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The purpose of the conference The purpose of the conference, Financial secrecy, society and vested interests, is to facilitate and accelerate an international and interdisciplinary approach in order to discuss important questions such as: What are the negative impacts of secrecy and information asymmetry on the global economy and sustainable development? Why are efforts to deal with secrecy and anonymity met with resistance? What reforms are reasonable and achievable? The conference is based on the understanding of the following: Global financial integration has developed much faster...

COSV is pleased to invite you to “Think Globally, Act Locally” seminar. The workshop will take place within the framework of the “CleanEnerTec” project - Towards Clean Energy Technologies and Innovative Environmental Solutions in Lebanon funded by the EUROPEAN UNION and developed by 2 main partners: the Italian organization COSV and the Lebanese Association ALMEE. Please find here the workshop AGENDA:  http://goo.gl/enidg The seminar will develop a discussion on policies instruments for the development of renewable and clean energies at municipal level. Presentation, analysis and evaluation...

  Media & Money Unconference @ AltCity, Beirut - Sat Sept 29th Please join us for a 1-day practical “unconference” on how to make money through media! As part of AltCity’s fall events, we're organizing a BarCamp on Media & Money on Saturday September 29, 10am - 5pm. It is open to anyone interested in learning about how to make money through media...with all the wonders and benefits and challenges that come from running a media-related business in Lebanon! How can media startups in Lebanon benefit from new trends and opportunities to monetize content and develop revenue streams? How can we...

دعوة إلى المؤتمر الدولي الثاني"قصتنا قصة: السياسة في أدب الأطفال "16-17 حزيران 2012 يضم المؤتمر نخبة من أدباء ورسامي أدب الأطفال من لبنان:دافيد حبشي- جنى طرابلسي- حسان زهر الدين- سماح ادريسسوريا: بيان الصفديفلسطين:دنيس أسعدمصر: غادة الزياتالأردن: فلورا مجدلاوي الكويت:علي عاشورايران: ليلي يزديالسويد:أولف نلسونالمكسيك: أمبر باستبريطانيا : أنا برانيناالنروج : ليز مانوكيالبرازيل: تاينيز سوراس OUR 2 Day ProgramOUR PROGRAM:DAY1Saturday, June 16, 20129.00-10.00 : Opening10.00-12.00: First session: Political Attitudes & Values in Children’s BooksParticipants: Jana Traboulsi (Lebanon)Flora Majdalawi...

تحت شعار "انا كمان بصّوت...القانون لازم يحميني"تنظّم جمعية حلم "اليوم العالمي لمناهضة رهاب المثلية ورهاب المتحولات والمتحولين جنسياً ومتغيّري النوع الاجتماعي" لهذا العام.بهذه المناسبة، ندعوكم صديقاتنا واصدقاءنا، ناشطين وناشطات، جمعيات وأفراد، للتضامن معنا في هذا اليوم، الذي سيسلط الضوء على جميع أنواع العنف و التمييز والإقصاء الذي يتعرض له المثليون/ات، ثنائيو/ات الميول الجنسية ومتغيرّو النوع الاجتماعي والمتحولون/ات جنسياً في المجتمع اللبناني. المجتمع الذي يُعرف بأنه "منفتح" و "مثقف".يقولون أن القانون يجرمنا، عاداتنا وتقاليدنا توصمنا، الدين يُكَفِّرُنا، المجتمع يقصينا ويهمشنا .... ونحن نقول بأن...

Mustafa Barghouthi, Keynote SpeakerPalestine and the Arab Uprisings: Repercussions and ReassessmentDate: Thursday, 31 May, 2012Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pmVenue: Habib Aziz Maamari Auditorium, Olayan School of Business (OSB), AUB Arab Uprisings Symposium: Critically Assessing the Changing Landscape of Power and Players Mustafa Barghouthi a nominee of the Nobel Peace Prize is a member of the Palestinian parliament; former Minister of Information under the 2007 National Unity Government; 2005 presidential candidate; General Secretary of the ,Palestinian National Initiative; physician; social political...

International SeminarApril – September 2012 CRA'P seminars 2012 ARTWORKS & LANDMARKSContemporary Arts Practice & ContextsThe Seminar artworks & landmarks intends to approach the cross-disciplinary / inter-media practices of contemporary artworks, with the intention to breakdown boundaries and to emphasize and interrogate its cultural rather than its disciplinary contexts. Artworks & Landmarks are the two main subjects that inform and frame the activities, discourse and development of the Seminar. The overall objective of this seminar is to question and expand the notion of contemporary art...

On the occaison of the release of Judge John Qazzi's book "A Trip of a Lifetime to Nationality", and the reopening of the debate on women's right to grant Nationality to their Children. The Legal Agenda Women's Nationality Right Campaign KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation Organization Cordially invite you to the conference under the title: "The Judge and Women's Right to Nationality". Speakers include Judge John Qazzi, Mrs. Saadah Allaw (Assafir Journalist), Mrs. Lina Abu Habib (Women's Nationality Right Campaign) and Mrs. Zoya Rouhana (Kafa 'Enough' Violence & Exploitation). The debate...

International Colloquium Organized by the Faculty of Business and Commercial Sciences at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Jointly with the Arab Society of Faculties of Business, Economic and Political Sciences   Date: April 2 and 3, 2012 [Official opening session on April 2, 2012 at 10:00 am] Place: John-Paul II Amphitheater - USEK Main Campus * Early Bird untill February 3, 2012 For registration please visit www.usekic2012.com

The Legal Agenda A non-profit research organization, registered under the number 2360 on 22-12-2009 Cordially invites you to a seminar entitled “Out of Order Judicial Committees: Denying Access to Justice to Vulnerable Social Groups” Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 18:00 “Université pour Tous” building, 107 Saint Joseph University street (Entrance through the Saint Joseph Church parking) In the context of monitoring judicial work, the Legal Agenda will examine the blockage of several Judicial Committees, some of which have been inoperative since their creation. This is the case of the “Committee...

American University of Beirut, The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs And Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies Cordially invites you to a lecture and open discussion with Francois Burgat, Director of the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) Political Islam through Arab revolutions Tuesday, March 27. 5:00–6:30 pm Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, AUB   Dr. Francois Burgat is a political scientist and senior researcher at Centre National du Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Currently based in Beyrouth, Burgat is the Director of the French Institute...

International Symposium:  The Arab Uprisings:Sociological Perspectives and Geographical Comparisons -- 20th and 21th of March 2012   Venue: Auditorium A, West Hall, American University of Beirut   Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies (SOAM) - American University of Beirut (AUB) Lebanese Sociological Association (LSA) Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (Lebanon) International Sociological Association (ISA) Qatar University     Organizing Committee: Sari Hanafi (SAOM-AUB), Chebib Diab (LSA), Michael Burawoy (ISA), Samir Farah (FES).   Open to Public Languages: Arabic and English...

Adyan Foundation has the great pleasure to invite you to the Conference on Education on Citizenship and Coexistence in Lebanon, under the Patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Education and Higher Education Professor Hassan Diab, and in partnership with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Beirut, held on Thursday 15th March 2012 at 4:00 PM, in Issam Fares Hall, American University of Beirut. Looking forward for your participation in this event that portrays the common will of cooperation for strengthening education on coexistence on Lebanon,     Please confirm...

The forum aims to promote social entrepreneurship as a new business model in Lebanon. It will use real cases from Lebanon to enable participants and experts in defining the concept and the criteria for social entreprises in Lebanon, as well as proposing solutions to possible challenges.

The Lebanese Emigration Research Center at Notre Dame University - Louaizé has the pleasure of inviting you to a lecture entitled “Mixed Methods Research: Making the Best of Both Worlds” Lecture This seminar will discuss the value of mixed-method research designs, which combine qualitative and quantitative research strategies.  It will be argued that the research question/s be examined from various vantage points, allowing for greater depth of insight.  Further, through the process of triangulation, researchers are able to validate their findings from multiple vantage points.  It will be shown...

Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program - Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS)and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in collaboration with Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN)cordially invites you to a lecture with: Renato S. Maluf - Professor at the Federal Rural University, Rio de JaneiroPresident of the National Council of Food and Nutrition Security, BrazilPublic Policies and ”Institutional Framework for Food and Nutrition:Sovereignty and Security" The Brazilian Experience...

‏A presentation of the report will be held focusing on the context of internal elections of 28 lebanese political parties‪,‬ in addition ‏to the legal context of these elections Date & Time: Thursday February 16th, 2012 @ 11:00 AM Place: UNESCO Palace, Beirut

Institut français du Proche-Orient Syrie - Liban - Jordanie - Irak – T. Palestiniens Le Département scientifique des études contemporaines vous invite à une Conférence de Jad Chaabane (Professeur d’économie à l’Université américaine de Beyrouth) et  Adib Bou Habib (Secrétaire général de la Fédération des travailleurs de l’imprimerie) « La question des salaires une question sociale entre économie et politique » Modérateur Karam Karam, chercheur associé à l’Ifpo en langue arabe avec traduction simultanée  Mardi 14 février 2012, de 18h00 à 20h00 Salle de conférences de l’Institut Français du...