With support from MENAPAC, a one-day training workshop was held to introduce the concept of human security.

Mr. Fadi Abi Allam presented the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), the Middle East and North Africa Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (MENAPAC), and the Syrian Partnership (SYRIAPAC) as part of the effort to welcome new members into the partnership.

The workshop covered:

• An introduction to human security, including its emergence, types (economic, social, food, health, personal, political, environmental, and community security), as well as its standards and mechanisms.

• The annual Human Development Report issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the criteria it follows.

• A discussion by Mr. Abi Allam on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its related international agreements.

As an outcome, four initiatives related to human security and feasible for implementation in Syria were proposed by participants based on their respective regions.

Later, four community initiatives were successfully implemented in four different regions in Syria (Homs, Hama, Damascus, and Rural Damascus).