United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Project Title
For Phase III of the National Agenda for the Future of Syria
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Inresponse to the conflict inSyria,in 2012the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia(UNESCWA) launcheda platform for the region’s social scientists to participate in joint economic and social policy development. The NationalAgendafor the Future of Syria (NAFS)serves asatechnical policy dialoguefocused on the transition from conflict toward reconstruction in Syria. It is a leadingprovider ofdata and analysisto the UN Special Envoy for Syriaand UN Member States.With Corporation support, NAFSPhase IIproduced toolsto support resilience and reconciliationbyaddressingsignificant social, economic, and governance issues that led to the conflict. Phase IIIaimsto contribute to peacebuilding byproviding impact-oriented research and analysis to Syrian stakeholdersand the wider regionandfacilitatingsubstantive discussion on reform options and needs.Focus areas include boosting regional economic growth, leveraging remittances for post-conflict Syrian development, and decentralization. Corporation funds will support staff costs, research and dissemination, dialogues, conferences and meetings.
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Project Title
For the National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS) Programme Phase II
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
51 months
Description
The escalation of the Syrian crisis over the past seven years has disintegrated national unity and the Syrian state. The United Nation’s National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS) program is a multi-year technical political dialogue that is focused on the transition from conflict toward reconstruction in Syria. It is a lead provider of content and position papers to the UN Special Envoy for Syria. Building on the content produced with Corporation support in Phase I, the NAFS program will emphasize a scaling up of communication and outreach efforts in Phase II. It will increase communication activities through traditional media, social media, and the NAFS website, and will expand visibility by organizing media events and international partners meetings. The NAFS program will also hold capacity-building workshops to develop organizational and outreach skills.
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Project Title
For support of the National Agenda for the Future of Syria (Phase II)
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
The escalation of the Syrian crisis over the past five years has disintegrated national unity and the Syrian state. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia’s (UNESCWA) National Agenda for the Future of Syria Program is a multi-year technical dialogue on the transition from local wartime governing councils to wider governance structures in Syria. Working with over one hundred Syrian social scientists and experts, mostly in diaspora, UNESCWA is working to build post-conflict governance and economic structures, moving from local to wider levels within Syrian political structures. The process entails substantive discussions of a negotiated 500-page Agenda document on the future course of the country, and its implementation toward a sustainable, decentralized political solution.
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Project Title
For support of the National Agenda for the Future of Syria (Phase II)
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
17 months
Description
This proposal is recommended in the frame of the new program area to explore programming based on the principles of human rights, citizenship, democracy, social equity and justice to develop sustainable solutions and informed policy on the ongoing Syrian conflict. The escalation of the Syrian crisis over the past five years has presented a real threat to the disintegration of national unity and the Syrian state. Without concrete and substantive discussions on the future course of the country, finding a sustainable political solution to the crisis seems unlikely.