| Mission | Strategic Objectives | Aims | Expected Outputs |
| Contribute in developing the effectiveness of social work and ensure its freedom and independence in a civil society that is based on law, pluralism, in full coordination and cooperation with civil society institutions, all government agencies and other parties. | 1. Develop organizational structures and set up clear visions and policies | 1- Increase the skills and knowledge of NGO employees | 1.
Comprehensive study on training needs of the various NGOs in the West Bank
and Gaza
2. Human Resources Development Department |
| 2- Develop internal systems/administrative and financial systems within the NGOs | 1-
Manual on the organizational structure and administrative systems
(administrative structure, policies, rules and regulations, job
descriptions)
2- Computerized system for financial management of NGOs |
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| 3- Develop organizational structures within NGOs | |||
| 4- Enhance the internal democratic environment within NGOs | 1- A
unit to follow up the application of the NGO Law to enhance an internal
democratic environment and openness towards the local community
2- Awareness campaign on the necessity of a democratic environment within NGOs in coordination with specialized NGOs and networks (newsletters, brochures etc.) |
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| 5- Differentiation between professional and political activity | 1- A conference to examine and define the relationship between the political and professional aspect of civil work. | ||
| 6- Enhance the development nature of NGOs | 1- Meetings on the importance of the transition from relief activities to development ones | ||
| 7- Help NGOs open up to the local community | |||
| 8- Enhance exposure and benefit from the experience and expertise of Arab and international NGOs | 1- Program to exchange expertise between local, Arab and INGOs. | ||
| 2. Develop and apply professional transparency | 1- Activate the law and prepare internal systems | 1- By -laws on NGO Law. | |
| 2- Develop internal and external professional supervision | 1- A
coordination committee including the general supervisory committee and the
Ministry of Interior and the specialized ministry
2- Manual on procedures and by laws regarding the supervisory process for NGOs |
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| 3- Activate internal systems | 3- Activate internal systems | ||
| 3. Granting voluntarism its importance and activating it | 1- Increase awareness in regard to voluntarism and its role in developing civil society activities | 1-
Awareness campaign on the importance of voluntarism in general and its
role in serving civil society.
2- School and university curricula on voluntarism and civil work |
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| 2- Issue laws and decrees that encourage adopting and activating voluntarism | 1- Laws on supporting the efforts of revising and developing civil work | ||
| 3- Emphasize the role and results of voluntarism, and disseminate contemporary concepts among the local community | 1- Voluntary Department | ||
| 4- Activate participation of women leaders in voluntary and civic work | 1- Incentives to increase women's role in leading positions for voluntary and civil work. | ||
| 5- Enhance and develop social links and ties | |||
| 4. Increase coordination and cooperation between NGOs on one hand and between NGOs and the public sector on the other | 1- Increase and develop coordination frameworks and mechanisms between NGOs and increase their effectiveness | Department for Institutional Cooperation and Coordination | |
| 2- Increase awareness of the importance and necessity of cooperation and coordination | |||
| 3- Enhance coordination and cooperation between NGOs and the PNA and private sector | 1-
Ministerial Coordination Committee
2- Annual meeting including NGO representatives, international donor agencies, ministries and the private sector |
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| 4- Find incentives for common work and cooperation between the three sectors | |||
| 5. Develop sources and size of funding for NGOs | 1- Develop and organize government support sources | Detailed proposal on organizing and developing government funding for NGOs. | |
| 2- Increase local support for NGOs | Proposal to encourage local support to NGOs (mechanism, incentives, etc.) Trust fund to support and develop and enhance the steadfastness of Jerusalem NGOs, in coordination and cooperation with concerned parties | ||
| 3- Enable NGOs to draft project proposals and carry out fund-raising activities | 1- Training program to increase the capacity of NGOs in the field of project proposal writing, report writing, fund-raising and self sustainability | ||
| 4- Develop self-reliance among NGOs | |||
| 5- Establish a trust fund to support civil work | 1- Fund to provide financial support to the activities of NGOs | ||
| 6. Enhance the freedom of Palestinian civil society | 1- Confront Israeli policies hostile to civil society institutions and their activities, esp. in Jerusalem | 1- Coordination Committee for NGOs in Jerusalem | |
| 2- Apply NGO Law and all its bylaws | |||
| 3- Increase awareness of the role of NGOs and that of the PNA in developing the local community | 1- Develop a clear vision of the future of the relationship between the 3 sectors (private, public and civil society) | ||
| 4- Increase some NGOs' exposure and contact with other NGOs. | |||
| 5- Establish a code of conduct for NGOs | 1- General Code of conduct for NGOs | ||
| 6- Ensure the independence and freedom of civil society so as to complement the role of government | |||
| 7. Help NGOs in adopting national development priorities as per the Palestinian Development Plan | 1- Enable NGOs to work within national development priorities | 1- Mechanisms to link government support sources with the Palestinian national priorities | |
| 2- Make donor agencies adopt national development priorities | |||
| 3- Enhance the role and participation of NGOs in defining and preparing national and sectoral development priorities | |||
| 4- Enhance coordination and exchange information between NGOs on the one hand and between government and private sector on the other | 1-
Website of Palestinian civil society
2- Comprehensive database of civil society 3- National NGO center |
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| 5- Develop sectoral strategies on the national level |