The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA) conducted a workshop through the Engineering and Planning hub on fundraising and marketing of proposals, as a response to the needs of the current stage of recovering from "Corona" and the pandemic impacts, which caused harm in all aspects of life, especially the economic. Twenty-one (21) representatives from the engineering and planning departments in local authorities was participated in the abovementioned workshop.
APLA's Executive Director, Eng. Abdallah Anati clarified that this meeting is in continuation of a series of workshops interested in discussion and exchange of experience and expertise on how to prepare projects in General. He pointed out that APLA, through the Technical Hub Program and all its platforms seek to focus on the importance of complementarity of institutional work, which is based on complete clarification of roles and responsibilities with the hope of achieving a consolidated outcome in issues of priority to the local authorities.
Coordinator of Activities at APLA, Shurouq Rabee' started the training with welcoming participants and introducing the representatives of municipalities who will be presenting the experience of their municipalities during this workshop. She added that the Engineering and Planning Hub works according to an action plan prepared by the hun members, taking into consideration all changes occurring at the level of local authorities' needs and priorities.
The Engineering and Planning Hub Coordinator, Eng. Murad Al-Tamimi, from Hebron Municipality that the current phase is sensitive at all levels, and that local authorities need to develop their capacities in order to address all challenges, especially economic challenges. He also added that developing higher skills in fundraising the marketing of proposals is an urgent need for recovery from the pandemic.
The Director of Strategic Planning and International Cooperation Unit at Hebron Municipality, Allam Al-Ash-hab introduced the methodology followed by the municipality in preparing the strategic plan and raising funds. He further clarified the roles of local community, the development planning committee and the main planning team as well as the technical cadres of local authorities and all stakeholders.
Eng. Ziyad Al-Sayeh, representing the planning and projects department at Bethlehem Municipality, presented the working mechanism followed by the municipality in raising funds through international cooperation projects, emphasizing the importance harmonizing and adopting SDGs 2030 with the proposed projects.
Eng. Nuha Ghunaim, representing Ramallah Municipality, presented all stages of submitting the project "Connective Roads in Ramallah City" starting with the inception of the project idea all the way to the stage of fundraising and implementation on the ground. She emphasized the importance of cooperation between all departments in local authorities on one hand, and the importance of relations with donors on the other hand.
It is worth mentioning that this workshop was conducted under the Technical Hub Program for local authorities, implemented in partnership between APLA and LGRP-GIZ, comprised of five Hubs: Engineering and Planning hub; Public Relations hub; Financial Management hub; Village Councils hub; and Innovation hub.
