The Youth Development Department was established in June 2000 as an initiative supported by the late Mr. Faisal Husseini (PLO Executive Committee Member in Charge of Jerusalem Affairs), in order to support and protect the Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem, and also to note for the important role played by the youth and their institutions in Jerusalem. |
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Following the Arab Studies Society, the YDD is a non-governmental non-profit organization founded to work with a development perspective, and to work as a professional and technical umbrella for the Youth sector in Jerusalem, with and through the existing youth bodies in Jerusalem.
Furthermore, the YDD organizes and participates in various types of activities, both locally and internationally, such as: capacity-building and training programs for youth organizations' leaders and individuals; performing detailed studies on Youth needs and resources to help in developing the sector; supporting the local youth organizations financially and technically; regional and international youth exchanges and voluntary campaigns; periodical coordination meetings gathering the local youth institutions' leaders.
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The YDD organizes about four work camps every year in Palestine for foreign people and Palestinians. YDD is also the lead manager of the European Voluntary Service in Jerusalem.
In addition to that, YDD forms and creates partnerships with local and international organizations working in different fields, in order to cooperate, coordinate, and integrate their efforts for more fruitful projects all aiming at the betterment and development of Youth in Palestine and throughout the world.
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