Membership and
Networks
Also, Al-Urdun Al-Jadid
Research Center is an active member in several
national, regional and international networks. Those
are categorized into three groups:
National:
- Jordanian Forum for Social Responsibility (JFSR)
The
forum was launched in the 1st national Jordanian CSR
conference in March 2008. This initiative
serve as the first attempt at coordinating,
institutionalizing and summoning the different
practitioners of CSR together with the business
associations, private sector entities, business men
and women, and prominent CSR activists, all in one
national forum
- The Jordanian Alliance for Freedom of Information
and Transparency (JAFIT)
JAFIT
is an independent and voluntary endeavour that
comprises CSOs, experts, and activists working in
the field of law, media, and business. JAFIT
objectives are promoting citizens' right to access
information as a basic human right, and a
prerequisite to exercising the freedom of opinion
and expression; conducting coherent research, and a
fundamental condition for achieving sustainable
development, good governance and transparency.
- The
Jordanian Civil Alliance for Democratic Elections (JOCADE)
In April
2007, UJRC created an alliance entitled “The
Jordanian Civil Alliance for Democratic Elections”.
JOCADE membership today stands at 50 Jordanian
NGO’s.
- Union of
Jordanian Publishers
The UJRC has been a member in the said union since
1997. In 2000, the Center's Director was elected
deputy director of the Union of Jordanian
Publishers.
Email:
[email protected]
The UJRC is also a member of the Union of Arab
Publishers.
Website:
www.arabpa.org
- Jordanian Scenarios
2020
In 2001, the UJRC Director is a member of the
steering committee for this project, which was
released by the government under the supervision of
the Higher Council of Science and Technology.
Website:
www.hcst.gov.jo
- Jordan: Vision 2020
This endeavor was released by the Young
Entrepreneurs Association (YEA), and it includes
about 100 member companies and organizations. The
UJRC is the first center to join this endeavor.
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.jv2020.com
- National Committee
Supporting Women in Parliamentary Elections
This committee was formed under the umbrella of the
National Committee for Women's Issues and the
Jordanian Hashemite Treasury. Its members are a
number of leaders from nongovernmental organizations
and women's organizations, as well as public
figures. The aim of this committee is to define the
shapes and programs in support of electing women in
the parliamentary elections, which are supposed to
take place in Autumn 2002. The UJRC has been a
representative in this committee since its
establishment in 2001.
Those working on the center's programs are also
active in many national committees, organizations
and endeavors that work in the fields of
development, environment, human rights, arts,
culture and other fields.
Email:
[email protected]
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Arab and
regional:
- Arab Coalition for Democracy, Development & Human
Rights
The coalition was inaugurated by Al-Gaddafi
International Charity and Development Foundation (GICDF)
in 2008. Different Arab CSOs participated in the
founding meeting in Tripoli. The coalition main
objective is to promote the culture of democracy and
human rights in the region.
- The Arab Freedom of Information Network (AFOINET)
AFOINET is a coalition of four Arab NGOs which was
established in Casablanca in July 2008 and is
dedicated to the defence and promotion of the
fundamental right of access to information. AFOINET
is open to new partners from civil society
organisations, media, the business community and
other independent freedom of information advocates.
Its is managed by a secretariat based in Casablanca
and is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s
Middle East Partnership Initiative and implemented
in conjunction with the University of California at
San Diego’s Beyster Institute.
- The Civil Arab
Network for Democracy and Reform (ISLAH)
This network launched by Al Urdun Al Jadid Research
Center is aimed at fostering a civil Arab network
for the development of Democracy and Reform. This
network was a by product of the Amman Declaration of
Political and Electoral Reform. The Amman
Declaration was promulgated by the Civil Society
Forum in the Arab World. The Forum too place in
Amman in December 2004. Twelve civil society
representatives participated in the Forum. The
twelve representative were from twelve different
Arab countries.
- The Arab Network
for Civil Organizations
The conceptual framework of this network was first
discussed in the Second Arab Civil Society
Conference that took place in Cairo in 1997. The
network was officially introduced and launched in
2000. This network is currently composed of more
than a thousand Arab civil society representatives,
experts, researchers, representatives of regional
and international organizations. The ultimate goal
of this network is to increase cooperation between
Arab civil society organizations. In addition, the
network seeks to increase the functional capacity of
these organizations. Prince Talal Bin Abd Al Aziz is
the head of the board of trustees.
e-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
www.sabaka.org.tn
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- Arab Network for Democratic Development (ANDD)
The Center's Director is currently the head of the
network, which launched its endeavor in Amman in
1996 in a meeting that gathered the main Arab
organizations working in the fields of human rights,
monitoring parliamentary elections, and democratic
development. This network was formed in Cairo two
years later. However, the network suffers from lack
of financial resources and weak work trends within
the framework of Arab networks.
Email:
[email protected]
- Arab Social Sciences Research (ASSR)
This is an electronic network for Arab research
centers working on social science rights. The Ford
Foundation funded this network, which was launched
in the end of the Nineties, and gathers electronic
sites for many Arab centers. Currently, the net
contents are being transformed into Arabic after
being displayed in the English language for years.
Website:
www.assr.org
- Arab Institute for Studies and Communication
(AISC)
This is registered as a company gathering 14
organizations for studies and researchers in 4 Arab
countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine. Dr.
Sa'ad Eddine Ibrahim lead the organization during
its first stage until his arrest in the end of 2000,
and the closure of Ibn Khaldoun Center. The acting
director at the moment is Dr. Mustafa Hamarneh,
Director of Strategic Studies at the University of
Jordan. The organization also has a board of
directors. Four individuals from Egypt, Lebanon,
Jordan and Palestine were running the daily work of
the organization.
Email:
[email protected] , or
[email protected]
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
(EMHRN)
The UJRC is one out of 46 member organizations in
this network, which was launched four years ago. The
EMHRN works in the field of promoting human rights
in countries located in the Mediterranean Basin, and
it protects the rights of colonies, Arab minorities,
and workers migrating to European countries. The
network holds a committee meeting once a year,
organizes workshops and training courses, and
releases a periodical electronic bulletin.
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.euromedrights.net/nyheder/news.html
- Network for Euro-Mediterranean Research and
Study Centers (EUROMESCO)
The UJRC joined this network only lately in February
2002. The EUROMESCO gathers a number of research
centers working on the two banks of the
Mediterranean.
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.euromesco.net
- Mediterranean Development Forum (MDF)
The MDF is a partnership between ten research
centers in the Arab Middle East, Turkey, Iran, and
North Africa. It was formed with cooperation from
the World Bank and the United Nations Development
Program (UNDP), and with the support of other
donors, in order to create a regional growth forum
to enroot development in the region, and to
contribute in crystallizing various shapes of
cooperation between the countries in the region,
being the platform to launch efforts and networks
joining cooperative organizations in the various
countries in the region.
The UJRC has been a member in this partnership since
the beginning of 2001, and is the hosting partner
for MDF4 in Amman, Jordan, October, 2002
Website:
www.worldbank.org/mdf
- ELTALLER
A global network of nongovernmental organizations
working in development. Its location is in the
Tunisian capital, and it has an Arabic program for
nongovernmental organizations in the Arab World.
Jordan has been a member in this network since 1993.
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.eltaller.org
The UJRC is forming trust cooperation relations with
a number of research centers in the Gulf and Middle
East regions.
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International:
- Electronic Network for Arab West Understanding (ENAWU)
The
Electronic Network for Arab-West Understanding (ENAWU)
project started in August 2007 with the help of a
grant from the Anna Lindh Foundation.
The project links an international network of
archives and organizations with the specific purpose
to foster relations and dialogue between Muslims and
non-Muslims and to provide access to accurate,
credible and reliable information.
A specialized web-portal with search engine
available to scholars, researchers, students,
journalists and other interested groups and
individuals around the world.
website:
www.enawu.org
- Web Access for Civil Society Initiatives (WACSI)
The
WACSI project has been initiated by the Southwest
Institute for Religion and Civil Society (SIRCS) at
the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the
Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) at Sandia
National Laboratories (SNL). Funding for the WACSI
project comes primarily from the Office of the
Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the US
Department of State.
The goal of the WACSI project is to develop
Internet-based systems for sharing information among
organizations that are working on societal reform
initiatives in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and
Syria.
website:
www.wacsi.unm.edu
- ACE
Electoral Knowledge Network
The ACE
Electoral Knowledge Network provides comprehensive
and authoritative information on elections, promotes
networking among election-related professionals and
offers capacity development services.
ACE is a joint endeavor of
eight partner organizations,
all long-term supporters of the Administration and
Cost of Elections Project and leaders in the
provision of targeted technical assistance in
elections management.
Email:
[email protected]
website:
www.aceproject.org
- The World Movement for Democracy (WMD)
The UJRC cooperates with the WMD, which gather
hundreds of activists and nongovernmental
organizations working in democratic development in
the world. The WMD held two conferences in New
Delhi, India, and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil during 2000
and 2001.
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.wmd.org
- Network of Democracy Research Institutes
In 2002, the UJRC joined a new network of research
centers working for empowering democracy on an
international level.
Email:
[email protected] or
[email protected]
Website:
www.wmd.org/ndri/ndri.html
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