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This report summarises the findings of Amel Association International’s latest Rapid Needs Assessment that was conducted from its Haret Hreik community centre in May 2013. It is hoped that the reader will benefit both from the summary of the target population’s needs and the analysis of how Amel Association International can best replicate such assessments in the future.

موجز سياسات | حزيران 2013
ردود الفعل اللبنانية المتناقضة حيال قضية اللاجئين  السوريين في لبنان تشمل الإجهاد، والضيافة، والاستياء من إعداد منى كريستوفرسن وكاثرين ثورليفسون
ينظر موجز السياسات هذا في تأثير النزوح القسري للسوريني إلى لبنان وردود الفعل عليه، ويستند إلى عمل ميداني في 1 .يؤدّي تدفّق الالجئني بأعداد قرية ببنني السنية، وإلى استطالع آراء على صعيد البالد شمل عيّنة متثيلية من ٩٠٠ شخص كبيرة إلى تزايد املنافسة على فرص العمل النادرة في القطاع غير النظامي. يستفيد الالجئون السوريون من املساعدات واألجور املتدنّية مجتمعني، ما يتسبّ ب، عن غير قصد، بخسارة اللبنانيني األكثر فقراً على وجه التحديد...

This report summarises the findings of the recent Rapid Needs Assessment at Amel Association International’s Burj el Barajneh (Baajour) community centre, which took place in late March 2013. It is hoped that the reader will benefit both from the summary of the target population’s needs and the analysis of how Amel Association International can best replicate such assessments in the future.

Working Paper | May 2013
Emerging Powers and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Case of Brazil and Venezuela by Guy Burton
What are the prospects of new rising powers to play a role in the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? At present the possibility of direct talks leading to a final settlement of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians looks far from promising. Negotiations between the two sides have been at a standstill since September 2010, when the two sides briefly met under US sponsorship. Expectations had been high that the US would once again take a leading...

In March 2013, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) registered 48,000 Syrian refugees, bringing the number of refugees registered and awaiting registration with the Office to just under 400,000. However, the Lebanese Government estimates that approximately one million Syrians are seeking refuge in the country. The humanitarian situation is deepening as the number of Syrian refugees in the region could double or triple by the end of the year if no solution is found. In response, Amel is stepping up the assistance to Syrian refugees in Lebanon by providing primary healthcare...

يقدم المرصد اللبناني لحقوق العمال والموظفين، تقريره السنوي الأول "الاحتجاجات وقضايا العمال  في لبنان عام 2012: عام نهوض القطاع العام وتعرية الاتحاد العمالي العام." ويأتي التقرير بدعم من منظمة "دياكونيا"، باعتباره الإصدار الأول من سلسلة تقارير مرتقبة. وبالإضافة إلى رصد التحركات العمالية في مختلف القطاعات، يفرد التقرير مساحة لبعض النقابيين وبعض مؤسسات المجتمع المدني الفاعلة في وسط العمال لتقديم مساهمات حول قضاياهم التي نحن أيضا معنيون في متابعتها بالمرصد العمالي، ومنها قضايا متعلقة بحقوق العمال المعوقين، والعمال الفلسطينين وعاملات المنازل المهاجرات. كما أفرد التقرير مساحة إضافية لأعضاء في هيئة...

Palestinian refugees from Syria living in Lebanon are one of the most vulnerable sub-populations affected by the crisis. In April 2013, ANERA conducted a survey of these families to gain a clear picture of the situation on the ground and to assess the critical needs that exist. The findings are shocking and the situation is getting worse, day by day. 

Working Paper | March 2013
Lebanon: The Legacy of Sectarian Consociationalism and the Transition to a Fully-Fledged Democracy by Samir Makdisi and Youssef El-Khalil
Since independence in 1943 Lebanon’s political system has been based on a power sharing arrangement among its religious communities. Referred to as a consociational democracy, it was embedded in an unwritten national pact by the leaders of the independence movement which specified the division of parliamentary seats among the Christian and Muslim communities on the basis of a six to five ratio in favor of the Christian community.3...

Background Paper | March 2013
“Nabiha 5”: A Kuwaiti Youth Movement for Political Reform by F. Gregory Gause III
Among Arab states Kuwait is a leader in terms of political freedoms and the importance of its civil society organizations. Thus it should not be surprising that one of the few successful Arab youth movements advocating political reform should have arisen in the country. The success of the “Nabiha 5” movement (Kuwaiti colloquial Arabic for “we want it to be five”) in bringing about the change in the Kuwaiti electoral system from a 25 district to a 5 district configuration certainly...

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization working in Lebanon since 2004. In May 2011, DRC responded to a call from UNHCR, when the Syrian crisis started and the first Syrian refugees came into Lebanon. DRC believes that no refugee must be in want of help to find protection and durable solutions and hence the emergency response aims to provide immediate relief and protection to displaced refugees, including their vulnerable hosts, in an impartial, inclusive and neutral manner, adhering to the Code of Conduct of the Red Cross and Red Crescent...

ملخص نقاش | شباط 2013 
الطاولة المستديرة الثانية لـ"معهد عصام فارس" حول "الدولة المدنية" و"الربيع العربي
استكمل "معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية" ما بدأه من بحث في مفهوم "الدولة المدنية"، خصوصاً بعد تطورات طاولت أكثر من بلد عربي. ولهذا الهدف، كان المعهد قد نظّم، في أيلول )سبتمبر( الماضي، طاولة مستديرة جمعت أكاديميين وباحثين وعاملين في الشأن العام، في محاولة لوضع أسس علمية لهذا المفهوم الذي قد يبدو إشكالياً وحديثاً في التداول العربي. والحاجة لبحث هذا المفهوم تزداد بعد جدل مستمر في بعض الدول، حول مواد معينة من الدستور تتعلق بدور الدين في الحياة العامة وما إذا كانت الشريعة مصدراً...

Palestinian refugees in Syria have attempted to remain neutral in the civil conflict, which began in March 2011, but they have increasingly been pulled into and affected by the conflict. Palestinian refugees entering Lebanon from Syria have particular needs and vulnerabilities vis-à-vis the general Syrian refugee population. Drawing on its mission of 45 years to serve Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) has been monitoring and responding to the needs of Palestinian refugees from Syria. The refugee numbers now surpass 30,000. ANERA conducted the...

Summary | February 2013
Summary Report of the 2nd Roundtable Discussion on the “Civil State” Discourse
Within the framework of the Arab Public Policy Roundtable, a second session on the civil state was organized on February 21st after the first roundtable was held in September. Number of academicians and researchers participated in this session, which aimed at discussing the aspired nature of states in light of current events happening in the Arab World nowadays.
Discussion around this topic gains considerably increasing momentum in light of the current debate over the role of religion in...

The Foundation & UNHABITAT analyzed the row results of  the Municipal Observatory (MO) which is a tool that aims at evaluating the performance of the Lebanese municipalities through four different aspects:

1. Administration & Management;
2. Financial Resources;
3. Governance; and
4. Municipal Development & Services

The questionnaire contains a total of 84 questions distributed across 6 sections. Those questionnaires were filled by the “Municipal Guides”, a group of municipal employees established within the context of the UN-Habitat Decentralization Project implemented in partnership with the...

تواصلت خلال عام 2012 حالات الاعتداء على العمال السوريين في أنحاء مختلفة من لبنان، من البقاع إلى الجبل ومن الشمال إلى الجنوب مرورا بالعاصمة وضواحيها. وتشي الحالات التي تم رصدها، أن الاعتداءات ضد العمال الأجانب، والسوريين بشكل خاص، ليست بحالات فردية ومعزولة بل تأتي ضمن سياق عام من التحريض العنصري ضد هذه الفئة بالتحديد. وقد رصد "المرصد اللبناني لحقوق العمال والموظفين" في هذا الإطار 29 حالة عنف موثقة ضد عمال سوريين، من خطف وعنف جسدي وسلب. هذا، وبقي المعتدين في معظم الحالات مجهولي الهوية، مما حال دون سوقهم من قبل السلطات اللبنانية إلى العدالة فضلاً عن تقصير الحكومة في اتخاذ التدابير التي من شأنها...

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The continuing unrest in Syria is resulting in a growing influx of Syrian refugees to Lebanon. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has registered over 57,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon (September 7, 2012) while many refugees are awaiting registration.

This report was prepared by ANND in cooperation with its member from 10 Arab countries. It is considered a result of the new direction that was followed after the revolution outbreak in the region. It is the first report of the Arab Watch for social and economic rights.

UN-Related Publication | January 2013
Benghazi so Far: A View from Inside the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) by Georges Nasr
I joined the UN Support Mission in Libya, known by its acronym UNSMIL, in early 2012 as Head of Office in Benghazi. Established by Security Council resolution 2009, the Mission’s mandate is to support Libya’s democratic transition by facilitating political dialogue and delivering targeted technical support in the areas of electoral assistance, constitution drafting, human rights, transitional justice and public security. UNSMIL also has a mandate to...

As part of the assessment support mission, capacity assessment requested by the WASH partners to be carried out, the assessment team developed a Capacity Assessment Tool designed to collect information covering aspects, such as, profile, WASH response, WASH activities, transpo