Advancing the gender dialogue
Description
The NGO Service Center (NGO SC) in Egypt is a developmental activity that aimed to increase the participation of citizens, through Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs), in development decision-making. The Center was sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs (MISA), now know as the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS), and was funded for five years by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Center transitioned into the Egyptian NGO Support Center.
The Egyptian NGO Support Center is a membership-based NGO founded by prominent figures of the civil society in Egypt, in order to thus carry on the legacy of the NGO Service Center funded by USAID (2000-2005). The ENGOSC, through its Board of Directors and a staff of top notch experts, pledged to continue to provide Egyptian NGOs technical support, resources and information to strengthen the Civil Society, in order to perform an effective role as a full partner in the socio-economic development of Egypt.
Services
The Gender Institutionalization training helped various Egyptian NGOs to understand the concept of gender and different analytical concepts and frameworks. The specific objectives of the training course were the following:
- To understand the concept of gender and different analytical concepts and frameworks
- To improve participants capabilities to analyze different types of data and to formulate gender sensitive indicators, elaborate strategies to advocate for core gender equity issues
- In addition to take over advocacy approach and dialogue with decision–makers