{"id":6660,"date":"2019-08-28T12:07:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T09:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/?p=6660"},"modified":"2026-09-22T17:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:08:42","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%b2-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b7%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b0-%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%ad%d9%88%d9%84-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%b2-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b7%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b0-%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%ad%d9%88%d9%84-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%88\/","title":{"rendered":"The Palestinian Center delivers training on developing participation and accountability skills in marginalised local communities in the central and southern Gaza Strip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within the Development<\/strong> <\/strong>Marginalised local communities<\/strong> In seven municipalities in the central and southern Gaza Strip, implemented through
\nthe Municipal Development and Lending Fund with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Palestinian Center
\nfor Democracy and Conflict Resolution delivered training on
\ndeveloping participation and accountability skills<\/strong> in the work of local government bodies in New Abasan, Khuza'a, Al-Bureij,
\nAl-Qarara and Al-Nasr (Rafah). This training falls under the project's second task.<\/p>\n

Target group:<\/strong> The local communities in New Abasan, Khuza'a,
\nAl-Bureij, Al-Qarara, Al-Nasr, Al-Shoka and Rafah, including young people, women and persons with disabilities,
\nwith two training groups for each large and medium municipality and one training group in
\nthe smaller municipalities. The training runs for five days per group. <\/p>\n

The number of
\nparticipants was around 55 trainees in Khuza'a, 50 in New Abasan,
\n25 in Al-Bureij, 18 in Al-Qarara and 25 in Al-Nasr. <\/p>\n

It is worth noting
\nthat the meetings to select training candidates were held in the seven municipalities between 29 May 2019
\nand 24 June 2019. The first phase of training began on 22 April 2019 and the second phase on
\n22 July, and it is expected to end in mid-September this year.     <\/p>\n

The training aims to: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Familiarise participants with the indicators and standards of effective community participation,
\naccountability and its tools and four pillars (transparency, participation, responsivenessand follow-up<\/a>), and complaints and appeals.<\/p>\n

Improve participants' skills
\nand motivate them towards effective community participation by developing a plan to improve community participation in
\ntheir areas, including identifying the parties involved and analysing the main responsibilities and roles of each party
\nand the key interventions.  <\/p>\n

Familiarise participants with social accountability tools in the Palestinian
\ncontext (accountability session, hearing session, mystery visitor, public expenditure analysis,
\nparticipatory budgets, citizen report cards, social audit report). <\/p>\n

Improve
\nparticipants' skills in holding public hearing sessions (preparation, core skills,
\nformulating outputs).   <\/p>\n

Improve
\nPractical applied skills for participants in complaint submission mechanisms, including the channels for
\nsubmitting complaints. <\/p>\n

Views of participants in the local community training in New Abasan: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Khaled Musbah,
\n36, holder of a master's degree in project management, says the training stood out for the variety of trainers and their presentation methods, and for linking theoretical knowledge and the concepts of community participation and accountability to practical applications and experiences that deepen understanding. \"The training greatly encouraged me to research and go deeper into these
\nsubjects and to try to apply them in practice, whether through specialised work or by educating people about them.\"
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Jihan Abu Anza,
\n22, a graduate in basic education, says the training added a great deal of information and
\nconcepts such as governance, citizenship, participation and its tools, and accountability and its tools: \"At any meeting
\nthe municipality organises from now on I will be among the first to take part and to call on others to take part.\"<\/p>\n

As for Khaled Abu Mutlaq,
\n24, who holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, he says: \"I had no
\nprior knowledge of accountability or how to hold an official to account, and I did not know there were official channels
\nfor submitting complaints through the municipality. I urge you at the Palestinian Center to continue spreading
\nknowledge and holding awareness sessions on community participation and social accountability in the gathering places of New Abasan,
\nbecause people do not have this knowledge and do not know how to submit complaints to the municipality, or that
\nit is their right to do so.\"  <\/p>\n

\u00a0Views of participants in the local community training in Al-Bureij<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rida
\nAl-Nabaheen, a social researcher, says: \"I benefited greatly from the training, as it is the first training I have taken part in
\non community participation and accountability. It gave me new information about citizenship and the mechanisms of
\ncommunity participation and of submitting complaints.\"<\/p>\n

Zaher
\nAl-Mabhouh says: \"The course was excellent and outstanding; I think my awareness of municipal
\nwork after the course is higher than before.\"  <\/p>\n

Another participant
\nsays: \"The training content is close to reality, and the trainers are excellent and inspired us to seek
\nmore information.\"<\/p>\n

The training has been completed
\nin Khuza'a, New Abasan and Al-Bureij, while training in Al-Qarara and Al-Nasr is still under way.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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