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12 charitable organizations and cooperatives with women’s groups are seeking for developing their entrepreneurial activities
Jericho “City of the Moon” – June 3rd, 2021 – MUSTAQBALUNA “Our Future” a project funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) in Jerusalem and implemented by the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in Jericho and in partnership with AVSI foundation, the project organized a “tasting campaign” and a high quality product’s promotion and selling made […]
ENHANCING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR THE MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM PALESTINIAN ENTERPRISES – EPEC
Ramallah, February 3rd, 2021. The Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority hosted today a press conference to officially launch the project “ENHANCING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR THE MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM PALESTINIAN ENTERPRISES – EPEC”, in the presence of the Consul General of Italy Giuseppe Fedele, the Chairman of the Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority […]
Protecting gender-based violence victims in Palestine during Covid-19 pandemic outbreak
Jerusalem, April 28, 2020 – Thanks to the coordination work delivered by AICS Jerusalem, as EU lead donor in Gender equality, local partners committed in combating gender-based violence “virtually” gathered yesterday, such as Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC), Ministries of Health, Women’s Affairs and Social Development, along with representatives of antiviolence network supported by AICS […]
A Gender Matrix to improve AID coordination in Palestine
Jerusalem March 31, 2020 – Despite the COVID-19 pandemic emergency and the obligation to meet up only virtually, EU Gender Technical Working Group activities are continuing, thanks to the participation of EU member States active for Gender Sector in Palestine. This meeting was arranged to present and discuss Gender Matrix results, mapping of 88 gender projects […]
Christian Minorities: VIS, ATS and John Paul II Foundation for Christian communities protection in Bethlehem and interreligious dialogue in the Holy Land
Jerusalem, March 26, 2020 – Despite the epidemiologic emergency on-going all over the world, and hoping we will be back to normal life soon, AICS commitment in favor of Italian civil society organizations implementing development projects is not stopping. In Palestine, in the framework of the Christian Minority Support Call, the project “Socio-economic integration of Christian […]
A Statistic Business Register (SBR) to frame Palestinian small & medium enterprises production activities
Rome, February 20th 2020 – Last working day for the first study visit to ISTAT that Palestinian experts from PCBS – Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance paid to Rome, in order to estimate and use a Structural Business Statistics (SBS) of entrepreneurships in Palestine, with the technical support of ISTAT and the financial […]
AICS and Public Prosecution for Palestinian minors best interest
Ramallah, February 12th 2020 – Relevant achieved results and new objectives to safeguard Palestinian minors have been discussed between AICS Jerusalem Director Cristina Natoli and the Palestinian General Prosecutor Mr. Akram Al-Khatib. The new Italian project IN YOUR INTEREST, focused on budget supports to Ministry of Social Development and Public Prosecution and activities in partnership with […]
An evaluation model for the work of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
Jerusalem, February the 4th 2020 – The mission to Palestine of the OIV – Independent Evaluation Organization, represented by Advisor Mr. Stefano Glinianski and Mr. Leone Gianturco, Director of Planning and General Affairs of AICS, was held in order to verify and discuss the results of the survey submitted by AICS Jerusalem’s stakeholders. The analysis was aimed […]
Kick-off of the two projects funded by the AICS call for proposal “Affidato”: WE WORLD/GVC and COSPE undertake to enhance women’s economic empowerment and to promote women’s participation in public life in Palestine
Jerusalem, January 15th 2020 – Two agreements concerning the implementation of the program “AMAL: Human Rights and Gender Equality” have been signed by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation – AICS and the Italian civil society organizations WE WORLD/GVC and COSPE, that will be leading two different three-year development projects with a total budget of €1.350.000,00 […]
A network of centres for the treatment of rare haematological diseases (haemophilia, thalassaemia and other hemoglobinopathies) in Palestine
Jerusalem, January the 10th, 2020 – The visit to Palestine of the Representatives of the Higher Institute of Health (National Blood Center) and the Hemophilia Center of the Hospital of Perugia has just terminated. The mission has been organized in the frameworkof the initiative “HAEMO-PAL – Enhancement of the Clinical Centres for the Diagnosis and Care […]