06/06/10 Technical Assistance to Iraqi NGOs - updated
In the frame of the Peace Building Program in Kirkuk & Baghdad, to support peace building efforts conducted by INSAN, UNOPS has launched a new RFP to implement a community peacebuilding program in Hurriya and Benuk. The RFP has been sent to 18 Iraqi organizations. INSAN is requested to provide technical assistance to NGOs to design adequate project proposals to be submitted to UNOPS. The assistance will take the form of bi-weekly meetings implemented in Kirkuk and Baghdad gathering the NGOs. Two meetings were organized in Kirkuk on May 19th and June 3rd in Kirkuk and one in Baghdad on May 27th.
03/06/10 PB Program in Kirkuk & Baghdad: Peace Football Tournament
In the frame of the Peace Building Program in Kirkuk & Baghdad, focal points in Kirkuk and Baghdad have the task to design and organize awareness raising activities to spread peace values accroos their neighborhoods. In Baghdad, on June 3rd 2010, the peace football championship was launched which gathers 8 teams made of individuals originating from diverse communities living in Al Benuk in Baghdad. The tournament will see football games organized every day until June 13th.
31/05/10 Conflcit Sensitive Journalism - Training Workshop part
From the 21st to the 25th of May 2010, 19 journalists from Baghdad and Diyala took part to a training workshop organized in Sulaymaniah to learn about conflict theory and the role of media in mitigating conflict. The training was delivered by an Iraqi trainer in conflict along a lebanese trainer in journalism. A second training workshop will be organized for the journalists in July 2010.
11/05/10 PB program in Kirkuk & Baghdad - 2nd part of the training of the Civil Society Service Centre
From the 23rd to the 26th of April, INSAN conducted the second phase of the training of IDPN, an Iraqi organization specialized in providing trainings to other organizations. The training focused in strengthening training skills of the staff of IDPN. IDPN will further work with INSAN to provide training to a network of 30 organizations which is dedicated to promoting National Reconciliation in Iraq.
11/05/10 PB program in Kirkuk & Baghdad - Study tour in Lebanon
From April 8th to April 15th 2010, INSAN conducted a study tour in Lebanon to learn about experience and strategy of Lebanese organizations to face conflict and achieve reconciliation. The tour enabled 10 focal points from Baghdad and Kirkuk along 6 INSAN staff members to visits a large set of organizations accorss Lebanon and to build their capacity in designing better responses to the Iraq specific environment.
Focus on current activities PB Program in Kirkuk and Baghdad As INSAN is preparing to conduct training to a group
of 30 NGOs to work on National Reconciliation, nearly 130 application files were
submitted by Iraqi NGOs to take part to the program. INSAN is currently
selecting the aplications before preparing for the training. In Baghdad and Kirkuk, focal points who have recently
come back from Lebanon, are working at designing awareness activities that will
participate in raising interest and knowledge towards the development of a
culture of peace within the neighborhoords. -------------------- Conflict Sensitive Journalism Training The training of 20 journalists working in Baghdad and
Diyala will take place from May 20th to May 26th 2010 in Sulaymania. In this
first phase of training, participants will learn about characteristics of
conflict and will launch discussions about the role of media in Iraq in
exacerbating conflict. ------------------- Awareness on violence against women in
rural areas of Kirkuk INSAN is continuing the conduction of awareness
sessions for women and girls on the topics of women's rights and violence
against women in particular remote areas around Kirkuk. The need to educate men on similar topics has become
particularly evident and some sessions will be dedicated to men in the next month. ---------------------- Building Peace in Rapareen, Kirkuk Computer courses are continuing in Rapareen while a new
kind of vocational training has been offered to communit members: electricty
repairing. Young people are particularly enjoying english lessons
that are being offered in the centre.
INSAN Iraqi Society
INSAN is a non governmental, non profit and non religious organization working in Iraq.
INSAN is operating in Iraq on a nationwide scale through offices based in Baghdad, Kirkuk and Kut .
INSAN is supported and funded by diverse international organizations and UN agencies.
The Case of Kirkuk
Kirkuk is an oil rich city located in Northern Iraq, traditionally populated by a mix of communities living peacefully side by side.
The status of the city of Kirkuk in Northern Iraq has yet to be determined. Meanwhile, gaps between communities are widening due to the political conflict.
INSAN has designed a strategy to mitigate conflct in the city of Kirkuk and to promote peaceful co-existence between communities in order to prevent a breakage of violence.
Download the Strategic plan of INSAN in Kirkuk
Download the new short profile of INSAN - September 2009
