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NISPED seeks to promote peace and development. We are concerned with fundamental processes of social change and with the centrality of civil society to their successful achievement. NISPED is an independent non-profit institution that conducts programs of education, training, project development and consultancy. We work in association with the Sapir Academic College.  Read More... |
NISPED Highlights
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NISPED - AJEEC – Reflections of the Year Past
As NISPED-AJEEC's activity year begins anew, we are pleased to send this newsletter highlighting some of the last year's achievements and welcoming the challenges that lie ahead.
While life in our corner of the earth is never simple, this past year has posed extraordinary challenges; the war in Gaza rocked NISPED–AJEEC's very foundations and the global economic implosion continues to imperil many of our ambitious plans.
Nonetheless, in line with its organizational culture and a conscious decision to embark on the road less traveled, NISPED–AJEEC has met some of these concerns, straight-on. Click here to see how. |
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"Joint Ventures for Peace"
 Established in spring 2009 by the Shorouq Society for Women (www.shorouqsociety.org) and NISPED with support from the Canadian government, Joint Ventures for Peace brings together Palestinian and Israeli women entrepreneurs and artists to work as equal partners and create a unique discourse on peace. This innovative project couples dialogue with creative business development.
Through joint seminars, business development sessions and one-on-one meetings in both Israel and Palestine, pairs of Israeli and Palestinian women have created joint products targeted for local and international markets. No less important, the women learned about one another’s lives and perspectives, bridging the barriers that increasingly divide the two peoples.
Today, Shorouq and NISPED are launching the project's second phase which will build from lessons learned in order to add an additional cohort of Palestinian and Israeli women entrepreneurs, and to expand the training and other support provided to all of the women in the service of the co-design, co-marketing and co-development of projects. The second phase will also build on the existing dialogue amongst the women in order to disseminate visions of peace developed within the project's bounds.
Centered in Beersheva, Israel and Beit Jalah, Palestine, the program hopes to touch the lives of scores of Israeli and Palestinian women, their families and communities. Moreover, the program's message of viable and sustainable Israeli-Palestinian cross border collaboration will be delivered to key stakeholders in Israel and Palestine, the Middle East and globally . (read more ......) |
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Cooperative Empowerment- A Reconstruction Program in China
NISPED launched a reconstruction program promoting long term sustainable human development in China. NISPED's local partner in China is the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives (ACFSMC). The project was developed in collabaration with IsraAID-the Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid-and has the financial support of the Joint Distribution Committee and B'nai B'rith International. The ACFSMC is providing matching funds.(read more...) |
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New IBA News Clip
 Please follow the link below (from Israel Broadcasting Authority English language prime time news) to see how one special project, bound together with innovative thinking and effective implementation, is making a big difference:
(Click here to watch the news clip)
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Senior Sri Lankan Officials Challenge Rural Poverty
In line with the NISPED philosophy of providing innovative programming to meet the unique needs of each national group, 15 Sri Lankan senior government officials took part in the "Eliminating Rural Poverty - The Israel Development Experience" Course. Held between February 22nd and March 4th, 2009, Mr. U.D.G. Ariyathilake, Sri Lanka's Southern Province Minister of Cooperatives and a graduate of a 2006 NISPED's course, led the delegation. NISPED's senior experts together with NISPED guest lecturer Prof. Ian MacPherson, a world renowned expert on cooperatives, facilitated knowledge sharing and generation through a comprehensive lecture and seminar program. (read more...) |
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Kenyan Chiefs take part in an Unforgettable Learning Experience
 The "Enterprise Promotion, Empowerment and Sustainable Human Development in Rural Africa" international course proved to be a great success. The 25 day experience, held in cooperation with MASHAV during February-March 2009 was custom designed for 26 Chiefs (administrative officials) from the Office of the President of Kenya (read more...)
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Eliminating Rural Poverty- The Israel Development Experience
Following the success of last April's program, "Eliminating Rural Poverty- The Israel Development Experience", NISPED conducted a similiar course in December, 2008. The Program, which began on the 30th of November and lasted for 12 days, included frontal lectures, workshops and study visits as well as three days of cultural and historic tours. The fact that the 30 participants were from 7 different countries (read more...)
Watch the recent IBA news (Israel Broadcasting Authority) video clip about this program.
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He'atid and the South Africa-Israel Forum study mission
NISPED, together with He'atid and the South Africa-Israel Forum, recently completed a 10-day study mission designed for South African mayors, parlimentary figures, youth leaders and businessmen, entitled Paths to Development: The Israel Experience. This course not only offered lectures by NISPED's senior staff, but also took the leaders to kibbutzim and moshavim, Sderot, Ramat Gan municipality, northern Israel and Jerusalem, where they met with political leaders, such as Mr. Isaac Herzog, Israeli Ministry of Welfare. During the study tour, the South African participants also had site visits and in-depth discussion with educators, youth leaders and peace activists central to Israeli civil society. |
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