Salamnet
  Network of organizations

  working with conflict in Iraq

December, 2008 - Issue 1

 

In This Issue

Change projects implemented in the frame of the training program

Peace Building project in Kirkuk

Funding for conflict mitigation projects

 

Regional Human Rights and Peace Building Fund

 

 

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Dear friends,

After the completion of the two training workshops focusing on “working in a conflict environment”, a website has been launched which aims at facilitating communication between all partners.

Visit the website at http://salamnet.insaniraq.org and send us your updated NGO profile so that we can update your information on the website.

 

Funding available for conflict mitigation projects

An international organization contacted INSAN to inform them about a program they have launched about conflict mitigation. They are funding local NGOs to implement small projects in the 18 governorates of Iraq. Contact us in order to obtain more information and we will provide your direct contact details to this organization. 

6 Change projects implemented in the frame of the training program  

At the closure of the second training workshop in August 2008, proposals for change-projects were submitted by participants. 6 change-projects were selected by INSAN for funding. Each project aims at solving cases of conflicts analyzed by participants which are happening in their own environment.

Projects were selected on the nature of activities suggested and include: organization of art galleries, football match, water day campaign, radio shows awareness and capacity building for media.

You can read more details about selected change-projects here. 

 

INSAN Iraqi Society -  Peace Building project in Kirkuk

INSAN, funded by UNOPS and the European Union, is currently implementing a peace building project in Kirkuk. Through diverse initiatives, INSAN will focus on strengthening cohesion between diverse communities living in Rapareen along relieving the immediate suffering of populations: vocational trainings, income generation, capacity building are part of the set of activities targeting women and youth in particular.

Learn more about the project here.

CIDA – Regional Human Rights and Peace Building Fund

The Regional Human Rights and Peacebuilding Fund is an initiative of the Canadian International Development Agency focusing on the West Bank and Gaza, Lebanon, and Iraq for the coming four years. The Fund aims at strengthening the protection and promotion of Human Rights, including Women Rights and enhancing Peacebuilding efforts in the in the Middle East by providing support to civil society organizations and non-profit institutions. A questionnaire was circulated to provide support in designing the program. We received the questionnaire at the last minute and therefore were unable to forward it to you. We will share upcoming news regarding this initiative.

 

 

This newsletter aims at spreading news among the members of Salamnet regarding work occurring in Iraq related to peace building and conflict management.

 

Please share with us the activities, projects and other initiatives that you are conducting in this field inside Iraq so that we can continue sharing ideas, lessons learnt and improve our services to the people of Iraq,

Send us your feedback at: conflict@insaniraq.org

 

Wishing you and your family a happy Eid,

Sincerely,

 

INSAN Team

 

 

This newsletter is produced by INSAN Iraqi Society        http://www.insaniraq.org – info@insaniraq.org

 

Salamnet is a network of organizations created as a result of the implementation of a training program in 2008 aiming to build the capacity of Iraqi organizations to work in a conflict environment. The initiative was co-funded by the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace supported by CIDA and the United States Institute of Peace.