syrian
citizen.'
He said, 'Finally someone considers me a
Syrian with a legitimate voice."