Steps

Civil company registered under (677 civil record) works on creating transformational strategic moments in the process of community empowerment and change. It belongs to any movement for social justice, human rights, gender, non-violence and freedoms. It is biased to development and human rights causes and has a clear stand towards it.It works on providing a quality model of change through a set of services and it seeks to create environment of critical thinking, difference, and creativity through its actions, programs and services.
“Steps” practices the following values throughout all its relations and services that it provides which creates a foundation and direction of its attitudes and positions:

Equity and social justice
Diversity and difference
Freedom
Non-violence
Solidarity

 
Services
 
Participatory and Interactive facilitation for meetings, workshops, seminars and conferences
A group of professional facilitators and activists in different fields who seeks to provide facilitation for change and it will connect them to each other. “Steps” provides interactive and participatory facilitation, which enables participants with different skills such as: critical thinking, interactive participation, reflecting difference, group work, participatory planning and initiatives for change.
 
Participatory focused research
A group of professionals and experts in different fields implements focused research on community issues aiming at helping in generating new ideas and concepts for development programs, projects and initiatives and producing training materials and curriculums.
This group will work on deepening research on community projects based on appreciative inquiry approach, human rights approach and using participatory tools.
 
Measuring impact and developing quality assurance
Developing criteria for measuring impact and quality assuring the implementation of projects by different organizations, municipalities, youth groups and parties.
 
Developing training materials and curriculums
Steps will work on developing training and educational tools, curriculums and materials based on community needs and priorities for change.
 
Consultation Support
Steps will provide consultation services for organizations, associations, local councils, civic groups and parties from different fields and sectors.
 
Building and Incubation CSOs
Providing organizational building trainings for groups and newly established CSOs
Providing trainings on strategically thinking & planning, gender mainstreaming, good governance, finance, structure, organization, conflict management and team building.
Incubating newly established CSOs and groups and helping them to manage their programs, finance and administrative issues.