Useful Links

Sharek Youth Forum through the years and through its projects, activities, campaigns, events had the opportunity to develop various contacts with NGOs, UN Agencies, Palestinian ministries and other governmental institutions. The followings are some useful links to Sharek’s partners. Moreover, further links to local organizations and Palestinian municipalities involved in specific Sharek’s projects are available under the projects descriptions.  

Non-Governmental Organizations working Palestine: 

• Badil: http://www.badil.org/
• Passia:.http://www.passia.org/
• Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: http://www.pchrgaza.org/
• Al Haq: www.alhaq.org
• Mezan Center for Human Rights: www.mezan.org
• The Commonwealth Human Rights Education: www.hrea.org
• Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies: www.rchrs.org
• Defense for Children International: www.dci-pal.org
• The Mandela Institute for Human Rights: www.mandela-palestine.org
• Index of human rights for the Arab States: www.arabhumanrights.org
• Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ): http://www.poica.org/
• Palestinian Refugee Research Net (PRRN): http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/mepp/new_prrn/index.htm

UN Agencies and related UN institutions:

• The United Nations Development Program (UNDP): www.undp.org
• The Women’s Fund at the United Nations (UNIFEM): www.unifem.org
• The United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA): www.unfpa.org

• The World Food Program: www.wfp.org

• The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): www.fao.org
• The United Nations Agency for Relief and Works for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA): www.unrwa.org
• The United Nation International Children's Emergency Found (UNICEF): www.unicef.org
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): www.unesco.org
• The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): www.unhcr.org
• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territories: http://www.ochaopt.org/
• Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to The United Nations: http://www.un.int/palestine/
• The International Organization for Migration (IOM): www.iom.int
• The International Labour Organization (ILO): www.ilo.org

Palestinian Ministries and other relevant Governmental Institutions:

• "Relevant international Governmental Institutions" http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/index_en.htm

• The Ministry of Information: www.minfo.gov.ps
• The Ministry of the Interior: www.moi.gov.ps
• The Ministry of Education: www.mohe.gov.ps
• The Ministry of Social Affairs: www.mosa.gov.ps
• The Ministry of Labor: www.mol.gov.ps.
• The Ministry of prisoner's affairs: www.mod.gov.ps
• The Ministry of Health: www.moh.gov.ps
• The Central Election Commission: www.elections.ps
• The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics: www.pcbs.gov.ps

Sharek Youth Forum is a member of the followings National and International Networks

• The Palestinian Youth Network: www.pal-youth.org
• Middle East North Africa (MENA) network of Business Incubators: http://www.menainc.net. MENA is a network for incubators in the Middle East based in Bahrain
• The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, Workgroup human rights education: www.euromedrights.net
• World Bank's InfoDev Initiative for Incubators:  http://www.idisc.net. InfoDev is a worldwide operations with regional networks