Events

To mark the closure of their project “Improving the socio-economic living conditions of the populations of six Lebanese villages”, funded by AFD, NGOs CCFD-Terre Solidaire, Mouvement Social, Mada and Fair Trade Lebanon organize a national forum entitled “Contributing to social cohesion by supporting local development, Results and perspectives on a project conducted in 6 Lebanese villages affected by the Syrian crisis” on Monday November 28th 2016 from 9:30 am to 1pm at French Institute in Beirut. The conference will be in Arabic and French. For over five years, Lebanon has been facing a...

Lebanon Support cordially invites you to a roundtable on: Access to healthcare for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon. The reproduction of a failed system? Presentation of primary fieldwork findings by Lebanon Support The ineffective public healthcare system in Lebanon is leading its residents to resort to private health services, which implies high costs for patients. In this context – already prior to the Syrian refugee crisis – NGOs, religious organisations, and charities have taken over certain areas of healthcare, thus leading to a highly fragmented distribution of medical provision. Since...

  Under the high patronage of the Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs H.E. Nabil De Freij, Fair Trade Lebanon, in partnership with Mouvement Social, Baskinta Baytouna & Suburbs and the municipality of Baskinta, is honored to organize the 10th International Fair Trade Towns Conference on July 2nd at the College Saint Pierre in Baskinta. The event constitutes the outcome of the "Lebanese Fair Trade Towns" project implemented by Fair Trade Lebanon and Mouvement Social, financed by the European Union and supervised by the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative...

يتشرف المجلس العربي للموهوبين والمتفوقينوالجمعية اللبنانية للتنمية والتأهيلبدعوتكم لحضور ندوة بعنوان : من التعب العصبي إلى الكاروشي : أسباب ووقايةتُقدّم الندوة الدكتورة نعيمة بن يعقوبسفيرة المجلس العربي للموهوبين والمتفوقين في الجزائر المكان : تأهيل - مركزتوفيق طبارة, ط5, شارع طبارة, الظريف, بيروتالزمان : يوم السبت 4 حزيران 2016 من الساعة 10 حتى 1 ظهراللاعتذار او التأكيد يرجى الاتصال : 01/71/738059 Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/268401170178401/ 

The conference will be in English and Arabic, with simultaneous translation available May 12 - Day One:Session One 12:00 - 2:00Russia and the Arab World Alexander Zasypkin, Ambassador of Russia to Lebanon, IntroductionNikolay Kozhanov, Nonresident Scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Center,“The Russian -Arab Relations Today”Talal Nizameddin, Dean of Student Affairs at AUB, “The Making of Russia’sForeign Policy Today”   May 13 - Day Two:Session Two 10:00 - 12:00Religion, Nationalism, and Geopolitics Antoine Courban, Professor at the Saint Joseph University in Beirut,“On Religion and Nationalism in...

Please follow this link for more info: http://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Pages/msf_conference.aspx For Arabic: http://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2015-2016/20160504_msf/20160… A two-day conference marking 40-years Médecins Sans Frontières’s (MSF) work in conflict, co-organized with the American University of Beirut. This conference will critically examine some of the contemporary challenges to humanitarian action across different war geographies within and beyond the Middle East. The event will bring together researchers, academics, and practitioners working in and on the...

Invitation for the closing event of the project "Better Together: A Youth-Led Approach to Peaceful Coexistence" The European Union and Search for Common Ground-Lebanon are delighted to invite you to attend the closing event of the project ‘Better Together: A Youth-Led Approach to Peaceful Coexistence’. The event will include the screening of a documentary which captures the journey of those involved in the project over the past year and will be followed by a panel discussion on the successes and challenges arising from the implementation of such projects in the Lebanese context. The...

Freedom is not self-evident. Not even in the Netherlands. Although the Netherlands has a long tradition in freedom and secularism, there was a need to found a secular Humanist organization. Seventy years ago the Dutch Humanists started as a non-religious life-stance organization in a very religious society. It was a plea for equality, free choice, and humanist moral standards. Seventy years later the Netherlands is one of the most secularized countries in the world. What does this do to society? Can humanism be the moral standard for a secular society worldwide? In this lecture I want to share...

  Bringing Vocational Education into Mainstream Schooling  The panel discussion will focus on the tenuous relationship between mainstream 'academic' schooling and vocational education at pre-tertiary level in Lebanon. Moderator: Dr. Anies Al-Hroub, Chairperson of the Department of Education, American University of Beirut Panelists: Mr. Ahmed Diab, Director General of Technical and Vocational Education in Lebanon Dr. Barend Vlaardingerbroek, Associate Professor, American University of Beirut Note: This lecture will be in English & Arabic with simultaneous interpretation

حضرة أعضاء "التحالف لإعداد وحشد التأييد لتقرير الإستعراض الدوري الشامل الخاص بسوريا"  AWSURAالكرام، حضرة الزملاء والزميلات في منظمات وجمعيات المجتمع المدني، المهتمة بدعم تقارير UPR خاصة بسوريا، الكرام تحية طيبة وبعد، مع إقتراب مهلة تقديم تقارير الإستعراض الدوري الشامل (الدورة الثانية لسوريا- الجلسة 26) لمنظمات المجتمع المدني على الإنتهاء، والتي تصادف في 24 آذار (مارس) 2016، تدعوكم اللجنة المشرفة على إعداد تقرير التحالف للقاء تشاوري لعرض مسودة التقرير ومناقشة التوصيات، على أمل أن نتمكن من إرسال مسودة التقرير (لأعضاء التحالف) قبل موعد اللقاء حيث أنه في مراحله الاخيرة v     سوف يعقد لقاء غازي...

Le Département d’Histoire de la Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines a le plaisir de vous inviter à une conférence de Monsieur Henry Laurens, Professeur au Collège de France Histoire et génocide Mardi 16 février 2016 à 18h Université Saint-Joseph, Campus des sciences humaines, Bâtiment C, 5e étage, salle polyvalente Pour tout renseignement, contacter Mme Micheline Nasrallah au 01 421 000 – ext. 5129 ou carla.edde@usj.edu.lb

Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship Arab Studies Institute's   2nd Annual Conference: Academia and Social Justice March 11-13, 2016 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hamra The Academia and Social Justice conference is bringing together academics, students and practitioners from across the region and internationally to discuss the role of academic institutions and actors in the debates on and promotion of social justice. Around 33 papers will be presented in 10 panels across three days on topics such as academia and the marketplace, pedagogy for social justice, student activism, knowledge...

بمناسبة الثامن من أذار يوم المرأة العالمي       يتشرف مركز الأطفال والفتوة بدعوتكم لحضورندوة حول:        وضع المرأة الفلسطينية في ظل المتغيرات الراهنة         تقدمها الأخت المناضلة سـمر العلمي          يتخلل اللقاء بعض الرقصات لأطفال المركز    وذلك يوم الثلاثاء 8 أذار 2016الساعة 3:00 بعد الظهر      في مركز الأطفال والفتوة- مخيم شاتيلا 

Public Lecture by  Professor Yang Jiemian President Emeritus, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies  Monday, March 7th, 2016, 5pm-7pm Issam Fares Institute, Conference Room, 4th floor - AUB (Green Oval) Where do contemporary Chinese diplomatic approaches and practices derive from, and what are the theoretical and historical sources behind its “independent foreign policy of peace"? And how to understand China’s current foreign policy strategy in the light of its founding theories? To what extent is China providing an alternative to the world superpowers conception of a new kind of...

I would like to draw your attention to an upcoming lecture by Dr. Joanne Liu, the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). It is in collaboration with MSF and it is taking place at the Issam Fares Institute Auditorium, this Friday 4 March, at 5.30pm. Further details can be found in the email announcement below and/or by clicking here for the event poster.   Dr. Liu’s talk, ‘Doctors on the Frontlines: Medical Humanitarian Challenges’, will focus on the challenges that MSF faces in its operations, and special attention will be given to its activities in this region, in addition...

 إنه لمن دواعي سرورنا أن نحيطكم/ن علماً بأنه، وبالتعاون مع منظمة أبعاد (مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين) في لبنان، تم إطلاق جائزة منارة، وهي المسابقة الإقليمية الأولى التي تسلط الضوء على الممارسات الناجحة نحو تحقيق المساواة بين الجنسين في الأردن ولبنان وفلسطين المحتلة. إن فترة تقديم الطلبات لا تزال مفتوحة لغاية 20 آذار 2016. للتعرّف أكثر على معايير المشاركة وآلية تقديم الطلبات واختيار الفائزين/ات، ندعوكم/ن للمشاركة في الجلسة التعريفية المزمع عقدها في بيروت: التاريخ والتوقيت: ٢ آذار ٢٠١٦، ١٢-٣ ب.ظ المكان: فندق الكومودور، بيروت لتأكيد المشاركة، يرجى ملء النموذج المرفق وإرساله إلى السيدة لمى...

"Women on the Front Lines", WOFL, 2016 4th annual conference will be organized on Tuesday March 1rst, 2016 at Phoenicia Hotel. WOFL conference will bring very high caliber & influential women who have inspired changes in the field of Politics, Entrepreneurship,Film industry and will host relatives of Jihadists who will share their experience with the audience.   For more info visit: https://wofl2016.eventbrite.com/ or call us on: 01/256220- 03/103043

  The Arab Revolutions: Five Years On The Arduous Road of Democratization and Future Prospects   Please click here for the English conference program, and here for the Arabic program.  Simultaneous interpretation from Arabic to English and English to Arabic will be available for all panel discussions and keynote lectures. All panel discussions and keynote lectures are open to the public. 21- 23 January 2016 l l l West Hall, AUB In association with the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs is pleased to announce...