How to Implement Sustainable development & Peace Building Programs

Strategic plan for Developing CountriesYousser Gherissi Hegazi, PhD

July 2016

Index1.Comprehensive Development Programs Role2.Presentation 3.Gender Capacitiy development4.Capacity Building Programs5.Power and Decision Making6.Education and Trainings 7.Mental Health Services8.Methodologies9.Monitoring Mechanisms 10.Development Framework Processes11.Governance of Development Processes12.Gender Empowerment Plans13.Programs Goals 14. Comprehensive Approach to Family Unit 15. Interculturalism, Art and Culture16. Improving Social Access17.Summarized Frameworks18.Conclusion

1. Comprehensive Development Programs Role • The Comprehensive Development Programs contribute to help women from

marginalized areas to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development that leads to transformational change, bringing about real improvements in people’s lives, such as,

• promoting an integrated approach to achieve sustainable development that tackles multidimensional poverty, inequality, social exclusion, and sustainability,

• increasing knowledge, skills and information to reduce risks and hopelessness,

• integrating environmental considerations with its frameworks, to ensure social protection and improve people’s lives

2.Presentation• Comprehensive programs are based upon fondamental principes, such as:• Effective partnerships in education, social development programs, and culturel activities • Social concerns will be taken in consideration in setting priorities and frameworks.• There must be a clear focus on development results to ensure better practical success in

reducing • barriers to education, social and economic concerns for women.• Programs must pay attention to the strengthening of structural and social reforms adjustment

in the education, culture and capacity building programs, such as, • policy of social and economic cohesion,• level of social protection for women,• social and community development work• services and opportunities at the collective level 

3. Gender Capacity DevelopmentThrough economic empowerment

-livelihood and food security-targeting women headed households

-initiatives community based marketing of arts, crafts and women's, sewing involvement women's in action to cook healthy food to school children 

4.Capacity Building Programs• awareness campaigns and trainings in advanced methods relevant to

international human rights law and procedures for staff of women's organizations in health, education and civil rights

5.Power and Decision Making  Trainings in leadership and women entrepreneurship

Workshops trainings and comprehensive instruction programs to raise initiative and promote women's participation in decision making and leadership

-Creating women and gender space to express women and gender concerns, and benefit from mutual exchanges

 6.Education and Trainings

increasing skills and experience of gender to enter the job market-Education initiatives

improve the access of women and girls to quality education and trainings-free basic education, free transportation and scholarship for children affected by

the economic crisis-vocational and literacy training to women's economic empowerment and job

access (hair Dressing- handcrafts, information technology, embroidery, food education)

-Women Entrepreneurship Supporting made home production of Jam, olives, tomatoes, pimentos, and sell it

on local markets

7.Mental Health Services

Provide adequate counseling for women and children living conflicted situations

The work force programs will improve poor’s life and changing women attitudes towards returning traditional values

It is necessary to think about advocating for a humanistic culture based on human rights, equities and social justice, as well as engaging genders from young men and young girls, community leaders and activists from universities, civil society, local councils and youth centres, to encourage volunteerism actions and protecting environnement from destruction and vandalism. It’s necessary

to foster a space for women and both genders to express their needs , such as ,Encouraging the exchange of ideas ideas, (Crafts, theatre, shows, games, etc),

Working on gender concerns in parallel of the women empowerment programs

  

8.Methodologies Establishing of a national citizenship board

creating an advisory leadership group of fair elected representatives committees of universities, schools, civil society, local councils, and human rights issues Improve legislation and reforms to encourage philanthropic actions and the exercise of citizenship Ensure a coherent coordinated approach with all relevant decision makers from Key issues, that ,

 Ensure a coherent coordinated approach with all relevant decision makers from the NATIONAL ADVISORY LEADERSHIP GROUP 

Organizing open days activities and composing targeting messages which articulate priority areas (specific concerns of women and gender empowerment policies , and speaking concretely with visitors about challenged situations facing both gender and women in areas of concerns,Consulting regularly the NATINAL ADVISORY GROUP

Covering the events through Mass Medias and publishers Presentation on LCD , testimonies and effective stories; aims,methods,results, & indicators will help to :

Draw the NATIONAL ADVISORZ GROUP recommendations, for developing policies that respond to the needs of population, meaningfully women and gender concerns

9.Monitoring Mechanisms

Developing stronger accountability mechanisms

Data collection improvement Tracking progress by indicators bench and charts

10.Development framework processesPeace building & reconstruction

Economic infrastructure Social Justice

(Basic rights in education, health,food, security,safety)

11.Governance of Development Processes

Women Rights Protesting discriminatory reforms towards women

Intensifying lobbying efforts for changing policies in favor of women in increasing the child custody to 18 years, the age of marriage from 16 to 20

years ,canceling repudiation ,

Encouraging inheritance of women as recommended in the IslamMandating women participation in peace building and recommend 30% as minimum of quota participation

12. Gender Empowerment PlansElecting women and young men in the National Advisory Leaders Group from PCBOS, local councils, Schools committees, Universities, Human rights Issues)Keeping them to the decision making in peace building missions

Involving the participation the National Advisory Leaders Group to conflict prevention, policy drafts Exerting lobbying efforts to create the change and modify attitudes in favor of women and gender issuesImplementing awareness programs, trainings in advocacy programs , entertainment activities , competitions , round table, exhibits, march in solidarity of human rights, national events related women rights , women workers rights, International Women Worker s Day 

Wrap recommendations will serve ;To promote leaders role in human rights, peace process, & global security of civil population

Helping the National Advisory Leaders Group to reflect areas of priority and human concerns for all population sections

Developing fair policies that respond to community concerns and women needsCreating a humanistic culture for improving people lives and changing their attitudes towards returning traditional values

13.Program GoalsProgram goals should highlight and maximize the impact of active women on population, Accompany women in the exercise of their citizenship;

Promote the education of girls and student retention; Increase women’s sense of security. meet young people's needs and offer a multitude of services and educational, recreational, cultural and sports high quality consolidate the areas of improvement ,and change the priorities for future action in social and community development

14. Comprehensive Approach to Family Unit• Families will be the center of attention• intergenerational reconciliation activities • Psychosocial support actions with analysis and evaluation 

15.Improving Social Access• Facilitating access community and it's surrounding environment • The National Advisory Leaders Group will implement the harmonization

process and flexibility in programs, allowing community access and all women without exception to cooperate and to be part of the activities.

• The National Advisorz Leaders Group system will provide techniques and tools to be used in each stage of social development programs, and will follow:

• The organization and mobilization of planning structures,• Actuation of the planned activities,• Monitoring and evaluating activities

16.Summarized FrameworksPHASE 01 - Potentials of Comprehensive Development Sector

Tendency to change

Creativity

MotivationSelf-satisfaction

InfluenceSafety

Social responsibility

Self-improvement Comprehensiveness

Valuesshared vision

commitment

17.Conclusion• The social development programs will promote health awareness, social,

human rights, culture and life skills to overcome the densely living conditions in marginalized areas. It is necessary to strengthen the ability of women to organize their new life, integrate into a full multi-culture of tolerance, hope and parity. The experienced women can help the other women in difficulty to surmount their trials, and integrate a new life.

• The programs will meet in first phase the recovery of women from the trauma of conflicted situations. They will reach their well being, and move on a new life of free and responsible women.

• Testimonies and success stories will be published