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    <description>Activities from Madinatuna - The Aleppo City Development Strategy (Aleppo CDS or Madinatuna in Arabic) is a project in which public, private and civil society actors in Aleppo City work together on finding a shared vision for a better future of the city.</description>
    
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    <copyright>©2012 Madinatuna, Aleppo City Development Strategy. All rights reserved.</copyright>
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      <title>Aleppo Scope</title>
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      <description>A monthly bulletin issued by the city council of Aleppo, containing a program of cultural activities held in the city.</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Mid&#45;Term Forum</title>
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      <description>A two days conference and workshops to draw a vision for the future of the city.</description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Madinatuna Brand Awareness Campaign</title>
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      <description>2 weeks brand awareness campaign was implemented to launch Madinatuna. Mass advertising media channels were used.</description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Skills for informal Settlements</title>
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      <description>Skills is a 1 year training program for 18 young people (aged 18&#45;25 years old) from the informal settlements.  The training seek sto increase their employability by providing new skills and competences in entrepreneurship development, management, language, and interpersonal communication. the program includes 6 month theory courses and 6 month hands&#45;on training in the private sector. </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Open City &#45; Safe City</title>
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      <description>Workshop for identifying headlines for the CFC strategy</description>
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      <title>Strategic Planning Course</title>
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      <description>A three days training program for heads of working groups, and member of the municipality and the private sector on Strategic planning.  </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>CDS Team Visit to Ghazi Intab, Turkey</title>
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      <description>A two days field trip to Ghazi Intab, Turkey, for heads of working groups to see the lessons learned about the decentralized development of the city.  Focus was on the work flow in the municipality, the old city rehabilitation, the museum, the informal settlements, and the greening belt.</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Heritage Ambassador</title>
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      <description>Teaching a group of selected school kids photography techniques for taking pictures in the old city.  Introducing the kids about the old city and how to present it to their friends back at school.</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Book Launch</title>
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      <description>The book “informal settlement in Aleppo” was launched publically.  The book offers rapid profiles for all informal settlements in Aleppo. </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>School, Home, City</title>
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      <description>A two days workshop for children’s parents discussing children’s and parents behavior patterns at home, at school, and in the neighborhood.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>PPP cooperation Agreements</title>
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      <description>Signing a cooperation agreement with SEBC</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>NGOs cooperation Agreements</title>
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      <description>Signing a cooperation agreement with JCI</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Quaik River Beautification Project</title>
      <link>http://madinatuna.com/activities/24</link>
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      <description>CDS participated in the preparation and construction supervision of the project of the Quaik River Beautification project (technical, legal, urban design issues).  The project aims at improving the river bed to serve an ecological function insuring biodiversity, good air quality, and managing rain water floods. </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Wax Flower Book</title>
      <link>http://madinatuna.com/activities/26</link>
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      <description>CDS funded the Small Flowers NGO to publish children story for raising awareness on inter&#45;family marriages (endogamy)</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Open City &#45; Diverse City</title>
      <link>http://madinatuna.com/activities/4</link>
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      <description>A one Decision maker workshop on the spatial development strategy of Aleppo </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Basic Concepts for Social Development with Children &amp; Youth</title>
      <link>http://madinatuna.com/activities/30</link>
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      <description>3 day workshop was held in cooperation with UNICEF.  The workshop focused on capacity building for staff involved in social development issues with Children and Youth. </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Children’s drawings &amp; their meanings</title>
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      <description>1 day workshop was held in participation with the French School in Aleppo.  The workshop focused on training the staff on how to use children’s drawings in strategy work. </description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Aleppo 10th International Photo Festival</title>
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      <description>International photographers participated from 26 countries in a 15 days exhibition to show their work in shibani school at the heart of the old city of Aleppo</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Greetings from Aleppo</title>
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      <description>Violinist Ashraf Kateb and pianist Ramune Neris played classical music together at 5 Syrian Cities.  The events were sponsored by the CDS&#45;MOA</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Open City &#45; Diverse City</title>
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      <description>A one day stakeholders workshop on spatial development methodology for the city and an analysis of the Master plan of Aleppo.</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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