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Networks
and Memberships:
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:
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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
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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
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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
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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]
- Arab and regional:
" 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
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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]
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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
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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
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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
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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.
International:
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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
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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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