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What’s New
Under the patronage of HE Taher Al-Masri, Deputy
of the Upper House, UJRC organised a
roundtable entitled "Towards a Code of Conduct
between CSOs and Media". The roundtable took
place in May 2009 at Marmara Hotel in Amman.
This
workshop is part of series of roundtable
discussions the Center convenes, aiming at
building confidence among CSOs, media
institutions, private sector, parliament and the
government.
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Conference on
Local Democracy in Jordan: Project of "Local Democracy Assessment in
Jordan"
Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center (UJRC) in
cooperation with the International Institute for
Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) together
convened a joint conference entitled "Local
Democracy in Jordan”, on March 11, 2009 held at
Holiday Inn Hotel in Amman.
The
conference aims to present and discuss the results
of the national report on the assessment of local
democracy in Jordan, a report that has been prepared
on the basis of the outcome of the work of four
local reports, that were placed on the following
municipalities: Resifeh (Zarqa Governorate), Jerash
(Jerash Governorate), Mafraq (Mafraq Governorate)
and Ma’an (Ma’an Governorate).
The reports were prepared by experts and local
officials, in an attempt to identify the reality of
the democratic process at the local government
level, and to locate the strengths and weaknesses
points, to come up with recommendations and
suggestions that aim to develop local democracy in
Jordan.
The workshop is part of International IDEA’s
project “State of Local Democracy (SoLD)
Assessment in the Arab World”, involving similar
activities in four countries: Egypt, Jordan,
Morocco and Yemen. This research project will be
implemented over a period of 18 months, as part
of IDEA’s programme in the Arab World.
The project is
implemented with collaboration of local partner
organizations, where UJRC is the implementing
organization in Jordan.
In the
earlier stages of the project UJRC and International
IDEA convened a 3-day consecutive training workshop
entitled: “State of Local Democracy in the Arab
World: Local Democracy Assessment in Jordan”, held
on July 14 to 16, 2008, at Holiday Inn Hotel, Amman,
Jordan
UJRC held a roundtable
discussion entitled "Rental Draft Law”, on
March 7, 2009, at the Royal Cultural Center, Amman,
Jordan.
The roundtable consisted of two major sessions;
first one is an analytical reading into the rental
draft law, where the economic, social and
humanitarian dimensions of the law will be
discussed.
Second session topic is remarks from the civil society and
business associations on the draft law.
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Media and Civil Society:
Roundtable Discussion at Jerusalem Hotel
UJRC is launching a new project entitled
“Building the Trust in Jordanian Civil Society”:
a series of roundtable discussions that address
various societal sectors, aiming to build public
trust in Jordanian CSOs.
UJRC held the first roundtable on
Thursday, October 9, 2008, at Jerusalem Hotel,
under title “Media and Civil Society: towards
better understanding”.
Click here to view the meeting
agenda.
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Workshop on
Assessing
Local Democracy in Jordan
The International Institute for Democracy and
Electoral Assistance (IDEA), together with Al
Urdun Al Jadid Research Center (UJRC), are
conducting a 3-day consecutive training workshop
entitled: “State of Local Democracy in the Arab
World: Local Democracy Assessment in Jordan”.
This will be held on July 14 to 16, 2008, at
Holiday Inn Hotel, Amman, Jordan
This workshop is part of International IDEA’s
project “State of Local Democracy (SoLD)
Assessment in the Arab World”, involving similar
activities in four countries: Egypt, Jordan,
Morocco and Yemen. This research project will be
implemented over a period of 18 months, as part
of IDEA’s programme in the Arab World.
The project is implemented with collaboration of
local partner organizations, where UJRC is the
implementing organization in Jordan. UJRC is
also the ACE regional electoral resources centre
for the Arab region.
The main focus of the workshop is assessing the
level of local democracy in four municipalities
in Jordan: Rusaifah, Maan, Mafraq and Jarash.
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Two-day National
Conference on CSR
UJRC convened the First National
Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility on March 30-31, 2008. The
conference summoned private sector businesses with a wide
audience of stakeholders; business associations,
labour unions, supervisory commissions, civil
society organisations and other. The conference
culminated by launching the Jordanian Forum
for Social Responsibility (JFSR), with many
participants registering
as founding members of the JFSR.
View
Agenda
Read conference proceedings
and
briefing
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UJRC launches the Jordanian
Civil Alliance for Democratic
Elections
In an unprecedented step, UJRC lately founded the
Jordanian Civil Alliance for Democratic Elections,
with a membership that already exceeds 40 leading
Jordanian NGO’s.
Read more…
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Wide-scale Study Days
project reaping its successes
In
March 2008 UJRC held the seventh study day for civil
society leaders and activists on “Good Governance in
Civil Society Organisations”. Speakers investigated the philosophy of
good governance within the role that CSOs could
play in countering corruption in Jordan.
Read more about Study Days
project.
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ISLAH Network … substantial
accomplishments in its first year
The UJRC-led ISLAH Network
celebrates its first anniversary by presenting its
major achievements and doubling-up its membership.
View the
concluding statement of the first annual
meeting of ISLAH Network
Read about
Partners in Reform conference …
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