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NEWS
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Today on 4/11/2008 , Hope Org. published a letter about its mission , You can read the letter at Mission Statement Page.
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On 13/10/2008 , Mr. Raffaele Spiga and Mis Roberta Pasini from the International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid - Regione Emilia - Romagna visited Hope Organization and met the Hope Administrative team (George Hazboun , Eng. Judeh Morkus , Roni Shawrieh and Mary Zarour . Discussion was about mutual cooperation in the coming future.
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On 9/9/2008, Hope Center for Professional Training launched a new course for six months to include : (1) Facial Treatment , (2) Professional Makeup and (3) Nail Building . Twenty women and girls are participating and an official certificate will be granted at the end of the course.
Read More in " On Going Projects"
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On 14/8/2008 , Hope Organization held the Graduation ceremony at Hope Office in Bethlehem for (1) Professional Makeup and (2) Facial Treatment courses for 150 hour session each and for 15 women each. Hope Administrative team (George Hazboun , Judeh Morkus , Roni Shawrieh and Mary Zarour) submitted the certificates and the gifts for the participants including a receiption at Hope Office.
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ON 13/8/2008 , Henriette Kolb (Donor Coordination Advisor) and Reiduu Otteroy from the Office of the Quartet Representative RT Hon TONY BLAIR visited Hope Organization and a very fruitful meeting took place between Hope Administrative team (George Hazboun , Judeh Morkus , Roni Shawrieh and Mary Zarour) . Future possible cooperation between Hope and the Office of the Quartet was discussed in all fields especially Democracy and Human Rights.
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On 30/7/2008 , Hope declared that the first phase of the Arab Fund Project was finished as scheduled. A celebration at Wad Rahhal Village took place in the presence of Mr. George Hazboun (director general) and Eng. Judeh Morkus (Vice Board) and Eng. Qasim Ayish (Agricultural Engineer - Project Coordinator) and all the participants where a special certificates were submitted to all of them.
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On 21/7/2008 , Eng. Judeh Morkus (the Vice Board) and George Hazboun (Director manager) and Eng. Qasim Ayish (agricultural engineer) visited Bettir Local Council and met the Mayor Eng. Akram Badr and his deputy Eng. Hasan Auweneh .The meeting was about starting the second phase of the Arab Fund Project about "Food ,how to preserve them and developing house gardens".It was agreed that the second phase will start on 1th of August for two months.
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On 9/7/2008 , Mrs Eva Suarez Leonardo ( Project Manager - Civil Society and Peace Building) and Mr. Eduardo Reneses De La Fuente (Senior Programme Manager - Humanitarian Aid and Social Services) from the Spanish Technical Cooperation Office visited Hope Organization and met the administrative team . A global discusion about future cooperation between Hope and "aecid" took place specially in the field of Human rights and Peace Building in Palestine.
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On 24/6/2008 ,Hope met Mr. Giuseppe Russo "Country Representative" of Gruppo di Volontariato Civile - Italy . A fruitfull discussion about future cooperation between the two organizations took place .
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On 6/6/2008 Hope held a workshop about " Food : How to preserve them " at Bethlehem Hotel . This is workshop within the OPEC Project.
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Hope Organization participated in the meeting held at the Department of Joint Councils for Services,Planning and Development (DJCspd) - MoLG in Bethlehem on Wednesday ,4/6/2008 with the Czech Organization "People in Need" (PIN).The meeting discuused all concerned projects that can be implemented in Palestine. Eng. Judeh Morkus (Vice Board) attend the meeting .
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Wednesday , 21/5//2008 Mr. Elias Khayyo , a Program Development Specialist from USAID visited Hope Organization . Mr. George Hazboun (General Director) explained the new strategy and vision of Hope for Year 2008 relating to the programs and projects.Both parties agree on future cooperation . Eng. Judeh Morkus (Vice Board) , Mary Zarour (Adm. manager) and Roni Shawrieh (PR manager) also attend the meeting.
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On 10/10/2007 Dr. Roland Meinardus ( The Regional Office Director in Cairo), Dr. Hans-Georg Fleck ( Resident Representative ) and Mr. Suleiman Abu Dayyeh ( Palestine Desk Head) of FNF visited Hope organization to launch the project " Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations."
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On 8/11/2007 , Hope held the First Public Meeting of the project " Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations " at Bethlehem Municipality - Vienna Hall.
- Expectations and Needs of citizens and local civil societies from the local councils
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On 27/11/2007 , Hope held the First workshop of the project "Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations " at Bethlehem Hotel from 9:30 till 13:30.
- Needs and Expectations of the local councils from the civil societies organizations
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On 11/12/2007 , Hope held theSecond workshop of the project "Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations " at Bethlehem Hotel from 9:30 till 13:30.
- Enhancing the level of involvement of citizens in the decision-making process and policies.
- Improvement of communication skills of local councilors with local society, local community and local media.
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On 15/1/2008 , Hope held the third workshop of the project "Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations " at Bethlehem Hotel from 9:30 till 13:30.
- Advocating of lobbying strategies on local level
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On 29/1/2008 , Hope held the fourth workshop of the project "Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations " at Bethlehem Hotel from 9:30 till 13:30.
- Strategies to improve the involvement ,role and influence of women in local politics
- Strategies to promote the role of youth in local politics
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On 16/2/2008 , Hope held the Fifth workshop of the project "Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations " at Bethlehem Hotel from 9:30 till 13:30.
- Principles of Local Goverment
- Local Government Law
- Role and function of legislative and executive authorities on the local level
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On 26/2/2008 , Hope held the Sixth workshop of the project "Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations " at Bethlehem Hotel from 9:30 till 13:30
- Strategic planning for instituational development and reform
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On 12/3/2008 , Hope held the Seventh workshop of the project "Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations " at Bethlehem Hotel from 9:30 till 13:30
- Strategies to promote role of women and youth in elected local councils and administration
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On 31/3/2008 , Hope held the Eighth workshop of the project "Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations " at Bethlehem Hotel from 9:30 till 13:30
- Improvement of administrative efficiency
1. Skills and tools of administrative staff
2. Management of human resource
3. Tools and skills of supervision
4. Methods of transparency of public administration on local level
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On 22/4/2008 , Hope held the Second Public Meeting of the project "Empowering local government representatives and local councils by enhancing cooperation with civil society organizations " at Bethlehem Hotel from 9:30 till 13:30
- Achievements of the workshops
- Level of progress:
1. Needs
2. Expectations
1. Follow up committee
2. Strategic Plans
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A delegation from the Danish representative headed by Mr. Rolf Holonbo the Danish representative at the Palestinian authority visited hope organization on the 24th February and he took an idea about hope activities , and its programs , Mr. George Hazboun the head of the research department talked about the current social and political situation and its effect on the society , and the connection between hope programs and the current difficulties whether by job creation or by capacity building .
The meeting lasted for about two hours and they showed their appreciations what hope do and promised for future cooperation
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The Polish representative Mr. Piop Rpuuchtc visited Hope on the 27th of February. He was very impressed with our activities and programs and promised future cooperation. Ms Magdalena Stawczyk a representative of the Polish Humanitarian Organization was allso at the meeting and showed great interest in what Hope does.
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