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The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, the Arab NGO Network for Development, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the United Nations Democracy Fund, and the Global Policy Forum cordially invite you to an international workshop

 

Strengthening Public Policies for the 2030 Agenda

 

Click here for full agenda (English): http://website.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2017-2018/20171130_inter…

Agenda (Arabic): http://website.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2017-2018/20171130_inter…

 

November 30th &...

Lebanon Support cordially invites to a workshop within its Civil Society Incubator* programme:

Forging ahead with fieldwork: Framing your research, getting started, and building analysis.

Planning and commencing field research can be a daunting prospect, often filled with ambiguity and lacking in structure. This workshop aims to demystify the research process, from conceptualising a topic to making initial phone calls and conducting interviews. It will leave participants more confident to tackle the challenges with which even experienced field researchers sometimes struggle.

This open...

يتشرّف مركز دعم لبنان بالشراكة مع مؤسسة روزا لوكسمبورغ مكتب بيروت بدعوتكم لحضور أول طاولة مستديرة في سلسلة إعادة التفكير والعمل من أجل الحقوق الاجتماعية والاقتصادية في لبنان: النظام الضريبي في لبنان: التناقض بين الجباية والعدالة يعكس النظام الضريبي في لبنان رؤية اقتصادية تتعارض مع مبدأ العدالة الاجتماعية عموماً والعدالة الضريبية على وجه الخصوص. فمن أهم خصائص النظام الضريبي هو سوء توزيع الأعباء بشكل عادل على مختلف فئات المجتمع. ولا يزال النظام الضريبي اللبناني أداةً أساسية للهندسة الاقتصادية ويخدم فئات اجتماعية وقطاعات اقتصادية على حساب أخرى، ودون أن يؤمّن حق الجميع بالحماية الاجتماعية...

Lebanon Support cordially invites you to its third Gender Afterworks: The Long Road to Reforming Personal Status Laws in Lebanon For years, the feminist and women’s movements in Lebanon have strived to expose gender based discriminations inherent to personal status laws, and have advocated for civic laws. The third Gender Afterworks is organised in partnership with Kafa (Enough) Violence & Exploitation, and will discuss personal status laws in Lebanon, and how they affect women’s lives and rights. The discussion will be led by:Ms Leila Awada: Lawyer, founding member of Kafa (enough) Violence...

Seats are limited !!  Kindly reserve your place by filling out this form. The event will present an overview of the work of World Merit Lebanon and will showcase our attempt to raise awareness on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The panel will start with an introduction of the general work of World Merit Lebanon and will give you a better understanding of the framework civil society organizations is working within. 6 SPEAKERS from 6 DIFFERENT NGOs will try to explain their approach to solving the challenges occurring in Lebanon, throughout tackling one of the mentioned 17 SDGs...

Today, Lebanon faces significant environmental and social challenges that require innovative solutions. This opens the doors for high impact social enterprises to play a significant role in redesigning Lebanon's future in sectors such as environment, education, and health. We think it's time for you to be part of this movement! Whether you have an existing social enterprise, or have an awesome startup idea and are hoping to shake things up, this session's for you! Join us on the 21st of September to take the first step to grow your social enterprise through SoUK.LB and hear from other amazing...

Date: Wednesday September 13, 2017 Time: 04:30 pm till 06:00 pm Location: Adnan Kassar School of Business Building, Room 903, Lebanese American University-Beirut Campus Humanitarianism in a different key? Principled pragmatism for long term refugee crises.    Contemporary refugee movements have increased self-reflection among humanitarian actors operating in ‘non-traditional’ environments in urban contexts, in Europe, along routes over land and sea, and on borders and in borderlands. Current refugee movements add to an increasing number of refugees who are stuck in long-term situations of...

يتشرّف مركز دعم لبنان بدعوتكم لحضور طاولة مستديرة حول: قراءة في قانون الانتخابات الجديد  في ١٦ حزيران ٢٠١٧ أقرّ مجلس النواب اللبناني قانوناً جديداً للانتخابات النيابية يعتمد النظام النسبي مع الصوت التفضيلي في ١٥ دائرة على صعيد لبنان. شكّل هذا القانون تحوّلاً في النظام الانتخابي اللبناني بحيث يتمّ وللمرة الأولى الخروج من النظام الاكثري باتجاه اعتماد نظام أكثر تمثيلاً.  في المقابل، وعلى الرغم من اعتماد القانون على النظام النسبي، إلّا أنه صيغ بطريقة قد تخفف من فعالية ومدى تأثير النسبية على تركيبة المجلس النيابي المقبل. يهدف هذا اللقاء إلى شرح تفاصيل القانون وانعكاساته على العمل السياسي في لبنان...

Lebanon Support a le plaisir de vous inviter aux journées d’études internationales « Liban-Syrie : circulations et réactivations des réseaux militants en guerre (2011-2017) » co-organisées en partenariat avec l’ERC Wafaw et l’IREMAM, et qui se dérouleront le 20 et 21 juin 2017 à MMSH, Aix-en-Provence. Lebanon Support is happy to invite you to the international workshop on “Lebanon-Syria: circulations and reactivations of activist networks in times of war (2011-2017)” co-organised with ERC Wafaw and Iremam, and which will take place on the 20th and 21st June 2017 at MMSH, Aix-en-Provence...

Lebanon Support and Institut Français du Proche-Orient Cordially invite you to a talk on: Lebanon Facing Arab Uprisings. Constraints and Adaptation. While the neighbouring countries have been in flux since 2011 with popular movements taking to the streets of various Arab cities and crises breaking out in others, Lebanon has managed to adapt to the many challenges brought about by regional political crises. This talk will revolve around the book “Lebanon Facing Arab Uprisings. Constraints and Adaptation” which explores the impact of the Arab uprisings of 2011 on Lebanese politics and society...

Art may be political. But art is not at the service of politics. Art participates actively in the daily political discourse and, of course, in the political developments of its time. The respective spectrum ranges from (picture) commentaries to critical or ironic productions and even interventions. Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" for example made history as a stern signal against war. Joseph Beuys always intermingled with contemporary political discourse, also in an artistic way. And at the latest since the Arab Spring, "Street Art" has once again become more political and presents a serious...

Clear and Persuasive Communication: Speechwriting, Presentation, Advocacy and Policy Influencing Lebanon Support is pleased to invite you to its first open workshop as part of its Civil Society Incubator on Clear and Persuasive communication, with Thomas Hart. The workshop will address how to prepare, structure, and style writing, in order to achieve effective and memorable communication. Specifically, the workshop will focus on speechwriting and presentation writing, as well as how to incorporate clear and persuasive communication in advocacy and influence policy The Civil Society Incubator...

Lebanon SupportCordially invites you to a talk on:"Lebanese, refugee, and migrant women in Lebanon: From sociopolitical marginality to turnaround strategies" While women’s issues and rights have been at the forefront of public and civil society debate, academic, and activist publications, women’s inequalities and the discrimination women face in Lebanon have been notably undermined, whether as citizens, refugees, or migrants.This talk will address the experiences of women in Lebanon, including refugees, workers, and migrants, providing gender-based analyses of the various forms of engagement...

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a talk on: The Electoral Law and Process in Lebanon Within the current debate on electoral reform in Lebanon, a proportional or mixed law – which had been a demand by civil society in Lebanon – is for the first time seriously taken into consideration. This talk will address the different dimensions of the discussion on the reform of the Lebanese parliamentary electoral law, and will look into the necessary measures to ensure democratic elections, the role of civil society and the impact of its past and current mobilisations on the process of electoral...

The art and science of public speaking can be acquired with some help from… Canada. From theater, to radio, to TV, to auditoriums, speaking in front of up to a 1000 persons, this Lebanese-Canadian Public Relations Consultant and TED speaker, Ms. Lamia Charlebois, has learned many North American tips and tricks that she will share during 4 hours, and then return to Montreal.  At this workshop you will learn about: - The text: lead, messages, main axis, the 5 W, conclusion, punch line.- Body language, gestures, props, icebreakers, anecdotes, emotions, pauses, gaffes, notes, dress code...