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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 is now 10 years old! We invite you to read below about some of our newest endeavors in the fields of peace and development within Israel, with our Palestinian neighbors, and in the world.
NISPED NEWS
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New economic initiatives from NISPED - AJEEC: Arab-Bedouin sheep breeders establish cooperative, Arab-Bedouin women become sports trainers and more...
NISPED-AJEEC, in conjunction with The Agricultural Research Institute in Beit Dagan, and the professional mentoring of veterinarian, Dr. Maazen abu Siam, is carrying out a unique undertaking for Arab-Bedouin sheep breeders from the Negev. This project involves breeding better sheep and the establishment of a cooperative of Arab-Bedouin sheep breeders in the Negev. Read more...
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Cooperative courses enhance our ties with leaders from Eastern Africa
In March, we hosted 27 leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda for a course in enterprise promotion and empowerment in rural Africa. The 23 men and 4 women participants are leaders of agricultural cooperatives, officials of cooperative banks and government officials working in cooperative development. This course, which was jointly conducted by NISPED-ICECOS, Mashav and the Swedish Cooperative Centre focused on the strengthening of rural cooperative frameworks in order to promote enterprise development and entrepreunership and gender equality. For more about our courses, please read here
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Peace, Empowerment and Social Change - A Joint Study Mission with Seeking Common Ground
Together with Seeking Common Ground (SCG), NISPED ran a 10-day trip that focused on the difficult challenges facing Israeli society and on grassroots efforts to make Israel a more just and equitable society. Our travels took us to Bedouin communities and the Sderot region in the Negev, to Haifa and Nazareth in the North, and Jerusalem and Hebron. Read more about this special joint venture... |
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