Capacity Building of Community Based Organizations (Qudorat
II) Program (2007-2009- extended until June 2010)
Launched
under the Ministry of Planning and International
Cooperation’s Enhanced Productivity Program, Qudorat aims at
strengthening the institutional capacities of
non-governmental Community Based Organizations (CBOs), and
enabling them to manage and execute socioeconomic programs
efficiently and effectively. This program was implemented by
JRF in cooperation with partners, namely; Pro-group and the
Arab Foundation for Sustainable Development (AFSD), over the
course of 24 months starting April 2007 in targeted areas
within the following governorates: Irbid, Ajlun, Jerash,
Balqa, Ma'an, and Aqaba.
Main
components of the program implementation include:
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Selecting over 60 Community Based Organizations (CBOs)
based on set criteria and conditions.
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Providing an intensive capacity building training
program for the selected CBOs.
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Selecting a total of 40 empowered CBOs based on a
competitive process and awarding them with grants to
support the implementation of feasible income generating
projects in the targeted areas.
Working in
this project, JRF followed its successful methodology from
partnering with the local community to the private sector
and securing additional funding for some projects from
donors such as the USAID/ Jordan Tourism Development II
project (Siyaha II) and Aqaba Special Economic Zone
Authority "ASEZA".
Qudorat II
included many successes including:
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36
operational projects employing around 350 people
permanently and temporarily in the target communities.
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15%
increase in CBOs memberships.
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CBOs
contribution that reached 120% of the total cost of
their projects
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Two
youth-led initiatives were implemented through 2 of
Qudorat’s beneficiary CBOs.
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Total
budget of the program went up from around JD 2 million
from MoPIC to up to approximately JD 4 million through
networking with additional partners.
For more
information about Qudorat II, please refer to JRF’s
Sustainability Reports
