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Organization: Community Service Center (CSC), Community Service Center at An-Najah National University
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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade?

CSC adopts an approach that relates social work and peace through the asserting the relation between internal peace and social justice on one side and peace in the region (the relation between peace in and peace within). The organization, which was established at the begining of the decade, feels a progress in promoting a model of social work that is based on peace values among the community and among other civil society organization (CSO) the its capicity building activities offered to such CSOs.Also, CSC offers activivities in community education in the field of human rights and democracy among its activities.

OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?

The most important obstacle to our efforts and activities is the Israeli occupation and invasions to the Palestinian territories. Another obstacle to promote our approach of social work and its relation to peace building is the traditional approaches adopted by other community organization and the lack of established social rights and their practice by Palestinian National Auhtority agencies due to the first obstacle.

ACTIONS: What actions have been undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?

CSC is part of a regional program (McGill Middle East Program for Social Justice and Peace Building) that includes 5 other organizations from Palestine, Israel and Jordan in cooperation with McGill University, Montreal, Canada. CSC participates in reginal meetings that networks efforts in this domain.

ADVICE: What advice would you like to give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade?


PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace?


PLANS: What new engagements are planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)?


Postal address of organization

P.O.box 7, Nablus, Palestine

E-mail address of organization

csc@najah.edu

Website address of organization

www.najah.edu/centers/csc

Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace

Democratic participation

Second priority action domain of a culture of peace

human rights

Highest priority country of action (or international)

Palestine

Second priority country of action (or international)

Regional (Palestine, Jordan and Israel)
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Organization: Community Service Center (CSC), Community Service Center at An-Najah National University

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