بتنظيم من رشيد للنزاهة والشفافية بدء أعمال مدرسة النزاهة الصيفية الثانية

Ajloun – The second Integrity Summer School began yesterday in Ajloun where a group of students from various Jordanian governorates discuss national issues related to integrity, human rights, democracy, conflict management and resolution, social accountability and the fight against corruption. The school is organized by Rasheed for Integrity and Transparency (Transparency International – Jordan).

The seven-day Integrity Summer School aims to promote the active participation of a group of Jordanian youth leaders in developing democratic values and principles, while also increasing their political participation and social accountability through this unique project that is 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.

This summer school is the second among four schools this year and builds on the success of this project that Rasheed for Integrity and Transparency began organizing last year, where different groups of young men and women participated in intensive summer and winter schools where they learned the basic concepts of integrity, effective citizenship and the rule of law, in addition to accountability and ways to promote community peace.

Executive Director of “Rasheed” Abeer Mdanat said the success of the previous schools of integrity stems from the distinguished interaction of the participants with the topics being discussed and the great development in their concepts and ideas, as some concepts are deepened and many of them are clarified so that the participating young men and women can interact more maturely with various political and social issues that arise in their communities.

The Second Integrity Summer School includes, in addition to lectures workshops and group activities, various scouting activities aimed at enhancing individual responsibility, personal integrity, and connection to the land, and reflecting this on collective behavior of individuals by working as teams, which will further contribute to enhancing the individuals’ awareness of the importance of solidarity, communication, coordination and solidarity between male and female students. This will contribute to r the success of the requirements of the public interest and the promotion of this culture to be reflected on students’ interactions in their daily lives and thus on the country as a whole.

The Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission actively participates in these lectures, where representatives of the Commission are invited to describe its role in combating corruption and its most important achievements.

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 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.