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The Future of Hai Jabal Amman Committee – CLOSER Jordan Local Proximity Network Advances Community-Led Priorities for Neighborhood Development

The Future of Hai Jabal Amman – CLOSER Jordan Local Proximity Network has taken a further step toward shaping a community-led approach to neighborhood development, identifying key urban priorities and agreeing on practical next steps to engage residents and translate these priorities into local action. Meeting for the second time on 12 August 2026, network […]

RSC Summer Course hosts guest speaker Dr. Oroub El-Abed

Withing the framework of the RSC Summer Course on International Politics in the SWANA Region: Colonial Legacy, Displacement, and Humanitarian Governance, organized by the Renaissance Strategic Center (RSC) at the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) in partnership with Birzeit University, the course was hosted Dr. Oroub El-Abed, as a dedicated and distinguished academic […]

Trapped Behind the Scam: The Globalizing Nexus of Human Trafficking and Fraud

By Sebastian Spadafora, RSC intern   In July 2025, the independent Jordanian newspaper Al Ghad reported a raid on a compound in the city of Irbid. Jordanian investigators had opened it as a joint case between the cybercrime unit and the anti-trafficking unit, treating it from the outset as both a suspected financial fraud operation […]

ARDD Concludes CLOSER Regional Training Camp on Participatory Governance, Advancing Mediterranean Dialogue on Local Governance and Collective Action

The Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) concluded the International Training Camp: “From Local Proximity Networks to Collective Action: Strengthening Local and Cross-Border Participatory Governance,” held from 19–23 July 2026 in Amman within the framework of the CLOSER – Connecting Local proximity networks, Sustaining participatory govERnance project under the Interreg NEXT MED Program. Hosted […]

IIMP Visits ARDD to Engage with MARFA on Shared Priorities

On 15 July, the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) welcomed representatives of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic (IIMP) during the Institution’s second mission to Jordan. The meeting brought together members of the Migration and Refugee Forum for the Arab World (MARFA), as a space for dialogue, mutual learning, […]

A Dollar for the Future: What this World Cup Could Leave Behind for Education

By Jules Dupuy, RSC Intern On 16 June 2026, in the San Francisco stadium, Ali Olwan scored Jordan’s first-ever goal at a FIFA World Cup. For a few seconds, across the entire country, this global mega-event stopped being something watched from a distance and became something lived. His goal was part of a wider and […]

ARDD Launches the CLOSER–Jordan Local Proximity Network to Advance Participatory Governance

AMMAN, JORDAN – Under the framework of CLOSER – Connecting LOcal proximity networks Sustaining participatory govERnance, the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) convened the inaugural meeting of the CLOSER–Jordan Local Proximity Network on 6 July 2026. Building on the experience of the Future of Jabal Amman Committee, the network positions Jabal Amman as a pilot site for […]

Children Under Attack: A Cascade of Vulnerability

By Giulia Zorzo, RSC Intern   June serves as a critical month for reflection and global humanitarian advocacy, bringing together three pivotal United Nations observances: the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (June 4), the World Day Against Child Labour (June 12), and World Refugee Day (June 20). Together, these occasions highlight the […]