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In today’s rapidly evolving development landscape, NGOs are required to adapt, innovate, and rethink traditional models of service delivery, partnership, and sustainability. This workshop is designed specifically for civil society leaders and teams who seek to strengthen their organizations’ relevance, responsiveness, and impact. Through structured and unconventional ideation processes, participants will explore practical tools and frameworks that stimulate innovation within NGO programs, operations, and strategy. Participants will engage in guided group work to critically examine outdated...

The Non-Governmental Organizations Initiative at the American University of Beirut is organizing an Open House on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the American University of Beirut (AUB), West Hall. The full-day event will bring together organizations from the civil society sector, including local and international NGOs, NGOi member organizations from the region, partners, civil society experts, donors, Embassy representatives, and academia. The Open House aims to strengthen cross-sector collaboration, foster dialogue, promote learning, and spotlight the collective...

نادًا إلى النتائج الرئيسية لأبحاث مركز العلوم الاجتماعية للأبحاث التطبيقية (تقرير، وموجز للسياسات، ورسم بياني)، تهدف الندوة، من جهة، إلى مناقشة تأثير الأنظمة القديمة والمعزولة التي أعاقت الاستجابة الفعّالة للأزمات. من جهة أخرى، ستتطرّق الجلسة أيضًا إلى آثار نظام الحماية الاجتماعية الموحّد الذي يضمن حصول الجميع دون استثناء على العدالة الاجتماعية، وكيف يمكن لنظام الحماية الاجتماعية الشامل أن يدعم بناء الدولة في نهاية المطاف.

Drawing on key findings from CeSSRA’s research (report, policy brief, and infographic), the webinar aims to discuss, on the one hand, how outdated, siloed systems have hindered effective crisis response. On the other, the session will also unpack the broader social justice implications of a unified system that ensures no one is left behind, and ultimately how a universal social protection system can support state-building.

جلسة قانونية لدعم حقوق المراة

LEB-CAAP is organizing an event that is specifically designed for local CSOs in Lebanon that are either youth-serving (with a primary mandate to support youth) or youth-focused (with programs targeting youth as a primary group). Our goal is to gather organizations committed to youth empowerment and provide a space for exchange and learning to enhance their programming.

Join the Arab Reform Initiative for a townhall discussion on solar energy policies in Lebanon, with a focus on its legal aspect, on the role of municipalities and on the solutions that can be proposed to make this sector more just and inclusive. The event will be held in person in the Beirut Digital District Main Hall on Thursday the 13th of June from 11am until 1pm. Please use this link to register for in person attendance: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRDXjNuh1NLReEEjHZiwbSvbgsfJ5… Please use this link to register for online attendance: https:/...

SMEX will host the sixth iteration of the annual regional digital rights event, Bread&Net, which will be held online on May 13, 14, and 15. Bread&Net is an event that brings together tech experts, activists, policymakers, academics, and media practitioners from the region to discuss and address pressing issues at the intersection of technology, society, and human rights. This gathering aims to strengthen an already blooming digital rights movement in West Asia and North Africa, fostering the exchange of knowledge, research, and digital resources to sustain civil society in its fight for safe...

The Palestinian Association for Human Rights (Witness) held a legal seminar entitled: “A Legal Analysis of Administrative Detention and Enforced Disappearance Amidst War” on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the Al Saha Hotel in Beirut. The three hours long seminar was divided into two sessions that included presentation of papers, interventions, and discussions on the current situation of Palestinian prisoners of war and detained amidst the ongoing war on Gaza, with an elite participation of academics and specialists in human rights and legal affairs, in addition to human rights’ activists and...

عقدت المؤسسة الفلسطينية لحقوق الإنسان (شاهد) ندوة قانونية تحت عنوان: "تحليل قانوني للاعتقال الإداري والاخفاء القسري في ظلّ الحرب" وذلك يوم الخميس الموافق 25\4\2024 في فندق الساحة في مدينة بيروت. تضمّنت الندوة التي استمرت لثلاث ساعات وامتدت على مدار جلستين من خلال تقديم أوراق، مداخلات، ونقاشات حول عناوين أساسية مطروحة حول ملف الأسرى الفلسطينيين في ظل الحرب المستمرة على قطاع غزة، وذلك بمشاركة نخبة من الأكاديميين والمختصين في الشأن القانوني والحقوقي، إضافة إلى نشطاء حقوقيين وممثلين عن جامعات لبنانية ومنظمات غير حكومية واتحاد المحامين العرب واللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر.

A Future Digital Space in Tyre? Invitation to Apply to Participate in an Interactive Workshop. If you live in the city of Tyre or its urban surrounding, if you are a digital “crack” involved in digital work and startups or in digital entrepreneurship and social networking, this workshop is for you!

ورشة عمل حول تفعيل دور الشباب في العمل البلدي ستقام في 19 نوفمبر في مدينة صور الفئة المستهدفة: الشباب من عمر 20 - 25 سنة الورشة مخصصة فقط للشباب ضمن نطاق مدينة صور

صلة وصل هي مبادرة من مجموعة شبابية مستقلة تسعى للمشاركة بنشر الوعي حول قضايا المواطنة والحقوق المدنية في قضاء صور. Silat Wassel: an independent youth group aiming to raise awareness on citizenship and civil rights issues

During this roundtable, Dr. Michele Scala will present the Centre for Social Sciences Research & Action ongoing work on social protection in Lebanon, analysing the articulation of intersectional discriminations and privileges of the current social protection framework, and proposing ways forward for reform. Participants will be invited to discuss the findings and share their insights.

لال هذا الحوار، سيستعرض د. مكيلي سكالا العمل الجاري الذي يقوم به «مركز العلوم الاجتماعية للأبحاث التطبيقية» حول الحماية الاجتماعية في لبنان، مع تحليل أوجه التمييز والامتيازات المتقاطعة في إطار الحماية الاجتماعية الحالي، إلى جانب اقتراح سُبُل الإصلاح في هذا المجال. وسيُدعى المشاركون لمناقشة الخلاصات والإدلاء بآرائهم.

لا بد أن نعرف أين نقف لنستطيع المضي قدماً ضمن محور القضية الفلسطينية يسر مركز النهضة الفكري للدراسات بالتعاون مع مركز حقوق اللاجئين "عائدون" في لبنان دعوة الشباب العربي الشغوف للانضمام إلى دورة تعريفية مكثفة "خصوصية وضع اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في نظام اللاجئين الدولي" والتي ستعقد يومي الخميس والجمعة 14 و15 كانون الثاني/ يناير 2021

As part of its theme The Question of Palestine The Nahda Thought Center for Research, in collaboration with The Centre for Refugee Rights (AIDOUN) Lebanon, invites passionate Arab youth to join a 2-day educational crash course: “The Peculiarity of Palestinian Refugees’ Status in International Refugee Regime" On Thursday and Friday, 14 and 15 January 2021

This FREE seminar is for all NGOs looking to learn more how to comply with legal requirements.

The legal clinic provides valuable legal advice to entrepreneurs and startups and is the first-of-its-kind services in Lebanon. This service is free for all institute alumni!

This workshop co-organised by Lebanon Support and the Arab NGO Network for Development aims to place the localisation debate in a longer temporality of global discussions that have shaped international cooperation during the past decades, and at bringing back equal and balanced partnerships at the heart of these discussions, and initiate a process towards the adoption and enactment of a civil society charter in Lebanon.