This report brings together insights gathered through extensive desk-based research conducted as part of the Fair Game project 2024 across six diverse countries: Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, and Romania. The main goal was to explore the complex challenges that excluded and vulnerable youth face in these unique national contexts.
The research involved a thorough examination of existing interventions aimed at addressing these challenges. By evaluating their effectiveness, the study aims to establish a foundation for developing targeted training programs and recommending...
Refugee protection is inherently political. While international law and values inevitably influence governments’ decisions about how to respond to refugees, so too do power and interests.
This policy brief analyses the socio-political implications of the so-called October policies, and suggests legislative, political, and practical measures to improve the situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. It also aims to inform policy formulation regarding Syrian refugees from a human rights-based perspective, while discussing modalities for enhanced programming at the civil society level.
This policy brief is the fourth publication of a research project investigating the social effects of political and legal measures on Syrian refugees’ daily lives. The brief is based on a consultative...
This document is an adaption of a speech delivered on May 12, 2015 at the launch of a report by the Syrian Justice and Accountability Center (SJAC) entitled ”A Step Towards Justice: Current Accountability Options for Crimes under International Law Committed in Syria.” The repo
This working paper seeks to document and analyse collaboration mechanisms between local authorities and humanitarian actors in addressing the Syrian refugee crisis in urban and peri-urban settings in Lebanon.
The concept of resilience offers a framework that facilitates cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary dialogue and pushes us to examine systems that influence complex situations.
This paper was prepared by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) as a background paper contributing to the Arab Sustainable Development Report. It focuses on gender equality as a core element to achieve sustainable development.
The population shift from Syria, as a result of the Syrian Crisis, is causing enormous pressure on host communities and exacerbating instability factors.
The “Review of the Public Procurement Legal Framework in Lebanon” introduces the Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) in Lebanon and elaborates on the legal of the country’s procurement and sustainability laws that may offer a legal possibility for the adoption of SPP principl
This book tackles key Issues of concern within the aid discussion. It outlines issues of particular importance for civil society in the Arab region and highlights the difference of prospectives between government representatives and CSOs.
The National Report for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20) presents the current situation as is and highlights the achievements and failures, strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and risks.
The Strategic Planning is based on the findings of fieldwork carried out in several villages in Dinnieh, which aimed at identifying the major characteristics of the region in different fields.
The State and Trends of the Lebanese Environment report provides an overview of the current condition of natural resources and environmental management in the country. Furthermore, it gives an analysis of past and future developments across multiple different sectors.
This edition of the Global Education Digest (GED) explores the changing patterns in gender and schooling throughout the formal education system – from primary to tertiary education levels.
