Projects
What we are working on and what we have completed. Ongoing projects come first; the topics below narrow the list.
56 projects
Ongoing
Strengthening and Institutionalizing Women’s Leadership in Water Resources Management in Iraq
The overall objective of the project is to strengthen institutional capacity for climate-resilient and gender-responsive water resources management in Iraq through institutionalized women's leadership development, institutional strengthening, and cross-institutional collaboration.
Archiving the Yezidi culture - Iraq and Syria
The project is commissioned by Hawar.help, to document, preserve, and digitize Yazidi family, local, and cultural heritage in Iraq and Syria, strengthening the Yazidi Community Archive and ensuring Yazidi voices, histories, and living traditions are represented beyond the genocide narrative.
Women Taking the Lead (Iraq)
The project is part of the GIZ programme SPACE, with the aim to empower iraqi women-led civil society organisations to engage in policy dialogue and advocacy, ensuring that women's voices are heard in shaping the future of Iraq.
Technical support to Team Europe Democracy (TED) Initiative
We provide expertise to Team Europe Democracy (TED) Network, strengthening European coordination and expertise in democracy support worldwide by facilitating research, dialogue, and knowledge exchange.
WYDE Civic Engagement
The overall objective of the WYDE project is to fund and implement national and transnational projects in support of youth civic engagement and participation in the decision-making processes across the Sub-Saharan Countries.
Concluded
Development of a mentorship programme for women's networks in Yemen
As part of GIZ's project “Supporting Participation and Dialogue in Yemen” (ParticiLogue), to strengthen the organisational capacity, agency, and social participation of women’s networks in southern Yemen through a structured mentorship and peer-learning programme.
Training on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
As part of GIZ's project “Supporting Participation and Dialogue in Yemen” (ParticiLogue), implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and aiming to improve societal conditions for peaceful coexistence in Aden, Taiz, and Hadramout in Yemen.
PATH – Peace Advocacy Training Hub
As part of GIZ's Women4Peace project, we were asked to prepare four policy briefs for the countries Iraq, Yemen, Syria and Libya, informing policy makers and partners alike about certain gaps in the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 (Women, Peace and Security Agenda).
Empowering CSOs and Local Dialogue Frameworks in Burundi
The project focuses on empowering CSOs in five municipalities in Burundi while raising awareness among municipal administrations about the value of inclusive public policy dialogue
Mappings, Analysis and Knowledge Product Development on Civic Space and Local Democratic Governance
On behalf of Enabel, the Belgian Development Agency, the project delivers a comprehensive mapping and analysis of initiatives across both online and offline civic space and local democratic governance, led by EU institutions and the 14 Team Europe Democracy (TED) Member States.
Framework agreements with Belgian development agency
As part of GIZ's Women4Peace project, we were asked to prepare four policy briefs for the countries Iraq, Yemen, Syria and Libya, informing policy makers and partners alike about certain gaps in the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 (Women, Peace and Security Agenda).
Archiving the Yezidi culture
The project is commission by Hawar.help, a human rights organisation. It's aim is to archive the Yezidi culture.
Policy briefs for “Women4Peace” GIZ project
As part of GIZ's Women4Peace project, we were asked to prepare four policy briefs for the countries Iraq, Yemen, Syria and Libya, informing policy makers and partners alike about certain gaps in the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 (Women, Peace and Security Agenda).
Civil society and democratic experiences for Ukrainian women
The project promoted the political and societal participation of Ukrainian refugee women and encouraged them to become active through their own initiatives.
Communication and Visibility of Dialogue and Participation in Iraq
The project supported the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Promoting Dialogue and Participation in Iraq (PDP) project and its partners with strategic and practical measures to achieve increased impact and visibility of experiences on dialogue and participation in Iraq.
Quality and Effectiveness in Dialogue and Participation in Iraq
Elbarlament contributes to the GIZ Promoting dialogue and participation in Iraq (PDP) project with the project "Quality and Effectiveness in Dialogue and Participation in Iraq", with the aim to advance and improve the processes and results of existing and ongoing processes as well as prepare future dialogue and participation (D&P) processes with enhanced governmental ownership.
Democracy Needs Civic Education - a civic education platform for Iraq
The project aims to contribute to a democratic, cohesive and peaceful Iraqi society through an increased social and political engagement of civil society, especially youth, at the local, regional and national level.
Creative Expression Through Films
Creative expression through films aims to motivate people from all regions of Lebanon to express their ideas and desires for social change in a creative way and thus participate in the public discourse on Lebanon's political, social, cultural and economic development.
The African Charter Project - Civic Education Manual
Strengthening a civic education manual developed by African Youth Democracy Forum (AYDF), to enhance its usability in schools and in training-of-trainers contexts.
Systematic Review of Dialogue Experiences in Iraq
The project aims to gather information on the documentation and systematisation of dialogue experiences in Iraq.
Democracy moves: Socio-political participation of refugee women from Ukraine
The project will offer politically engaged refugee women from Ukraine the chance to learn about German democracy and the related political and civil society structures, both in theory and practice. Throughout the programme, refugee women from Ukraine will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge about German democracy and the related political and civil society structures.
Mosul tells - Restoring Community Links Through Art and Oral History
This project strives to foster social cohesion in Mosul through culture and arts following three different artistic stages.
Women leaders for participation and peace
The project ''Women leaders for participation and peace.'' with the collaboration with our local partners Women Now for Development, aims to contribute to realise equal rights for women in the Arsal area of Lebanon.
Women Leading the Water Sector in Duhok
The “Women Leading the Water Sector in Duhok” will enable the participating women and men to implement a gender-responsive Integrated Water Resource Management.
New Water Leaders for Iraq- a leadership programme to foster peace in Mesopotamia
The leadership programme “New Water Leaders for Iraq” responds to the challenges water resources in Iraq are facing: a strong deficit in coordinated and integrated water resource management paired with a deficit in leadership and conflict resolution skills among decision-makers, civil servants and other stakeholders in the water sector.
Towards enhancing the resilience of women human rights defenders in Yemen to advocate for women’s and children’s rights
An EU-funded project to enhance the resilience of women human rights defenders in Yemen and enable them to better defend human rights, in particular women's and children's rights.
Iraq Thinks Ahead - An Iraqi Climate and Environment Institute
Iraq Thinks Ahead - An Iraqi Climate and Environment Institute is a feasibility study examining the creation of a climate and environment institute in Iraq, with the longterm goal of assisting Iraq in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Democracy needs Civic Education - a feasibility study for a digital civic education platform
The “Democracy needs Civic Education - a feasibility study for a digital civic education platform” project is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented by elbarlament in Iraq.
Study on role of digital technology in the civic participation of young people and women in municipal governance (Tunisia)
The GIZ project "Initiative for Municipal Development (IDM)" project aimed to (i) improve the provision of administrative services through the creation of citizen Spaces, (ii) strengthen the civic participation of young people and women, and (iii) develop digital municipalities.
Research on civil society space in Kyrgyzstan
Between May and October 2021, elbarlament conducted research on civil society space in Kyrgyzstan in the framework of the EU-funded Media Dialogue project.
Artists: Creators of Social Change
Throughout 2021/2022, the project “Artists: Creators of Social Change” aims at offering a large number of women in the cultural scene in Iraq the chance to network while also enabling them to participate confidently in the cultural, political and social spheres.
Domestic violence campaign
Campaign on domestic violence together with Baghdad Women Association (BWA). The video produced was broadcasted for a duration of 30 days on public and private TV channels; reaching 85% of Iraqi households.
Women Talking Peace
‘’Women talking peace’’ aimed to involve women in the building of an effective peace order and functioning state, democratic and social structures in Iraq. The project lasted from 2020-2024.
Towards Enhancing Women’s Participation in Peace Processes in Ninewah
This project's aim was to contribute to the improvement of the social and economic situation of women in the Ninewah governorate through enhancing their involvement in peacebuilding processes.
Self-determined. Women make film
The project offered a selection of women from all parts of Iraq the chance to learn about filmmaking and enables them to participate confidently in the cultural, political and social space.
Environmental study trip for Iraqi parliamentarians and government representatives
elbarlament organised a study trip for an Iraqi delegation of high-level government and parliamentary officials to promote the exchange between Iraqi decision-makers and German political institutions as well as experts in the fields of water treatment and purification, environmental protection and nature conservation and resource-saving energy sources.
