Newsletter November-December 2013 - Global Platform Jordan

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013

Social Media Doctivist Workshop On 29th of November the Global Platform Jordan opened up and welcomed over 50 people to the screening of the 5 Doctivist movies that the 16 participants had produced throughout the two weeks workshop. In only 5 days the participants from all over the Arab Region had managed to document, film and produce creative and interesting stories focusing on creating awareness and promote social change through their short movies.

One of the participants and trainer at the Platform, Samia Fitouri, attended the workshop: “It felt extremely rewarding to be part of the Doctivist workshop on both personal and technical levels. On a personal level, it was amazing to come together with a number of inspiring young people across the region and share experiences and skills. On a technical level, I have learned a lot especially in terms of storytelling, camera use, film editing and direction. As a group project, I produced a short movie about the gypsy community in Jordan. Getting involved in such a project has been a life experience to me as I got the chance to discover other aspects of the Jordanian society and document shots that are not accessible to regular citizens�.

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Theatre facilitation training in Lebanon From November the 7th to 10th, Campaigning and Social Media trainers Khadije Nasser and Samia Fitouri conducted an advanced theatre based facilitation training in Lebanon.

The training was a follow up training on a creative facilitation tools training held in Lebanon in September 2013.

This training had a focus on giving young participants in the age 18-30 years from our partner organizations and other Lebanese civil society organizations skills in how to use different theatre tools, methods and exercises in facilitation processes in their work with marginalized youth, Palestinians, Syrian refugees and Lebanese youth.

The diverse group of participants with backgrounds themselves from Palestine, Syria and Lebanon being either volunteers or staff from organizations working with capacity building of youth and refugees in Lebanon, where the achieved skills from this training will be as one of the participants, Mohammed Ipo, stated: “very useful and important for us to use when working within challenging areas as young drug addicts or other difficult subject that will become easier to talk about with creative methods.�

Trainings for staff of ARI partner organizations in Russafiye Starting mid-November and lasting through January the Platform is conducting a series of trainings for staff of ARI partner organizations in Russafiye. The ARI partners are dedicated to human rights, women’s rights, governance, civic responsibility, and social change. The courses will be toolbox workshops on topics from facilitation, networking, mobilizing, human rights, and social media. The overall aim of the trainings is to build up the capacity of ARI partner organizations and help them to reach their potential as change makers.

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Leadership training in Cairo In late November the trainer team from the Global Platform conducted a 4 day training with Students from the university in Cairo. The training was introductory to the approach of ActionAid and Basic Leadership Skills and is an initial step in the further work with student unions in the Region.

Gender Workshop On the 4th and 7th of December the Global Platform trainers conducted workshops on “Gender and Facilitation” as a part of a leader ToT for the Danish Youth Red Cross. On training day one, the trainers met with a group of twenty-five young men and women who are leadership trainers in Jordan and Palestine. The participants experienced a hands on training where they played the role of participants and had to discuss issues of gender, equality, and empowerment. The participants were able to see how to conduct a workshop on a sensitive topic for the region and in collaboration with the trainers created a toolbox of methods and rules for their future trainings.

On training day two, the trainers worked with a group of fifteen women who had the role to start working directly with women in their communities in issues of women’s empowerment and leadership. These women were able to identify issues they face because of their gender and work on methods to approach a solution within their community.

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Leadership training in Lebanon In Mid-November the trainer team from the Global Platform conducted an introductory training on Leadership and Lifeskills with partners in Lebanon. The training introduced the participants to the approach of ActionAid and gave the participants the opportunity to learn and practice their leadership skills, including input on group-dynamics, motivation, communication and the HRBA approach of ActionAid.

Staff HRBA ToT at the Global Platform Jordan During the week of December 7th through 13th, Gilbert Myumbu, trainer from MS-TCDC came to Jordan to give ARI/GP staff an orientation on the Human Rights Based Approach and how it relates to the work of ARI in the Region. Participants were introduced to the principles and guiding rules of working in a rights based capacity and how it can be relevant to our everyday program tasks. There were representatives from the Global Platform training hub, the Emergency Reponse Program in Zaatari, and the Syrian Fellowship team in Mafraq. Participants were able to gain an understanding of the human rights based approach, how to develop a program based on this approach, and how to monitor and evaluate programs in order to ensure quality.

New trainers at the Global Platform Jordan Welcome to two new trainers at the Global Platform Jordan.

By 15th of December Global Platform Jordan is welcoming two new dedicated trainers, Talha Al-Ali and Rabie Naim. Rabie will join the Social Media and Campaign cluster and Talha the Leadership and life-skills Cluster. Both come with a strong background in training and we are looking forward to work with them in the future.

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UPCOMING TRAININGS AND EVENTS 22. - 24. December: Basic Facilitation and Lifeskills Training for Voluntary Trainers 2. - 4. January: Live Session Training for Voluntary Trainers 6. - 7. & 13. - 15. January: Trainings with the CSOs in Russafiye 8. - 11. January: Youth leadership training in Russafiye 25. January - 8. February: Regional Training of Trainers (ToT)

LET’S COOPERATE! Global Platform Jordan is one of ActionAid’s training hubs for empowerment and activism.

We provide innovative and empowering trainings for young individuals, organisations and youth groups who wish to take positive actions in their societies.

You are always welcome to contact us; email: globalplatformjordan@ms.dk

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