The Syrian Wednesday

The Nation Building Movement has dedicated five sessions of the “Syrian Wednesday” program to discuss the reality of localities in all their diversity and needs, and the role of local councils in developing their communities as an important space for participation and interaction between different parties, and the need to prepare the conditions to reach the recovery stage. 
​The First Session tried to read the experience of previous councils, in terms of the challenges that faced the work of local councils, the extent of testing the law regulating the work of local administration and community awareness, the impact of war and mutual inactivity between the center and the peripheries, and the possibility of coming up with a vision for the next stage. Considering that youth are the bearers of change and the basic foundation that is relied upon to enhance the participation process, and the group most affected by the war, and that failure to activate their role deprives the country of an element of strength that has a great impact on the process of development and participation, The Second Session tried to explore the challenges of youth participation in local government and the possibilities of promoting their role.
The Third Session discussed the role of women and their participation in local administration, considering that women are an important and active part of society. Despite the establishment of the constitutional right of women to participate, there are still difficulties that prevent women from achieving real representation and establishing their role.
Where The Forth Session  It focused on community participation in local administration, the challenges of participation in public affairs issues, and the importance of community participation in local administration through its ability to activate the role of various parties in localities and involve them in managing local affairs.

Where The Fifth Session was about the development priorities of localities and their differences according to the Syrian contexts, the role of influential actors, especially civil society and the world, as partners in the development process, and the possibility of taking into account the social dimensions while reading the development priorities.