ASO Concludes Preparations for a Dialogue Session with Academics in NES

2021-05-22
ASO-Amouda

Tomorrow, Sunday, ASO Center for Consultancy and Strategic Studies will organize a dialogue session on the role and contribution of academics to the strengthening of dialogue mechanisms among local NES actors.

This session follows the activities of the “Enhancing Democracy Approach in NES” project. The ASO Center is working with the support of the NPA Organization in the governorates of Raqqa, Al-Hasaka and Deir Ezzor.

Imad Hami, project manager of the Enhancing Democracy Approach Project, said in a statement to ASO, “This session seeks to learn about the role and contribution of academics in strengthening the mechanisms and requirements of academics from local NES actors.”

The session will be attended by 25 NES academics, both inside and out of Syria. The session is physically held in the Zana Hall in Qamishlo/Qamishli, and for residents outside the country, it took place on the ZOOM application.

It is expected that ASO Center for Consultancy and Strategic Studies will hold a session with clan elders, legal figures and clerics after the end of this session.

Earlier, ASO Centre organized a dialogue session on media and local political dialogue mechanisms, involving journalists, local media in the region and local actors.
ASO also convened a meeting between members of the NES NGO platform and the EU, with a view to building confidence and increasing coordination between members of the NES NGO platform and international actors in the Syrian issue.

It should be noted that this session is one of the activities of the Project for Enhancing Democracy Approach, which is implemented by ASO Center in the governorates of Raqqa, Al-Hasaka and Deir Ezzor, to build trust between academics and local actors in the NES.