Maktabat MEPI Library
Training Resources for Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa

This report presents a demographic breakdown of data from surveys to gauge social attitudes toward women in Yemen. It focuses on support for women and daughters in politics, women working outside the home, women involved in decision-making positions and others. The survey was implemented in June 2010.

This resource describes the basic steps for using Twitter. The manual describes how the popular social networking site represents an international social media revolution that can lead to effective social and national mobilization. It focuses on how Twtter gave citizens, especially in the Arab world, a stronger voice and an opportunity to express views freely and without constraints.

This resource includes the seven appendices for the manual Making Human Rights Real, A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. This includes: Program Evaluation Form; International Conventions Ratified by Morocco; International Human Rights Calendar; Human Rights Education Bibliography; Internet Resources for Human Rights Education; Directory of Human Rights Organizations in Morocco; and The Arabic, Amazigh and French Glossary of Human Rights Terms.

The “Ana Digital” project published this manual to assist civil society organizations and social activists. The manual includes 10 of the most important websites that provide social tools for fundraising, advocacy and disseminating these ideas through the Internet.

This manual provides reasons for civil society and non-governmental organizations to use podcasts, tips for recording and downloading podcasts and how to "publish" them. Podcasts are a type of digital multimedia file (either audio or video) that can be downloaded on a computer or any other device.

This manual provides an overview of Flickr, a website used to host, share and save photos. It describes how the site is widely used by bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs within social media and blogs.

This training manual on blogging aims to raise the efficiency of media personnel who cover environmental topics. The manual also seeks to increase public awareness and public participation on environmental issues. 

This “Ana Digital” educational manual explains how to create a blog on WordPress, a popular blog hosting website. 

This file provides a list of 10 major active social networking websites that offer free services and promote civil society organizations (CSOs) through engagement, promotion or communication.

This resource explains three of the most important elements to be taken into consideration when thinking about your social media strategy.

This resource includes steps to help civil society organizations (CSOs) make their blogs useful and popular.

This resource provides tips and considerations that should be taken into account by civil society organizations (CSOs) when using Twitter for social networking.

This guide provides information about creating blogs for civil society organizations (CSOs). Topics focus on comparing websites and blogs based on properties and features, why CSOs should create and manage a blog, and how CSOs can make their blog useful and popular. The guide also offers tips for writing electronic articles and steps to create blogs on WordPress and Blogger.

This resource provides examples of video sharing websites where civil society organizations (CSOs) can enhance their work by uploading video clips and sharing them with a large audience.

This file gives the definition of smart phone applications (Mobile Apps) and how they can support civil society organizations (CSOs) in achieving their objectives and implementing programs.