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 has launched a new event series in September 2016, titled Gender Afterworks. Gender Afterworks are an open informal café for discussion, aiming at creating informal spaces for discussion between scholars, experts, practitioners, activists and the general public on themes pertaining to gender in Lebanon. These events will be hosted regularly by Lebanon Support with partner organisations. The second Gender Afterworks will take place on the 24th of November 2016, from 5:30pm to 7pm, at Dawawine, Gemmayze (al-Arz street, Akkar building/BLOM Bank building, 2nd floor, near Bank Audi...

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...

Lebanon Support is launching a new event series in September 2016, titled Gender Afterworks. Gender Afterworks are an open informal café for discussion, aiming at creating informal spaces for discussion between scholars, experts, practitioners, activists and the general public on themes pertaining to gender in Lebanon. These events will be hosted regularly by Lebanon Support with partner organisations. The first Gender Afterworks will take place on the 22nd of September 2016, 5:30pm, at the Smallville Hotel’s garden. It is organised in partnership with the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering...

دورة المعلم المرشدمعالبروفسور د. هدى الحسيني بيبيفي الجمعة 29 تمّوز 2016 من الساعة 12 ظهرا وحتى الساعة الخامسة بعد الظهر- 5 ساعاتوالسبت 30 تمّوز 2016 من الساعة 9 صباحا وحتى الساعة الثانية بعد الظهر – 5 ساعاتمركز توفيق طبارة, الطابق الخامس, بيروت“للراغبين بالمشاركة الرجاء تأكيد الحضور”رسم الاشتراك 300 ألف ليرة لبنانية فقط لا غير,يحصل المشاركين في الدورة على شهادة مشاركة.For registration and Inquiry, contact us on hoda.bibi@gmail.com and 71/738059 See: http://www.taaheel.net/414/ Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1245396845490591/

Lebanon Support cordially invites you to a roundtable on: Syrian Refugees’ Livelihoods in Lebanon: Constraining Legislations and Increased Informality. Presentation of primary fieldwork findings by Lebanon Support Although the Lebanese economy has a long history of relying on the presence of foreign - and especially Syrian - labour, the influx of refugees as of 2011 has had its impact on the Lebanese labour market. As a reaction to the deteriorating labour conditions both Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees are facing, the Lebanese government has adopted a set of new restrictions and...

Proud Lebanon is pleased to organize its first workshop in Tripoli: “Gender and Diversity in the Lebanese society”. The workshop will take place in Tripoli, on Saturday 9th of July 2016 between 9.30AM and 4.00PM. Proud Lebanon is a nonprofit civil society working to achieve protection, empowerment and equality to marginalized groups through community service activities. Proud is dedicated to build a healthy empowered community in Lebanon and the region, where people are effectively empowered and participate in democratic processes that affect their lives and their communities. Background:In...

  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...

  This is a RFQ for a full day catering event taking place on September 3rd. Quotation should include below items:    1)      On Going Coffee Break for around 140 attendee that Includes:   a)      Drinks (Hot (Black coffee, Coffee, Tea) & Cold (Juice, Soft Drinks, Water) b)      Morning Break at 8 am : around 5 to 6 pcs / person with Salty and Sweets: Mini Manakich (Cheese, Zaatar), Mini Croissant (Almond, Cheese, Chocolate), Mini Muffins, Mini Doughnuts, Chocolate Chip Cookies or anything else c)      Second Break at 11 am: around 4 to 5 pcs / person : 2 salty items and 2 to 3 sweets   PS: 1)...

إعلان عن دورةبطارية الإختبارات النمائيةوذلك نهار السبت الواقع في 4 حزيران 2016يحصل المشارك على شهادة مشاركة ورخصة التطبيقللاستفسار والتسجيل الاتصال بمهلة أقصاها 3 / 6 /2016BDA Training announcementTaaheel proudly announces a BDA Training Workshopon Saturday, June 4th, 2016at Taaheel Center from 9 am to 2 pmFor registration and Inquiry, contact us 01/71/738059 Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1543760152593635/

تعلن الجمعية اللبنانية للتأهيل والتنمية " تأهيل" وبمناسبة شهر رمضان المبارك عن تشخيص مجاني (بطارية الإختبارات النمائية) للتلاميذ الذين يعانون من صعوبات تعلّمية وذلك أيام الجمعة والسبت في 3 و4 حزيران 2016. لمزيد من المعلومات الاتصال على الأرقام التالية:738059-71-01 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/290731424601277/

تعلن الجمعية اللبنانية للتأهيل والتنمية " تأهيل" وبمناسبة شهر رمضان المبارك عن تشخيص مجاني (بطارية الإختبارات النمائية) للتلاميذ الذين يعانون من صعوبات تعلّمية وذلك أيام الجمعة والسبت في 3 و4 حزيران 2016. لمزيد من المعلومات الاتصال على الأرقام التالية:738059-71-01 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/290731424601277/

The Word Humanitarian Summit will be held in Istanbul on May 23rd and 24th. Local civil society in Lebanon has been engaged in the preparation process for the past 2 years. One month ago, Lebanon Support and Amel published a call for papers on glocalization of humanitarian action, to produce evidence on Lebanese innovative practices in relation with humanitarian action, availableon this link. Moreover and recently, an open letter was drafted in relation with key concerns which were raised during the consultation and publication processes. This letter is now open for signature and availableon...

The Building a Better Response (BBR) project has launched a series of integrated learning workshops to strengthen NGO capacity on the international humanitarian architecture. These 3-day workshops for NGO staff will build on the BBR e-learning course (www.BuildingABetterResponse.org) to improve understanding of the international coordination system and help participants identify where they can take action and engage directly within the system.   The next Arabic workshop is scheduled to take place in Beirut, Lebanon, May 16-18, 2016.   If you are interested in attending this Arabic  workshops...

International Alert and Lebanon Support have the pleasure to invite you to a roundtable discussion on the local security responses to the Syrian refugee crisis. The roundtable aims to stimulate discussion on the preliminary findings of Lebanon Support’s research on local security dynamics in three locations in Lebanon. It furthers aims to prompt a reflection on approaches to ensuring security at the local level. To stimulate the discussion, speakers from Jordan’s Syrian Refugee Affairs Directorate, Siren Associates and AJEM will share their experiences from initiatives supporting and...

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...

Presentation of primary fieldwork findings by Lebanon Support While Lebanese State policies and measures launched in October 2014 have been initially designed to formalise the presence and control the influx of syrian refugees in Lebanon, these regulations have, in practice, led to a set of incoherent procedures when it comes to obtaining and renewing residencies and/or work permits. This has contributed to further distancing between Lebanese state institutions and refugees. This was intensified by the unclear, supposedly mediating, role of international organizations, as well as the...