April 29- June 26:
AMAN organized a training program that
targeted law students in four universities in the West Bank and two
universities in Gaza Strip, entitled "The legal framework for
combating corruption in Palestine."
More than 150 students participated in the program which
included six training sessions. Participants included students from
the universities of BirZeit, al-Quds, Arab-American, an-Najah,
al-Azhar and the Islamic University.
Dr. Yasir al-Amori, head of the law department at BirZeit
University, delivered the lectures in the West Bank universities, in
four sessions held at the headquarters of "Sharek Youth Forum". As
for Gaza, Mr. Salah Abdel Ati trained the students of Al-zhar
University, while Mr. Abdel Rahman Al'osouli trained the students of
the Islamic University, in two separate training sessions held at
the AMAN headquarters in Gaza.
During the program, the concept of "corruption" was defined, and
corruption causes and forms were identified. Also, participants were
introduced to the United Nations Convention against Corruption,
where copies of this Convention were distributed to trainees, in
addition to discussing and analyzing the content of the Convention.
After discussion, recommendations were made on combating corruption,
within the theoretical framework of the training.
At the end of each training course, certificates were given to
participants who completed 7- training hours.
