Goals and Developmental Objectives
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Developmental Objective/Strategies |
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1- Improving the food security situation of the poorest and most marginalized sectors of the Palestinian society at the family & community level
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- To develop the agriculture sector productivity
- To increase water harvesting for agricultural purposes
- To design and establish home gardens
- To introduce new species and plants which has better income for the farmers
- To create sustainable agricultural and environmental models and techniques
- To enhance the Palestinian awareness of sustainable and friendly agricultural and environmental practices
- To decrease the agricultural external inputs
- To encourage farmers to use organic farming and organic pest control
- To produce healthy agricultural production free from chemicals and pesticides
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2- To develop and enhance the capacities of the Palestinian NGOs, CBOs and grassroots organizations to be able to fulfill their missions and goals so as to contribute to building a Palestinian civil and democratic society based on political pluralism and respect of human rights
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- To develop Palestinian human resources with special focus on the NGOs staff and board members
- To build up and strengthen the self-reliance, efficiency, professionalism, and effectiveness of PNGO`s CBOs and grassroots through the following strategies:
- Developing their infrastructures
- Developing their operation systems
- Providing them with the necessary equipment and tools
- Enhancing the level of coordination, networking, cooperation and complementarities’
- To contribute to self-reliance through creating income-generating projects and enhance their management level
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3- To enhance community development and decrease poverty in rural and the most disadvantaged areas
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- To develop the inadequate infrastructure
- To implement projects that is labor intensive
- To enhance youths’ and women’s competencies (skills, knowledge, and attitudes) necessary for the local labor market
- To enhance cooperation and coordination with all stakeholders
- To provide support and basic needs for the poorest in emergency situations
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4-To protect and develop the Palestinian environment
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- To enhance and raise public awareness on sustainable and friendly environmental and agricultural best practices
- To contribute to developing appropriate policies
- To contribute to applied research in the field of agriculture and development
- To advocate and lobby for the achievement of its objectives, particularly in the agricultural and environmental sector
- To improve information accessibility by developing MA'AN’s resource center and enhancing and keeping up-to-date the organization website
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5- To raise awareness and advocate for and with the Palestinian community on their national rights at the local, national, and international level
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- To support the marginalized groups in claiming their rights.
- Develop relations between local, regional and international networks
- Enhance the capacities of CBOs to use media as a tool for lobby and advocacy.
- Reinforcing cooperation, integration, unifying the efforts of the Palestinian organizations to strengthen lobbying and advocacy
- To encourage and urge national and international donors to direct their projects and programs to serve the poor and the marginalized areas. .
- Participate in developing comprehensive development plans as well as sectoral strategies that puts the poor and the affected at top of priorities
- To unify and strengthen grassroots and networks to better represent, defend, and empower the people to claim their rights.
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