INTRODUCTION TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

INTRODUCTION TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WHAT IS THE ROLE OF AN NGO IN IRAQ? Hosted by: CPA, NDI and Women for Women International Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:00 to 13:00 Iraq Convention Center, Conference Room No. 2 10:00 – 11:00 Welcome [Ester] Brief Introductions of Ester, Rahman, Manal, Susan, Dustin, What are the differences between the organizations? · Human Rights NGO Coordination at the CPA [Ester] · NDI [Rahman] · Women for Women [Manal] 11:00 – 11:15 Questions about this topic 11:15 – 11:30 Break 11:30 – 12:45 What is Civil Society? What is an NGO? [Manal, Rahman] · Role of Civil Society in general and in Iraq · Role of NGOs in general and in Iraq · What are the different kinds of NGOs [HR, political, woman’s groups, humanitarian etc] · How to organize an NGO – the basics · Next step – what to do with information learned at this session [Ester, Manal, Rahman] 12:45 – 13:00 Questions about this topic Contacts: Ester Lauferova, CPA, NGO Coordinator, Human Rights office, Convention Center Tel: (1) 914 360 4010 esterlaufer@yahoo.com Manal Omar, Women for Women Intl.- Iraq, Country Director Tel: (1) 914 360 4421 momar@womenforwomen.org Rahman Aljebouri, NDI (National Democratic Institute), Senior Program Officer Tel: (1) 914 360 4389 rahmaniraq@ndi.org