Jordan

Three participants of NIMD’s Young Political and Civic Actors Training Programme in Jordan were selected to take part in a meeting with the country’s Prime Minister, H.E. Hani Al-Mulki, and his Ministerial team. The three participants, Hamzeh Hyassat, Rand Muhammad and Ahmad Ghraiz, were among 150 youth representatives selected from different governorates in Jordan. The meeting was organised by the Ministry of Youth and aimed to make youth voices heard, addressing the challenges young people face and helping to solve their problems. Having been trained on communication skills and speech delivery, Hamzeh Hyassat was chosen to represent the youth from…

NIMD has embarked on a new four-year programme, which aims to support Jordan’s reform process to consolidate democracy, as well as promoting the inclusion of women and young people in national policy and decision-making processes The programme, which is entitled, “is EU Support to Jordanian Democratic Institutions & Development (EU-JDID)”, is funded by the European Union and implemented by a Consortium led by the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) and composed of the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), the French Agency for Media Cooperation (CFI) and NIMD. The launch The programme was launched…

On 11-15 July, NIMD visited Jordan to explore the possibilities of starting an NIMD programme in the country. The NIMD delegation consisted of Meindert Stolk, member of NIMD’s Supervisory Board, Sylva van Rosse, NIMD’s Senior Advisor for the Middle East, and Rob van Leeuwen, NIMD Programme Manager. They met with political parties, political analysts, and civil society organizations (CSOs) to discuss Jordan’s current political s...ituation and to learn about the needs and challenges that Jordan’s political parties face. These include increasing voter turnout, strengthening party organizations, and appealing to young people. Other issues that were discussed include the new election…