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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 &...

The aim of the conference is to discuss:

1. Factors of radicalization and the responses of the Lebanese and the Canadian governments in that respect;

2. The question of refugees in Lebanon and the anti-Syrian sentiment as a factor of radicalization;

3. Impacts of programming designed to counter radicalization and improve social cohesion in Lebanon.

This conference will also encourage fruitful exchanges on this global issue and foster cooperation between academics, policy-makers and NGOs. 

Conference Agenda

9:30 - 10:00
Registration

10:00 - 10:15
Inaugural Session 
• H.E. Dr. Tarek Mitri...

The conference will be in English and Arabic, with simultaneous translation available May 12 - Day One:Session One 12:00 - 2:00Russia and the Arab World Alexander Zasypkin, Ambassador of Russia to Lebanon, IntroductionNikolay Kozhanov, Nonresident Scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Center,“The Russian -Arab Relations Today”Talal Nizameddin, Dean of Student Affairs at AUB, “The Making of Russia’sForeign Policy Today”   May 13 - Day Two:Session Two 10:00 - 12:00Religion, Nationalism, and Geopolitics Antoine Courban, Professor at the Saint Joseph University in Beirut,“On Religion and Nationalism in...

Please follow this link for more info: http://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Pages/msf_conference.aspx For Arabic: http://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2015-2016/20160504_msf/20160… A two-day conference marking 40-years Médecins Sans Frontières’s (MSF) work in conflict, co-organized with the American University of Beirut. This conference will critically examine some of the contemporary challenges to humanitarian action across different war geographies within and beyond the Middle East. The event will bring together researchers, academics, and practitioners working in and on the...

Freedom is not self-evident. Not even in the Netherlands. Although the Netherlands has a long tradition in freedom and secularism, there was a need to found a secular Humanist organization. Seventy years ago the Dutch Humanists started as a non-religious life-stance organization in a very religious society. It was a plea for equality, free choice, and humanist moral standards. Seventy years later the Netherlands is one of the most secularized countries in the world. What does this do to society? Can humanism be the moral standard for a secular society worldwide? In this lecture I want to share...

  Bringing Vocational Education into Mainstream Schooling  The panel discussion will focus on the tenuous relationship between mainstream 'academic' schooling and vocational education at pre-tertiary level in Lebanon. Moderator: Dr. Anies Al-Hroub, Chairperson of the Department of Education, American University of Beirut Panelists: Mr. Ahmed Diab, Director General of Technical and Vocational Education in Lebanon Dr. Barend Vlaardingerbroek, Associate Professor, American University of Beirut Note: This lecture will be in English & Arabic with simultaneous interpretation

Public Lecture by  Professor Yang Jiemian President Emeritus, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies  Monday, March 7th, 2016, 5pm-7pm Issam Fares Institute, Conference Room, 4th floor - AUB (Green Oval) Where do contemporary Chinese diplomatic approaches and practices derive from, and what are the theoretical and historical sources behind its “independent foreign policy of peace"? And how to understand China’s current foreign policy strategy in the light of its founding theories? To what extent is China providing an alternative to the world superpowers conception of a new kind of...

I would like to draw your attention to an upcoming lecture by Dr. Joanne Liu, the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). It is in collaboration with MSF and it is taking place at the Issam Fares Institute Auditorium, this Friday 4 March, at 5.30pm. Further details can be found in the email announcement below and/or by clicking here for the event poster.   Dr. Liu’s talk, ‘Doctors on the Frontlines: Medical Humanitarian Challenges’, will focus on the challenges that MSF faces in its operations, and special attention will be given to its activities in this region, in addition...

Please follow this link for more information:    https://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2015-2016/20160201_sari_hana...  

  The Arab Revolutions: Five Years On The Arduous Road of Democratization and Future Prospects   Please click here for the English conference program, and here for the Arabic program.  Simultaneous interpretation from Arabic to English and English to Arabic will be available for all panel discussions and keynote lectures. All panel discussions and keynote lectures are open to the public. 21- 23 January 2016 l l l West Hall, AUB In association with the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs is pleased to announce...