{"id":6766,"date":"2019-12-24T10:20:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T08:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/?p=6766"},"modified":"2026-09-22T22:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T19:54:32","slug":"%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%86%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a1%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%b4%d9%8f%d8%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcdcr.org\/en\/%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%86%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a1%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%b4%d9%8f%d8%b1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Community Development and Accountability Committee, \"Partners\", in Al-Shoka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within the Marginalised Local Communities Development Project<\/strong> In seven municipalities in the central and southern Gaza Strip, implemented through the Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and the German development agency GIZ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution (PCDCR), together with the community committee in Al-Shoka Municipality and its coordinator Rashad Abu Louli\n<\/strong>visited the site of the project sewage infrastructure and road paving in the Abu Louli area, <\/strong>where the community committee began carrying out its tasks after being formed in October 2019 and trained in November 2019. The committee represents citizens and seeks to convey their voice and to pass on residents' observations and recommendations during project implementation to the municipality, as well as informing them of progress as reported by the municipality, in addition to resolving any problem that may arise using alternative dispute-resolution mechanisms, in line with the Centre's principles on strengthening the sustainability of projects and community ownership of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some recommendations from residents were documented during the works to install the sewage network and remove encroachments in the street, and the Community Development and Accountability Committee, \"Partners\",<\/strong> in Al-Shoka is now working to convey them to the municipality and to find solutions and alternatives to the problems identified.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Community Development and Accountability Committee, \"Partners\",<\/strong> also held a meeting at Al-Shoka Municipality attended by the mayor, Mr. Abu Hazem Breika, and the project coordinator Eng. Iman Abu Saeed. The mayor affirmed his support for the community committee within the Marginalised Local Communities Development Project and stressed that there is scope to maintain it and to continue its work. For her part, the project coordinator underlined the important role the community committee plays in conveying citizens' voices and their participation, whether in identifying their needs and priorities, in planning, in following up implementation, in maintaining the project and even in carrying out light maintenance. This is what the Marginalised Local Communities Development Project and the work of the community committee put into practice, which in turn improves the relationship between citizens and their municipality, increases their trust in it and helps improve the quality of the services provided to them.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an initiative by the Community Development and Accountability Committee, \"Partners\", in Al-Shoka, the committee honoured three dedicated sanitation workers for their efforts in keeping their town clean.        <\/p>\n\n\n\n