Playmakers | Strategic Planning + Community Development

Description

Our services included:

• Building a model for community development based on Heritage.
• Building a concept for portals of development based on Heritage and testing it in different geographical, social and economic contexts (tested in the cities of Aleppo, Qamishli, Latakia, Damascus and Tartous)
• Desgining a toolbox to approach the local communities in Syria and testing it (global café, active citizenship, leadership in community, play with site, participated rapid assessment, round tables, Aflatoun and Aflateen for children and youth, Business improvement district).
• Moblizing and connecting donors and communities -through portals- to support local communities initiatives.

Description

Mobaderoon is a Syrian network of community leaders and activists. it plays an important role in community development and peace building, through better understanding of diversity, supporting and empowering sustainable development, approaching leaders in local communities and empowering them towards social positive change and advocacy.

Our services included:

• Building the network strategy, capacity development, tools, fund raising, coalition, national and international cooperation.
• Arbitrated the trainee’s initiatives based on criteria that fits development mapping in Syria. (in cooperation with British Council and SEBC).
• Quality control for all used tools in capacity development and workshops.

Description

The Aleppo City Development Strategy (Madinatuna in Arabic) is an undertaking in which public, private and civil society actors in the city work together on finding a shared vision for a better future of the city. Madinatuna was the first attempt in Syria aimed at integrating volunteerism into city scale development programing.

Our services included:

• Desgined the institutional process of building the city development strategy.
• Developing a flexible working framework among the stakeholders in Aleppo City.
• Mobilized stakeholders and volunteers.
• Managed workshops, forums, exercises, and focus groups.
• Supervising campaigns.
• Managed initiatives and projects.
• Supervise the formulation of the shared vision and strategic options for the future of the city.

Description

The project for the rehabilitation of the Old City of Aleppo is a joint project between the German Government (BMZ/GTZ) and the City of Aleppo. The Project pursued a balanced and careful policy in rehabilitating and revitalizing the Old City. Rehabilitation measures focused on the technical infrastructure, housing, environmental conditions and social services.

Our services included:

• Serving on the evaluation mission of the phase 4 of the Project.
• Participated in the preparation of the Development Plan for the Old City of Aleppo. The plan covered analysis and urban management strategies for the old city.
• Lead the GIS department for the Project. services included: setting up a corporate enterprise system for the department, supervision of the system analysis for each section, preparing pilot GIS projects, training personnel, and network administration.
• Participated in the preparation of an Action Plan for periphery of the old city of Aleppo.
• Supervised the preparation of the Land Base Map for the Old City of Aleppo and the conversion of paper cadastral Maps into digital format ready to use for GIS.
• Prepared a GIS project for monitoring and providing information to establish a historic conservation strategy and urban planning for 2 Action Areas; the first is the surroundings of the citadel of Aleppo, and the second is the surroundings of the Umayyad Mosque and the souks in the Old City of Aleppo.
• Prepared a GIS project for infrastructure networks for Bab Qinisrin; a 7 hectares historic area.
• Prepared a GIS NOISE MAP for the western side of the Old City (area 175 hectares).
• Developed an Access based software to analyze social and economic surveys for a mixed use area being planned in the city.

Description

We facilitated and moderated local, national and regional meetings and workshops, including developing impact chains, log frames, planning Matrixes, monitoring and evaluation, as well as brainstorming and debates.