Focus Area



Research


• The Center collects and analyzes facts, and then delivers the analysis and supporting facts to policy makers and other stakeholders to inform their priorities for action.
• The Center has collected over 3,000 Jordanian research titles in an online repository which it is developing to convert into a fully-fledged electronic library on social research in the Arab world.

Awareness and Media

• Running awareness campaigns in society with policy makers and with the media.
• Creating and becoming part of networks that work towards the same objectives.
• Using new media, weblogs and interactive tools on the IRC website to reach new generations of youth.

Increasing Arabic Content Online

• Building a database of research in Arabic conducted in Jordan as a first stage, and following-up by adding research from the rest of the Arab world.
• Creating partnerships to ‘Arabize’ qualitative research tools.

Fundraising

• Ensure the availability of resources to sustain the declared objectives of the IRC.
• Support the implementations of recommendations for community action.

 

Consulting and Advisory Services

 

• Baseline Studies
• Project Management
• Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)
• Risk Mitigation for Development Projects
• Governance Frameworks (particularly for NGOs)
• IT Governance Frameworks