US embassy cable - 02AMMAN4426

UNCLAS AMMAN 004426 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/RA LAWSON, NEA/ARN ZIADEH, NEA/PD, OES/PCI SHIPPE 
NEA POSTS FOR EST OFFICER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: SENV, PGOV, JO 
SUBJECT: NEA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT OFFICE HOSTS NGO GRANT-WRITING 
WORKSHOP 
 
 
1. (U) The NEA Regional Environment Office sponsored a one-day 
grant-writing workshop for the Jordanian environmental NGO 
community on July 22.  The workshop trained 22 participants in 
the concrete skills of writing proposals for improved fundraising 
and NGO sustainability.  The Regional Environment Office summer 
intern, Elissa Slotkin, developed, organized, and facilitated the 
workshop. 
 
2. (U) The grant-writing workshop targeted representatives from 
Jordanian environmental NGO's, most of whom had no formal 
training in grant or proposal writing.  The goal of the workshop 
was both to strengthen future proposals that the organizations 
hope to submit under the OES Initiative and to other donors, and 
to build the capacity of the NGO community in Jordan.  The 
training focused on practical skill building, and participants 
spent the majority of the day practicing the mechanics of grant- 
writing in pairs.  The workshop also facilitated first-time 
networking among participants and provided an opportunity for the 
Regional Environment Office to show its commitment to Jordanian 
civil society. 
 
3. (U) The grant-writing handbook, with samples and interactive 
exercises, that our summer intern developed can be shared with 
other posts wishing to conduct similar training.  Contact the NEA 
Regional Environment Office, Paul Malik or Rana Safadi, via 
unclassified Department email for copies of the materials. 
 
SIPDIS 
 
GNEHM