ITALIAN NGOS

A number of initiatives implemented by the Italian Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the Palestinian Territories are financed, on a different proportion, by the Italian Government, through the Directorate General for Cooperation and Development (DGCS), the NGO promoter of the intervention, and by local counterparts.  

 

These projects are conceived, formulated and implemented in partnership with Palestinian NGOs and are mainly people to people oriented. The initiatives focus mainly on social development issues (health, education and poverty alleviation) on economic growth (strengthening small enterprises, sustaining agriculture and traditional handcraft) and on cultural issues (promotion and safeguard cultural heritage).

 

The commitment of the Italian NGOs in addressing social development and promoting participation within the Palestinian communities is the result of concrete projects and interventions in different sectors. Some of them are also contributed with funds of the Italian Regions and Local Authorities, some other through the European Union.

 

Since two years, an ad hoc Department for the Coordination of the NGOs activities was established at the Italian Cooperation Office in Jerusalem. The objective of this Office is to strengthen and harmonize the Italian NGO interventions on the ground, identify worthy project proposals and create opportunities for direct encounters and exchanges of ideas between all the Italian stakeholders committed on the ground.

 The most relevant NGOs ongoing projects co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs are listed here.

 

Furthermore, in view of the possibilities guaranteed by the Italian Law 80/2005, many of the Italian NGOs have been entrusted the implementation of numerous initiatives within the ongoing Emergency Programs for the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

 

The Emergency Projects handed over to the Italian NGOs are listed here.