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Three weeks ago, Israel dramatically intensified its airstrikes on Lebanon, a country that has already been through loss and destruction.

This policy paper assesses Lebanon’s social protection response to the ongoing war and provides recommendations for policymakers to further develop this response and later improve the shock-responsiveness and -resilience of the country’s social protection system.

As part of its continued support for the brotherly Lebanese people, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has dispatched 17.3 tons of urgent humanitarian aid via an Amiri Air Force plane.

Israel’s military campaign, which escalated on September 16, involved extensive airstrikes and bombardments across Lebanon, and a ground invasion along the southern border.

Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has sent 35 tonnes of urgent humanitarian aid to support the brotherly Lebanese people.

Since the escalation of the hostilities in Lebanon, approximately 220,000 people are believed to have crossed the border to Syria through both official and unofficial border crossing points.

On 26 December 2022, Cedar Centre joined several local and international civil society organisations in seizing the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) and relevant UN Special Procedure mandate holders with a call for urgent action concerning the situation in Roumieh prison and other Lebanese detention centres

هذا كتابنا اليكم بصفتنا تجمعا لخبراء في الحماية الاجتماعية، في ما يتعلق بإتفاقية القرض الأخيرة المخصصة لبرنامج شبكات الأمان الطارئ في لبنان ESSN.

Members of the Collective of Social Protection Experts, are writing to the World Bank concerning the latest agreement on a loan for the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN).

In light of our previous statements that have repeatedly voiced the importance and urgency of universal social protection, we, the collective of social protection experts, maintain that subsidisation or de-subsidisation are not the solutions for addressing long lasting inequality and inequity in the country. In the current crises that Lebanon is witnessing, we reiterate the urgency to enact a comprehensive universal social protection framework, based on a social contract, and guaranteeing protection for all during their life-cycle.

Berytech has announced that applications for batch four (4) of its Agrytech Accelerator Program are now open, and that the program’s team has worked with multiple stakeholders in the agri-food sector to identify real-life challenges that need immediate innovative solutions.

We are a group of experts coming from diversified academic, professional, and political backgrounds, with longstanding experience in social, economic, and fiscal domains.

As a sign of gratitude of their hard work in fighting the Corona Virus , Charity Donation distributed Love Bites Products on Nurses in the National Nurses Day.

اجتمعت مجموعة من الخبراء في 21 كانون الثاني 2020 لتقييم الأثر الاجتماعي للأزمات الاقتصادية والمالية وقنوات انتقالها، ولتقديم توصيات واسعة النطاق تهدف إلى التخفيف من آثارها المحتملة. وتُعرض مواقف وتوصيات المجموعة في الوثيقة التالية

A group of experts convened on 21 January, 2020, to assess the social impact of the economic and financial crises, as well as their transmission channels, and to provide broad recommendations to mitigate its potential effects. The positions and recommendations of the group are presented in the following document.

"مبادرة حياة" حملة إغاثية أطلقتها دنيا للتنمية المستدامة لدعم الأسر الهشة والأكثر فقراً لمواجهة تحديات الأزمة الاقتصادية ووباء كورونا

قامت جمعيّة السلامة والانماء المستدام (علم وخبر 852/أ) بتوزيع مناشير توعويّة عن فيروس الكورونا المستجدّ وشرحت من خلاله طريقة انتقال العدوى وسبل الوقاية منه.

لن ننعم بالتنمية في ظل انتشار الفساد

"ورقة موقف" - شبكة عين للمساءلة والنزاهة

 

يحتفل العالم في 9 ديسمبر من كل عام باليوم العالمي لمكافحة الفساد، والذي حددته الجمعية العامة للامم المتحدة بهدف زيادة الوعي بالفساد ودور اتفاقية الامم المتحدة لمكافحة الفساد ومنعه، وقد اختارت الامم المتحد ان تكون الحملة حتى عام 2030 تحت شعار”الفساد: عائق لأهداف التنمية المستدامة”، وتركز هذا العام على كيفية تأثير الفساد على التعليم والصحة والعدالة والديمقراطية والازدهار والتنمية.
وكانت الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة قد اعتمدت اتفاقية مكافحة الفساد في 31 تشرين الأول/أكتوبر 2003، ودخلت حيز النفاذ في ديسمبر 2005، اعتمدت ،...