بهدف تمكين الشباب من خلال التوعية والتدريب والاشراك

Ajloun- Rasheed for Integrity and Transparency (Transparency International – Jordan) kicked off today the first summer school of 2021 as part of the “Integrity School” project with the participation of youth from various Jordanian governorates who will learn and debate during the intensive training camp issues of integrity, anti-corruption, human rights, democracy, and effectively managing advocacy campaigns and conflict resolution.

The project, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, through the zivik funding program of the Institut Für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), a German organization for international cultural relations, contributes to advancing youth leaders’ active participation in promoting the political and societal transformation process based on the development of democratic values and principles, ensuring that youth leaders are effectively equipped to be a part of the  political participation and social accountability process.

The intensive seven-day training  hosts interactive lectures, workshops, and scout activities that discuss vital topics such as integrity and anti-corruption system forms, the link between human rights and the consolidation of democracy and the fight against corruption, conflict management and resolution,crisis prevention, community accountability, the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in reducing corruption as well as hands-on training on advocacy skills.

Executive Director of “Rasheed” Abeer Mdanat said the “Integrity School” project builds on the success of the previous phases on the initiative, led by Rasheed for Integrity and Transparency, to instill and develop basic concepts of integrity amongst youth as well as active citizenship, the rule of law and accountability.

“We have seen an impressive exchange of thought in our previous schools where youth discussed and debated issues pertinent to their societies and ways to solve them on a national level.”

She added: “This school is similar to other Integrity Schools organized by the national chapters of Transparency International in Tunisia, Palestine, Lithuania, Turkey and other countries. It tackles promoting team spirit, social solidarity, and conflict management and resolution.”  this in term will be reflected on enhancing the stability in our country.

The first and second phases of the Integrity Schools project were carried out in 2020 In both camps, young men and women aged between 18 and 30 actively discussed human rights, democracy, conflict resolution and combating corruption, among other skills that help build leaders who will bring positive change to their societies. In the same context, three other schools will be implemented this year.

Rasheed (Transparency International-Jordan) was established in 2013, as a non-for-profit civil society organization, through a group of activists working in the field of anti-corruption. Rasheed (Transparency International-Jordan) commenced work in Amman at the beginning of April 2014, and it represents the only official contact group of Transparency International in Jordan.

Rasheed (Transparency International-Jordan) aims to reinforce the involvement of the Jordanian citizen in anti-corruption activities, protect public, private and local governance institutions against corruption, enhance the efficiency and independence of control agencies specialized in the area of anti-corruption, strengthen the integrity of the legislative and judicial authorities, and reinforce the performance of Rasheed (Transparency International-Jordan) towards achieving its mission and vision.