DECEMBER 2009 |
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 Youth at YDRC in Al Bireh uploading information on the youth Portal |
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THE GOALS
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Develop a network among youth to support youth communities and activities.
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Provide access to quality educational resources (both in English and Arabic) relevant to local youth and interested parties.
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Create an educational knowledge and information sharing system capable to support youth development.
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THE CHALLENGES
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Chief of Party:
Robert Schware
Email: RSchware@aed.org
Local GLP Expert
Dr. Emad Hamadeh
Email: ehamadeh@gmail.com
website:
www.glp.net/home
Phone: (+1 202) 884-8193 |
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USAID/WEST BANK GAZA CONTACT INFORMATION
Education Development Office Director:
Karen Exel
Email: kexel@usaid.gov
Project Manager:
Fadi Khoury
Email: fkhoury@usaid.gov |
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For more info on the GLP please visit http://www.glp.net/home |
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SUMMARY:
The Palestine Youth Portal (PYP), is a $373,000 one year program. It aims to provide a comprehensive, integrated on line portal to serve as the “one-stop shop” for Youth Development Resource Centers (YDRCs), affiliated youth clubs, program officials, partners and stakeholders at large. The program is being implemented by the Global Learning Portal (GLP) through a cooperative agreement with the Academy of Education Development (AED) in collaboration with Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ruwwad youth program, Palestinian IT Association, InterTech IT company and the YDRCs, which are being supported through the U.S Palestinian Partnership (UPP).
The program objectives are summarized as follow:
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Establishment of a robust and fully-functional portal with content in English and Arabic.
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Training for YDRC ICT staff, UPP partners and other stakeholders including YDRC youth members on the use the proposed www.shababgate.ps to upload and share materials and connect with each other.
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Establishment of a community of practice to coordinate information and knowledge sharing of the YDRC-related ongoing contributions of USAID, Cisco, Intel, along with other possible UPP supporters.
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Creation of a website where users would not need to log in to view anything on the portal. However, they would need to log in to contribute documents, post comments, and edit text.
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The PYP will support Youth Development Resource Centers (YDRCs)
Illustrative key features of the portal:
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Application and form Search: Online access to application form for the Youth corps, and other information on scholarships and employment opportunities.
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RSS (Real Simple Syndication) for Key Sports: sports information in real time football, basketball and other.
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General Site Calendar
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Moderated Discussion and Blogs forums
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Digital libraries to include training manuals, documents, cultural material, etc.
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Dynamic Page Editing
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SMS job search (through Souktel)
For more info on the GLP please visit http://www.glp.net/home
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