Event Planning and Management

1. PROJECT BACKGROUND

Funded by l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Denmark’s development cooperation (Danida), the Shabake Project (2019-2022) was designed within the framework of the localization of aid agenda and the need to strengthen Lebanese NGO capacities to respond to crises generally and to the Syrian-refugee crisis in Lebanon specifically.

The project aimed to support around 13 Lebanese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to become lasting, key players in mitigating and ameliorating the effects of the multiple crises that have been impacting Lebanon for the past several years to date. To this end, the Shabake capacity-reinforcement project is divided in four main components:

• Component 1: Building on the strengths, assets, capacities, and skills of the local Lebanese NGOs selected for a grant award.
• Component 2: Having each NGO partner implement a crisis-response project to reduce vulnerabilities.
• Component 3: Improving and/or integrating the participation of NGO partners in the development-aid ecosystem through networking events, knowledge exchange, and the promotion of a localization framework for Lebanon.
• Component 4: Supporting local NGOs in their implementation of innovative economic recovery and livelihood projects following the Beirut Port Explosions.

Following the lessons learned in Phase 1, the Shabake 2 project (2022-2024) rebalances the objectives with increased attention to the rapid and concrete effects that NGO grants will achieve on the ground. The overall objective of the project is to strengthen social cohesion and support peace and stability by accompanying local NGOs in their key crisis management role and providing sustainable support to vulnerable host communities and Syrian refugees.

It aims to strengthen purpose-driven, technically sound, and locally rooted NGOs to support their abilities in weathering the crises as they arise, gaining greater financial autonomy and contributing to Lebanon's recovery. An emergency response component, funded by the Crisis Centre (CDCS) of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), is included in the programme, which makes it possible to articulate different French emergency and development instruments as part of a comprehensive approach to support Lebanese CSOs.

The project is structured around three components:

1. Enable NGOs to be trusted partners in the implementation of vulnerability reduction projects and thematic actions.
2. Support local NGOs in their efforts to respond effectively to ongoing emergencies and crises in Lebanon.

Strengthen the technical and organizational capacities and the economic model of partner NGOs for a better localization of aid for the benefit of vulnerable populations.

2. SERVICES DESCRIPTION

Expertise France wishes to hold a 2-in-1 event (closing of Shabake 1 and launch of Shabake 2), celebrating the accomplishments of the Shabake 1 project and its NGO partners, and transitioning into the launch of the Shabake 2 project. The event is expected to be a highly visible one, spanning around 6 hours in one day.  Invitees will include representatives of civil society organizations, international non-governmental organizations, institutional funders and donors, international governmental agencies, local public administration, and civil society experts.

Therefore, the Shabake Project is seeking the services of an Event Management Company to support the Shabake project team in planning and organizing this event.

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