Description
This paper describes the process of a project PASSIA implemented during 2015-2016 in partnership with the Open Regional Fund for the MENA region (ORF-MENA) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, which included a software-assisted development of various scenarios, strategies and advocacy measures for Jerusalem’s future along four sectors (1. Representation, 2. Economy and Services, 3. Urban Planning, 4. Institutions and Civil Society). The goal was to identify ways and means that help Palestinian Jerusalemites remain steadfast inside the
city, preserve their identity, strengthen their presence and resilience, and develop mechanisms as well as advocacy tools to improve their socioeconomic situation.
The outcome was a strategy (selected from a set of developed strategies) called MUSTAQBALNA/OUR FUTURE!, which aims to take action for the benefits of the Palestinian community in Jerusalem and to improve, if not reverse, the negative effects of almost half a century of occupation, neglect, and discrimination. The Strategy is described in a separate publication.
