| Country: |
Palestine |
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Agency: |
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) |
| Address: |
UNICEF
Jerusalem Country Office (is responsible for West Bank and Gaza Programme)
PO BOX 25141
Shu’fat, Jerusalem
Tel: 972-2 583 0013/ 4
Fax: 972-2 583 0806
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| Activity Title: |
Development and Participation of Adolescents Programme:
The programme comprises two projects:
1. A society for adolescents
2. Skills for life
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| Date: |
The Programme is one of four core programmes of the organizational structure of UNICEF-OPT office. It started in 2001 and continues until the end of 2005. |
| Partners: |
Name: Ministry of Youth and Sport/Gaza
Contact Person: Dr. Ahmad Yaziji/Deputy Minister
Address: Ash-shifa Street-Al Rimal/Gaza
Tel: 08-2827645
Fax: 08-2822736
Name: Ministry of Youth and Sport/West Bank
Contact Person: Dr. Jamal Muheisen/Assistant Deputy Minister
Address: Al-Irsal Street/Ramallah
Tel: 02-2959732
Fax: 02-2085991
Name: National Plan of Action Secretariat
Director: Dr. Cairo Arafat
Address: Al-Sharafeh/El-Bireh
Tel: 02-2404760
Fax: 02-3404762
E-mail: npapal@palnet.com
Name: Ministry of Education and Higher Education
Contact Person: Dr. Naim Abu El Homous/Minister
Address: Ramallah
Tel: 02-2983256
Fax: 02-2983222
Name: Palestinian Center Bureau of Statistics
President: Dr. Hassan Abu Libdeh
Address: Ramallah
Tel: 02-2406340
Fax: 02-2406343
E-mail: diwan@pcbs.pna.org
Name: Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)
Chairman: Mr. Radwan Abu Ayyash
Address: Ramallah
Tel: 02-2959893
Fax: 02-2959893
E-mail: pbc@palnet.edu
Name: Jericho Municipality
Mayor: Mr. Abdul Karim Sider
Address: Jericho
Tel: 02-2322417
Fax: 02-2322604
E-mail: info@jericho-city.org
Name: Gaza City Municipality
Mayor: Mr. Sa’ed Kharma
Address: Gaza
Tel: 08-2825165
Fax: 08-2824400
E-mail: info@mogaza.org
Name: Rafah Municipality
Mayor: Mr. Said Zoarob
Address: Rafah
Tel: 08-2145023/242
Fax: 08-2145921
E-mail: info@jericho-city.org
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| Objectives/Goals: |
To Make adolescents more prominent in the society by promoting development; by increasing protection; by broadening participation; in order to prepare them to be responsible citizens and parents.
A. A Society for Adolescents” Project:
a) To develop a Community Rehabilitation Centre (CRC)- based National Adolescents Policy that provides framework for policies and programmes, regarding ensuring protection, development and participation of adolescents;
b) To improve legislation and policies based on operational research on adolescents lifestyles and specific protection issues;
c) To provide opportunities for adolescents to participate in community development such as children municipal councils and adolescent led small scale projects;
d) To reach parents and caretakers of adolescents with key messages on adolescents needs and rights.
B. “Skills for Life” Project:
a) To help adolescents to acquire critical skills that will enable them to adopt healthy life styles;
b) To build the skills of and provide counseling to the, marginalized adolescents - including disabled, orphans, victims of violence and abuse, and at risk of substance abuse.
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| Support: |
UNICEF provides technical and financial support to partners. |
| Fields/Tools: |
Fields of Implementations:
1. Education (life skills based education): UNICEF is supporting projects that help adolescents to acquire skills that enable them to adopt healthy life styles and to deal with the challenges of everyday life, through formal and Non-formal education;
2. Young women;
3. Capacity building;
4. Other: Participation in community development. |
| Brief: |
The programs/ projects implemented based on the Braga Youth Action Plan and the World Program of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond are, as follows:
1. Skills for Life Project: Aims at improving the quality of education by focusing on life skills based education to develop the skills of adolescents that assist them in the transition to adulthood and to become active citizens and parents;
2. Society for Adolescents Project has many initiatives through which it provides opportunities for adolescents and youth to participate in community development. Try to influence the decisions that affect their lives and to be service providers instead of beneficiaries.
Examples of these initiatives include “Adolescents for a Change” project, Children Municipal Councils and Peer-to-Peer Psychosocial projects.
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| Conclusion: |
The following youth related surveys and studies are supported by UNICEF:
1. Situation analysis of Palestinian children and women and young people (2000);
2. Global youth tobacco survey (2001);
3. Study on child-friendly schools (2002);
4. Rapid assessment on child labor (2002);
5. National youth survey (planned in 2003).
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