ABOUT THE CENTER

The Rojava Revolution has become known around the world, but opportunities to build relations with the international community have been missing so far. Most people have heard about the societal revolution that began on 19^th July 2011 and have followed with interest the heroic struggle against SIS and defeat them, the echo of popular resistance against the external attacks also spread widely. But at the same time, an alternative system to the centralized nation-state system was being built. A Society organized itself in all areas of life, such as politics, economics, culture, art, education, religion, justice, health, self-defense, media, diplomacy, and social issues. In more than 12 years, communes, local councils, economic cooperatives, free academies, universities, municipalities, and other structures were built on the basics and principles of Democratic Confederalism, which stipulates the application of direct democracy and the guarantee of women’s freedom and ecological awareness. Equality and good relationships between  all different people and religions in the region is one of the most important values.

The Civil Diplomacy Center in NE Syria (CDC-NES) was launched in 2021, with the aim to develop relations between the local community in the region and the outside of the world. The center aims to build and strengthen relations between all civil structures in North and East Syria and all local, regional, and international civil society actors, In order to foster human solidarity and reciprocal support for the construction of a better alternative world.

The Civil Diplomacy Center in NE Syria is a non-profit civil diplomatic platform based in the city of Qamishlo-Syria. The staff comprises of a gathering of local civil activists in addition to international volunteers.

The Civil Diplomacy Center works through a civil diplomatic platform that includes dozens of institutions, associations, organizations, movements, professional unions, and federations in the areas of political solidarity, humanitarian support, social justice,  religious affairs, women’s and children’s issues, and other regions that directly affect people’s lives. The center develops joint projects and strengthens bilateral relations in order to build long-haul strategic relations between communities and networks, this includes exchanging knowledge, education programs, sending and receiving delegations, providing direct communication, holding joint conferences and seminars, and other events aimed at exchanging experiences and securing international support and donations, especially for the IDPs who had fled from the occupied areas like Afrin, Sere Kaniyeh, Gire Spi.

CENTER MISSIONS

• Building relationships between parts of the general public of North and East Syria and peoples groups and civil societies all over the world.

• Providing service projects to secure the necessary support to assist civil society in North and East Syria.

• Publishing and translating research, articles, and reports about society, its needs, and the difficulties it faces.

• Holding seminars, conferences, and various media activities, to introduce the cultures of Syrian society in the regions of NE Syria.

• Exchange the necessary expertise in the sectors of health, education, justice, municipalities, women’s empowerment, and productive and agricultural cooperatives, to support civil society by civil sectors abroad.

• Exchange knowledge and receive foreign delegations and international activists in the field of supporting civil society and participating in the Rojava Revolution.