Projects & Programs

Knowledge Building Workshops for Youth Organizations, Initiatives, and Civil Actors in Darfur

From 28th to 30th of June 2024 (3 days), NCSDI implemented the (Knowledge building workshops for youth civil actors, organizations, and initiatives in Darfur). The workshops were held in Kampala (Uganda) and targeted 40 civil actors from all the 5 states of Darfur (24 representatives of NGOs and initiatives, 16 young men and women civil actors). Almost half of the participants were women. The workshops focused on building the participants knowledge on human rights, resilience, rights-based approach, context analysis, pre-interventions, and demography. The workshops engaged the participants in brainstorming and focus group sessions in order to identify the key intervention priorities in the Darfur region (during and post-war). The participants recommended that NCSDI should conduct a wide range of consultations with other civil actors in Darfur in order to reach a common agenda that will be the base for pre-&-evidence-based interventions in Darfur. After the workshop, we networked and built a database for civil actors and organizations from all the 5 states in Darfur.

Economic and Social Development Indicators Assessment in Tawila Locality

Tawila Youth Initiatives (the name of the initiative before registering as the New Civil Society Development Institute) collaborated with the Economic and Social Research Bureau in Khartoum to assess the economic and social development indicators to identify the intervention priorities and develop a strategic plan based on the demography for peace and development in Tawila Locality, North Darfur, Sudan.

We held multiple meetings with Dr. Abdalla Ali Ibrahim and ESRB team and collected available secondary data about the situation in Tawila and prepared the project proposal.

The assessment was planned to act as a pilot project that is supposed to be generalized to the Darfur region as a model for evidence-based interventions. Sadly, the project has stopped due to the outbreak of the April 15 war.

Capacity building project for 50 young women and men from Tawila Locality

From August to February 2022 in Khartoum, and as part of the Tawila Youth Initiatives (the name of the initiative before registering as the New Civil Society Development Institute) we implemented the Capacity building Project for Youth from Tawila Locality. The main goal of the project was to improve youth skills in managing initiatives and improve their employability skills.

The project targeted 50 youth from Tawila and included the following activities:

5 days training program on Strategic & Team Management: this training was implemented with the help of Management Development Center, where they provided us with a qualified trainer and a training hall.
7 days training program on (Proposal Writing, Voluntary Work Management Guide, Human Resources Management, Communication Skills, Leadership Skills, Report Writing, Negotiation Skills). These workshops were implemented in collaboration with Youth Training and Employment Organization, and Agribusiness Investment Center (ABIC).
Youth Capacity Building Forum: a paper was presented on Education and Youth Issues in Tawila Locality, and case studies for capacity building projects from multiple countries. This was implemented with the help of Management Development Center.

These collaborative efforts helped Tawila youth in writing strategic plans and proposals as part of the workshops, and improve their soft skills.