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This talk hinges on the centrality of the labour movement in the political and economic struggle for change despite structural changes in the global economy hampering the activity and scope of associational power.

This session will focus on the concept of organisational structure for CSOs, its varied applications, and its importance in maximising efficiency and impact.

Participants in this session must represent a civil society organisation and should be working in a middle management position.

**This open workshop is free of charge and will be held in Arabic.

The Lebanese Sociological Association (LSA, supported by the International Sociological Association), in collaboration with Jadaliyya/ASI, Lebanon Support, and the Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies Department at American University of Beirut (AUB), is organising a two-day workshop on the topic of social movements in the Arab region, with a special focus on two countries that did not directly witness the Arab Uprisings:  Lebanon and Iraq.

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...

Join the Lebanon Support team on the 9th of November to celebrate and discover the new Daleel Madani! In the past few months, you may have noticed that the Daleel Madani website was down at times, and you may have encountered technical difficulties while using it. This was due to the fact that the platform used for web development and content management for Daleel Madani was outdated and needed an upgrade. For this reason, a crowdfunding campaign for a new and improved Daleel Madani was launched by Lebanon Support in March 2017. Now that the platform has been restructured and redesigned, we...

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 to a workshop under its Civil Society Incubator programme: Money Matters: NGO Financial Management, Developing Operating and Cash Budgets At the core of successful financial management is a knowledge of budgeting. A budget is a financial plan stated in numbers. There are three types of budgets: operating budgets, cash budgets, and capital budgets. In this session, the trainer will talk about the key aspects of operating and cash budgets.   This open workshop is free of charge. Registration is mandatory as places are limited. To RSVP, please fill out this form...

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...

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 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...