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Students' Forum Institute

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Palestine

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Mobile Phone

+972-59-7030859

Telephone

+972-2-2751882

Telephone (other)

+972-54-3424214

E-Mail

studentsforuminstitute@gmail.com

E-Mail (2)

juliane.drews@ded.de

Website

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Year of Establishment

2004

Contact Person1

Mrs. Juliane Drews

Organisation Type

Non-Governmental Organization

Fields of Activity

Democracy and community development

General Information

Structure of the organization, including number of staff employed and/or partners The SFI has over 50 members forming the General assembly and electing every two years the nine Board members. The SFI is led by a director and employs 2 to 4 project staffs and a part-time accountant. SFI's work is supported by a seconded German expert and a local expert paid by the German Development Service. Regularly international interns are based at the SFI. Budgetary resources available in a year: 2008: USD97,000; 2007: USD80,000; 2006: USD54,000 Sources of funding: Norwegian People's Aid, German Development Service, S.O.S., cooperation with Palestinian NGOs, donations from individuals, membership fees - Modalities of action (concrete projects, exchanges, seminars, scholarships etc.) Project implementation, micro-grants, trainings - Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities Sharek Youth Forum, Youth Parliament Bethlehem, AEGEE – Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l'Europe

Mission and Objectives

Vision: Supporting and strengthening a democratic Palestinian society that is based on justice and equality by enhancing the political and social competence, confidence and capabilities of Palestinian students and youth Mission: The Student Forum Institute (SFI) is a non-profit, non-governmental, and non-partisan organization. Its role is to develop the capabilities of the Palestinian youth and student body in all educational, political and social areas. It provides them with the necessary experiences in order to enhance their awareness and understanding of sound governance, the rule of law and democracy, with the aim of increasing political and social involvement among the Palestinian youth which will lead to a positive change within their society through advocacy and lobbing campaigns GOAL 1 Enhance the competence and capabilities of the Palestinian student body and youth GOAL 2 Address and mitigate social inequities affecting Palestinian students and youth GOAL 3 Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders GOAL 4 Improve financial and administrative processes to maintain a transparent, effective organization

Main Projects / Activities

AEGEE exchange “EuroArab – understanding each other's challenges” (since 2009) New Membership System (since 2009) summer camp (2009) Youth for Change (since 2008) Bisan training course (since 2008) proposal writing training course (2008) Youth Parliament Bethlehem (since 2007) Anti-Discrimination Unit (since 2007) Media training course (2007) youth conference for peaceful conflict resolution (2007) academic and career guidance (since 2006) Youth leaders (2005-2007) Youth Lobbying (2005-2007) scholarships (since 2004)