Events

France Volontaires is organizing at the French Institute, Damascus Street, on November 12th on “Volunteerism and citizenship for the protection of the environment in Lebanon”. The conference will be in French. Info and subscriptions: ev.liban@france-volontaires.org 76 311 479 Subscription is mandatory before 9 novembre

Balsam is organizing a fundraising gala dinner in a magical, beautiful and entertaining night at La Magnanerie; to sustain its activities and support for the seriously ill patients and their families in Lebanon. For information about tickets; kindly contact: 01-748574 or inbox us on FB or email info@balsam-lb.org

The Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) in collaboration with the Lebanese American University (LAU) and the Centre for International Teacher Education in South Africa (CITE)    cordially invites to an open seminar    Teacher Education in Lebanon and South Africa: Current approaches and challenges   1st of October 2015   Lebanese American University, Beirut Irwin Hall Auditorium 8.30 am to 1.30 pm    Event is English. Unfortunately simultaneous translation is UNAVAILABLE.    Registration at 8am For registration please send an email to   rbahous@lau.edu.lb or call: Tel. 00 961 1 786456 (ext. 1116...

برعاية معالي وزير الشؤون الإجتماعية الأستاذ رشيد درباس، ضمن إطار برنامج "موزاييك" الممول من السفارة الإيطالية في بيروت، تتشرف وزارة الشؤون الإجتماعية بالشراكة مع جمعية دار الطفل اللبناني ومنظمة أبعاد بدعوتكم/ن إلى: حفل إطلاق وثيقة سياسة حماية الطفل الموحدة الخاصة بالمؤسسات والجمعيات الأهلية العاملة مع الأطفال في لبنان مشاركتكم/ن تسرنا للمزيد من المعلومات، اضغظ/ي هنا   For the information in English, please click here

أمام الانتماءات المتضاربة، كيف لمكونات المواطنة أن تكون هوية جامعة ؟Face aux appartenances conflictuelles, comment les composantes de la citoyenneté pourraient-elles devenir une identité fédératrice?In face of the conflicting belongings, how could the components of citizenship be a uniting identity?   Where does national belonging stands in respect of political, religious, communitary and cultural ones?Is there still a way for a citizenship identity?How could it emerge, based on equality in people's rights and duties, and how could it become a reconcialing plateform among all identities? This...

himaya, local NGO founded in 2009, whose mission is to promote an environment suitable for the development of the child, and ensure a global protection of children in Lebanon via fighting and preventing all types of abuse, is proud to invite you to its first annual symposium; Under the Patronage of Mrs. Lama Tammam Salam: "Building and strengthening resilience in child protection: A multisectorial approach" Meet us on Friday June 12 and Saturday June 13 at The Faculty of Medical Science at 8:30 am! We'll be sharing the 2 day Program soon so stay tuned! For more info : himaya@himaya.org 71-802...

Nabras Foundation organized a graduation event for the IT Students that have been graduated in the previous courses.

On Friday May 22 an event will take place at Crowne Plaza Hotel, in collaboration with the Inclusion Network, to launch the publication “Inclusive School Model. Guide for Inclusive School System”. It is the final event of an Italian funded project aimed at promoting inclusion of children with special needs in Lebanese primary schools, implemented by the Italian NGO Gruppo di Volontariato Civile (GVC) and the Lebanese one Youth Association of the Blind (YAB). The project has been co-funded by the Italian MFA.

Conference on the Syrian Refugee Crisis The Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University is organizing, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a two-day conference on: The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Policies of Receiving Countries and Crisis Impact on Displaced Syrians and Receiving Societies Date: March 27-28, 2015 Venue: Lebanese American University - Beirut, Lebanon The Conference will be in both English and Arabic. Important Dates: Call for papers (Thursday 27, November 2014)Abstract due on January 10, 2015 (250-300 words)Decision on Abstracts by January 18...

Too many reasons to celebrate! Lebanon Support would like to invite you to a celebration of its almost ten years of existence and work. Since it was founded in 2006, Lebanon Support has launched two online platforms – Daleel Madani, the civil society portal which has over 1,300 organisations registered and on the directory; and CSKC, the Civil Society Knowledge Centre (launched in 2013) which is an online space for original tools, research, and analysis addressing civil society issues in Lebanon. Lebanon Support’s latest endeavour is the Civil Society Review, a yearly peer-reviewed publication...

Under the patronage of the Beirut Bar Association, Justice Without Frontiers will launch  "Women's Access To Justice- Phase 2" program that will be implemented in Lebanon in partnership with Oxfam GB and  funded by the ministry of foreign affairs of Finland. The launching event will take place at Maison de L'AVOCAT- Beirut, 1st floor on 26th of March 2015 at 11 am. This program aims to provide equal and equitable access to formal and informal justice for poor and vulnerables women through interventions at the personal, comunity, systemic and regional level.

  The Centre for Lebanese Studies, The Carnegie Middle East Center, and  the Danish Institute in Damascus cordially invite to a one day conference entitled:   Youth Marginalization and Radicalization Amid the Syrian Crisis     EVENT DETAILS DATE Thursday, March 19, 2015 TIME 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. LOCATION Carnegie Middle East Center, Emir Bechir Street, Lazarieh Tower, Bldg. No. 2026 1210, 5th flr., Downtown Beirut SPEAKERS Mario Abou Zeid, Haneen Al Sayyed, Lars Erslev Andersen, Tobias Gemmerlie, Lina Khatib, Kamel Kosbar, Nizar Saghiyeh, Maha Shuayb CONTACT...

We are looking forward to see you all to give tribute to a woman who fought for Women’s Rights for more than 60 years. Throughout her career, Linda Matar has taken the issue of women’s rights upon herself and lobbied for amending laws that discriminate against women. [facebook event]

MUPP-MUD City Debates 2015Other Gentrifications: Urban Change beyond the Core Architecture Lecture Hall, Department of Architecture and DesignAmerican University of BeirutThe Graduate Programs in Urban Planning, Policy and Design (MUPP-MUD)In collaboration with the AUB Neighborhood Initiative THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, 4 MARCH 2015[INTRODUCTION COFFEE 4:00 - 4:30 PM] 4:30 - 5:00 PM OPENING SESSION• Dean Makram Suidan (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut)• Robert Saliba (MUPP/MUD-ArD, American University of Beirut). Welcome...

برعاية معالي وزير الشؤون الإجتماعية الأستاذ رشيد درباس المحترمتتشرّف مؤسسة أبعاد – مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين وبالشراكة مع "جمعية إنقاذ الطفل"بدعوتكم/كن لحضور حفل إطلاق دليل تدريبي بعنوان"برنامج الأبوّة الإيجابية" "Program P" الزمان: يوم الأربعاء الموافق في 25 شباط 2015 من الساعة 10 صباحاً وحتى 12:00 ظهراًالمكان: فندق مونرو – وسط بيروت يهدف حفل الإطلاق إلى تعريف الحاضرين/ات بدليل "الأبوّة الإيجابية" "Program P" الذي يوفّر إستراتيجيات ملموسة وخطوات عمليّة لإشراك الرجال في أدوار الأبوّة بصورةٍ إيجابية لاعنفية وفعّالة، منذ مرحلة الحمل وحتى مرحلة الطفولة المبكرة. كما ويحدّد الدليل...

The Lebanese Association for History in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands,                        the Center for Applied Research in Education at Notre Dame University-Louaize,               and the Centre for Lebanese Studies has the pleasure of inviting you to the launching of   « Developing History Teachers’ Capacity to Foster Historical Thinking » that provides a one year intensive training  by international experts, support sessions by LAH team, and peer mentoring to support history teachers in promoting historical thinking in classrooms   The ceremony will take...