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Launch of the regional health and education office in Fort Portal
Hanna DEKERK | 21-12-2016
On December 13th 2016 BTC Uganda officially launched the new Health and Education regional office in Fort Portal. BTC has been operating in the Rwenzori and Albertine region for years but since June 2016, a regional office has been established in Fort Portal for the Health and Education projects...
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From the world of training to the world of work: Launch of the Skills Development Fund and the business plans of 5 partner institutions
Hanna DEKERK | 20-12-2016
On the 13th of December, the Support to Skilling Uganda (SSU) project piloted the Skills Development Fund (SDF) and launched the business plans of 5 partner institutions in the Albertine-Rwenzori region. At an event in Fort Portal, partners from the local and national level gathered to learn about...
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Focus on Business: Saving groups are sharing out
Toon DRIESEN | 19-12-2016
Saving groups are sharing outPicture: Sharing out of Ebeneza group in Orkejuloongishu. They accumulated 3,200,000 Tsh during their first cycle and generated a profit of around 20% (The price of a share was 500 Tsh and they received 603 Tsh per share during the share-out meeting). Trias and its...
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GLAZZA – Belgian Glass art comes to Gaza
Eva MORRE | 16-12-2016
In February 2016, Belgian glass artist Michèle Vanvlasselaer had the opportunity to visit Gaza for the first time and to present her work to the students of the University of Palestine. The trip to Gaza was a revelation and she returned buzzing with ideas. Inspired, Michèle decided to create...
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Amal’s big dream: a success story in Bethlehem
Eva MORRE | 16-12-2016
The big dream of Amal (28) was to study in order to open a Beauty salon and provide her family with a better living. However, she was never able to continue her education because her parents couldn’t afford it. Later on she got married and had three kids, but due to the illness of her partner and...
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Communication as a tool for strengthening local governance
Eva MORRE | 14-12-2016
Villages and Municipalities are the oldest existing level of public authority in Palestine. They even have been, in some periods of the Palestinian history, the only operational level of administration. Villages are the main social anchorage of citizens and a true witness of the Palestinian culture...
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Belgium hands over co-chair to Finland during the Education Sector Working Group in Ramallah
Eva MORRE | 14-12-2016
Ramallah – On 12 December 2016 the last Education Sector Working Group of the year took place at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. This meeting which gathers all education stakeholders in the Palestinian Territories, including officials of the MoEHE, national and international civil...
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Flying High in Jerusalem
Eva MORRE | 08-12-2016
The Work Based Learning (WBL) scheme in which students combine a theoretical education in a technical or vocational institution with a practical internship in the private sector is already successfully implemented by BTC in various areas in the West Bank and Gaza. Last year, a first WBL-pilot...
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Impressions of the Job Fair in the cluster in South East Nablus
Eva MORRE | 08-12-2016
The joint service council of South East Nablus represents four villages: Beita, Osarin, Odala and Za’atara. Through the joint service council (JSC) these villages strive to be able to give better services to their citizens. One of the major challenges in the region is the high youth unemployment...
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EU Heads of Missions visit to BTC Water Supply Project
Matilde PINAMONTI | 06-12-2016
During the EU joint mission to Gaza and Inhambane provinces, Mozambique, eight European Heads of Mission from Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, the UK and the EU visited the Tomanine pumping station, built within the framework of BTC Water Supply and Sanitation project.When the BTC...
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Notre vie est notre rivière
Meriem HILALI | 06-12-2016
« Notre vie dépend de celle de notre rivière » : tel fut le thème fédérateur de ces quatre jours de sensibilisation, sur quatre points d’animation tout au long de l’Oued Souss au sud du Maroc. Une caravane de l’eau organisée par l’Agence du Bassin Hydraulique de Souss Massa, en collaboration...
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Joint Service Council of South East Nablus organizes first Career Day targeting rural areas
Eva MORRE | 05-12-2016
During the first week of December, the Joint Service Council (JSC) of South East Nablus, with the support of the Belgian Development Agency, has for the first time organized a job training, followed by a job fair. During the training, fresh graduates learn how to write a good and original Curriculum...
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Key aspects of a sustainable regeneration process
Eva MORRE | 05-12-2016
All over the world, people are migrating from the rural areas towards the cities. Economic reasons are often the base for this migration, but the city also attracts people for its social and cultural life. Also in Palestine people move out from the rural areas towards the bigger cities, leaving...
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Palestinian e-learning project wins Belgian digitalisation prize
Eva MORRE | 01-12-2016
The Palestinian-Belgian project ‘e-learning curriculum in Palestinian Primary and Secondary Education’ has been rewarded with the Digitalisation for Development prize in Belgium. From 2011 until 2015, the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) and the Belgian Development...
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Inventory of the Palestinian heritage
Eva MORRE | 01-12-2016
People have always felt the need to refer to their history to identify themselves. Heritage is as such a collective property which tells us this history; the history of people, cities and territories. Heritage is a witness of our common identity, but also makes it possible for communities to show...