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- Gender-sensitive Media Coverage Workshop
- Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Working women fighting the pandemic
- Host Community and Refugees in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul
- Iraq & Turkey - Quick Impact Projects for local communities
- Skills Needs Analysis Report - Jordan
- Infodemic in the shadow of the pandemic
- Interactive Webinars kickstart Work Based Learning Model developmentInteractiveWebinars
- Fashioning futures for women and youth
- World Youth Day celebrated despite COVID-19 challenges
- Sport can help people, especially children and youth to process trauma and stress
- A hotline to provide 24-hour access to help on domestic violence
- The Governorate Development Facility has so far selected 27 Quick Impact Projects
- Qudra 2 continues with its support for safe learning spaces through improving facility management at public schools
- Online sessions on psycho-social support (PSS) are provided to children and adults
- Qudra 2 continues to support municipalities in Turkey
- For women with women: EU Madad Labs III launched in LebanonThe 35 chosen participants along with local, national and international NGOs working with communities in Lebanon attended the EU Madad Lab III Kick-Off event at Beirut Digital District on April 4th, 2019.
- Opening of the Halabja weekend market 14.01.2019Food brings people together and supports the local economy in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
- Lighting the operating room 04.11.2018As part of Quick Impact Projects (QIP), the Qudra programme supported the rehabilitation of the orthopaedic unit at the West Emergency Hospital, Erbil
- Qudra delegation visit in Lebanon 10.10.2018On Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 Dr. Christiane Gaehtgens, Head of Lebanon Programme GIZ, welcomes a delegation of partners from the Qudra Programme in Beirut, Lebanon.
- Social stability strikes up in Lebanon! 13.08.2018Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) and the Qudra Programme are ready to act to strengthen the social stability between refugees, IDPs and host communities in Lebanon.
- "One Ball" to unite communities in Lebanon! 30.05.2018Under the patronage of H.E. Minister of Education and Higher Education, Mr. Marwan Hamadeh, and in the presence of H.E. German Ambassador to Lebanon, Mr. Martin Huth, representative of the European Union delegation in Lebanon, Mr. Rein Nieland, representa
- Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between Republic of Turkey and QudraOn 23 May 2018, the Government of Turkey, represented by the Prime Ministry, conducted the signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH for the Qudra Programme
- Qudra welcomes Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA)We are pleased to introduce our new implementing partner Hungarian Interchurch Aid (Ökumenikus Segélyszervezet/ HIA).
- Lebanon Getting Started with 2nd Round of EU Madad Innovation LabsThe EU Madad Innovation Labs (“Labs”) are part of a growing number of innovation labs, bringing together people from diverse backgrounds to jointly learn and develop innovative solutions to local challenges in the context of the Syrian and Iraqi crises. O
- Signing Ceremony for New Projects in Sulaymaniyah, KRIQudra Programme went from strength to strength in North Iraq by signing 6 new projects worth over 250.000 € to improve living conditions in Sulaymaniyah.
- Rudolf Rogg’s School Visit in GaziantepOn February 9th, Mr. Rudolf Rogg, Head of GIZ MENA Division, joined a badminton session for the students of Mehmet Çolakoğlu Primary School in Gaziantep, Turkey.
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- COVID-19 pandemic: Qudra 2’s response
- Future volunteers for the JCC crisis response210 volunteers, over 60% of them being women, are trained to support medical personnel at public hospitals.
- Qudra in Motion Issue 1Qudra in Motion Issue 1 E-newsletter
- University students support public schools in Jordan with sports, art and tutoring 11.06.2019Qudra cooperated with programmes such as GIZ Sport for Development and Artolution to support the implementation of extracurricular activities and help teachers in Jordan.
- International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 26.04.2019Qudra is committed to sports as an instrument to foster peace and social inclusion – especially in the context of Syrian refugees finding new homes in neighbouring countries.
- Qudra rehabilitates 26 public schools in Jordan 02.04.2019With this school handover ceremony, Qudra celebrated the completion of the rehabilitation work of 26 public schools in Jordan and also highlighted ongoing programme activities under its Module SO1 “Education Infrastructure”.
- Bridging the Gap in Lebanon 27.02.2019Bridging gaps between cultures and languages with ease and fun, hardly another medium can match the potential sports has. That is why Qudra is promoting sport as an extracurricular activity to bring together students from host and refugee communities.
- Creating Opportunities 21.01.2019Qudra Career Day connects over 750 young Jordanians and Syrians with companies.
- Decentralisation: Because everyone is a partner in developmentTo enhance local cohesion and inclusive service delivery, through its Module 4, the Qudra Programme is exploring innovative approaches devoted to engaging host communities, refugees, civil society organisations and local administrations in the design and
- 45 unemployed job seekers mobilised in JordanJoint forces of EU, Germany and Jordan to obtain sustainable results through the Qudra Programme.
- Scrolling towards a digital resilienceA special interview with Louis Meunier from CFI Médias on the potentials of the “digital world” in social development area.
- Providing space for fostering social cohesion 10.10.2018BMZ and EU inaugurate two community centres for Syrians and the Turkish host community of Kilis, supported by the Qudra Regional Programme.
- 10 months of design thinking bears fruit in Amman 15.12.2017The second regional Madad Skills Innovation Lab was organised by the Qudra Programme on 27-28 November in Amman, Jordan.
- Qudra’s Skills Training Activities in Jordan 07.11.2017Qudra programme and Luminus Foundation have conducted 3-month long skills trainings in two market-oriented and private sector-driven vocational programs.
- Qudra Lebanon Brings Syrian and Lebanese Women Together 25.09.2017From 15 May to 15 August 2017, a total of 40 Syrian and Lebanese women came together to receive a basic nursing training
- Municipalities and practitioners gathered in Gaziantep, Turkey 15.09.20173 months after the successful completion of the Refugee Friendly Municipalities Conference, a ‘Peer-to-Peer (P2P) workshop on Refugee Friendly Municipalities and Field Trip’ took place on 12-14 September in Gaziantep.
- Qudra's skills training 14.09.2017Qudra programme and Makhzoumi Foundation have joined forces in May 2017 to provide needs-based, market-oriented and private sector driven short-term skills trainings
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