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The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, the Arab NGO Network for Development, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the United Nations Democracy Fund, and the Global Policy Forum cordially invite you to an international workshop

 

Strengthening Public Policies for the 2030 Agenda

 

Click here for full agenda (English): http://website.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2017-2018/20171130_inter…

Agenda (Arabic): http://website.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2017-2018/20171130_inter…

 

November 30th &...

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...

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 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...

Today, Lebanon faces significant environmental and social challenges that require innovative solutions. This opens the doors for high impact social enterprises to play a significant role in redesigning Lebanon's future in sectors such as environment, education, and health. We think it's time for you to be part of this movement! Whether you have an existing social enterprise, or have an awesome startup idea and are hoping to shake things up, this session's for you! Join us on the 21st of September to take the first step to grow your social enterprise through SoUK.LB and hear from other amazing...

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 a le plaisir de vous inviter aux journées d’études internationales « Liban-Syrie : circulations et réactivations des réseaux militants en guerre (2011-2017) » co-organisées en partenariat avec l’ERC Wafaw et l’IREMAM, et qui se dérouleront le 20 et 21 juin 2017 à MMSH, Aix-en-Provence. Lebanon Support is happy to invite you to the international workshop on “Lebanon-Syria: circulations and reactivations of activist networks in times of war (2011-2017)” co-organised with ERC Wafaw and Iremam, and which will take place on the 20th and 21st June 2017 at MMSH, Aix-en-Provence...

At a time when LGBTQI individuals’ rights in Lebanon are being violated, distorted, and neglected; there are still those who seek to highlight these rights as an intrinsic part of Human Rights as a whole. Proud Lebanon is a non-profit, non-religious, non-political, non-partisan civil society organization, that dedicates itself to building a healthy society in Lebanon and the region, one where people would be effectively empowered and would participate in the democratic processes that affect their lives and their communities. Therefore, Proud Lebanon is organizing and hosting this year’s IDAHOT...

Clear and Persuasive Communication: Speechwriting, Presentation, Advocacy and Policy Influencing Lebanon Support is pleased to invite you to its first open workshop as part of its Civil Society Incubator on Clear and Persuasive communication, with Thomas Hart. The workshop will address how to prepare, structure, and style writing, in order to achieve effective and memorable communication. Specifically, the workshop will focus on speechwriting and presentation writing, as well as how to incorporate clear and persuasive communication in advocacy and influence policy The Civil Society Incubator...

The art and science of public speaking can be acquired with some help from… Canada. From theater, to radio, to TV, to auditoriums, speaking in front of up to a 1000 persons, this Lebanese-Canadian Public Relations Consultant and TED speaker, Ms. Lamia Charlebois, has learned many North American tips and tricks that she will share during 4 hours, and then return to Montreal.  At this workshop you will learn about: - The text: lead, messages, main axis, the 5 W, conclusion, punch line.- Body language, gestures, props, icebreakers, anecdotes, emotions, pauses, gaffes, notes, dress code...