Where is the Role
Awareness.. Participation.. Supervision
The last 10 years have been filled with Aid work, during which we were able to find our way and find our societal role with the customs and experiences we have stored.
Today, the transition to a new phase, the title of which is the search for recovery and “strengthening the foundations of sustainable development,” imposes new roles, taking society from the role of recipient to the role of actor, initiator, and partner, but the features of this path are still unclear.
The difficulties we are experiencing today, including the siege, sanctions and the stressful economic situation, add major challenges, the impact of which is increased by long years of distancing ourselves from public affairs. Today, we are looking for our societal roles that enhance partnership in the sustainable development process through awareness of the roles that society can play through its institutions and bodies that allow it to participate in planning and implementation, leading to managing the role of oversight as it should be. Therefore, in the series of meetings and dialogue seminars “Where is the role?” we are trying to shed light on these roles by hosting local experts and activists, searching for local experiences and models that can be developed and generalized.
Where is the role? A dialogue series that we are launching in conjunction with the local administration elections, as an attempt to define together our societal roles, their nature, and how to carry them out, with a focus on the local administration environment, which we consider the focus of our attention, as it is a basic entry point to build peace in a country trying to get out from war with minimal losses.
The dialogue is moderated by fellow journalist Nisreen Alaa El-Din, who hosts in each session an expert on one of the issues related to local administration and a civil activist from one of the Syrian localities.
Financial powers of local councils and their societal dimensions
In this episode of “Where’s the Role” we learn about the financial powers of local councils and their societal dimensions with academic and economic researcher Dr. Rasha Sirob.
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The role of women in local development
In this episode of "Where is the Role" we learn about the role of women in local development and local administration.
The role of local councils in local development
In this episode of "Where's the Role" we learn about the role of local councils in early recovery plans. What is the importance and opportunities of local councils in forming recovery committees? What is the importance of these committees in terms of involving various actors in local development plans? With Dr. Karim Abu Halawa, Professor of Political Sociology at Damascus University
The role of local councils in early recovery plans
In this episode of the "Where is the Role" program, we learn about the role of local councils in early recovery plans. What is the importance and opportunities of local councils in forming recovery committees? What is the importance of these committees in terms of involving various actors in local development plans? And we learn about the recovery plan implementation committee in the Qadi Askar area with Mr. Jamal Al-Din Najeh, a member of the recovery plan implementation committee in the Qadi Askar area in Aleppo
Local economy
In this episode of "Where's the Role" we learn about the local economy in Syria, and what is the economic impact of local administration councils? What are the economic drivers for local development? What are the economic advantages provided by the Local Administration Law?
Various questions and topics we pose to our guest, consultant and specialist in local economy, Dr. Ali Al-Ahmad
Local government interaction with local administration elections...
In this episode of "Where is the Role" we learn about the interaction of local authorities with the local administration elections.
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Spaces of media role in development
In this episode of “Where is the Role” we learn about the media’s roles in development and the scope of these roles. Where is the development media? What are the spaces given between what journalists wish for and what is available?
We discuss various topics with journalist Ziad Ghosn in an episode about the media’s role in development.
Economic decentralization
In this episode of the "Where's the Role" program, what is economic decentralization? What are its limits? What are the economic backgrounds on which Law "107" was based? What are the economic characteristics that the law provided?
Many questions and topics we discuss with the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Dr. Lamia Assi
Community role in building local development programs
In this episode of “Where is the Role” we will talk about the community’s role in building development programs, and is there a role for the local community in building development programs? With academic and economic researcher Dr. Rasha Sirob, and journalist Kamal Shaheen from the “Your Role” campaign team in rural Latakia.
Community Participation Opportunities for Local Administration
In this episode of Where is the Role, we will talk about community spaces in the Local Administration Law. What are these spaces? What do they do? And what is our role in activating them? We will also review successful models of activating roles through these spaces with local administration expert Bashar Mubarak and volunteer in the Your Role campaign in rural Damascus Anas Barghalah
Local development from a community perspective
In this episode of Where is the Role, how do development projects contribute to the advancement of localities? What about the partnership between local activists and local administration to form an entry point for peace building in their areas? We raise important topics with our guests, activists Dr. Kinan Semaan from Aleppo and Ahmed Agha from Deir Ezzor.