Events

"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

Please follow this link for more information:    https://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2015-2016/20160201_sari_hana...  

  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...

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

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...

You are cordially invited to attend an information session about our new volunteering programs at Balsam on June 30, 2015, from 5:00-6:00pm in Balsam's office. The volunteering programs focus on fundraising& event planning, community awareness campaigns,administrative stuff, social media management, posters design as well as patient assistance. Kindly confirm your attendance by emailing j.abiramia@balsam-lb.org . or calling 01-748574

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...

"Don't ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"Be numerous to join us under the Fouad Chehab bridge on Monday 13th of April 2015 starting 1pm, so we can all complete the sentence:"Before I die I want Lebanon to..."There is still hope for this country!This call has been launched by the students of Notre-Dame de Jamhour, in collaboration with five NGOs: Live Love Beirut, Offre Joie, Lezem, The Third Voice for Lebanon (3VLebanon) and Sakker el Dekkene!!We expect all of you to show up and be the first to start building your country's history, a new history...

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...

  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...

One can not defend human rights without denouncing the most serious violations. Torture will never end in Lebanon without naming the alleged perpetrators, without proper investigation of allegations, without ending impunity. The first public court session against CLDH members for denouncing torture allegations will be held on March 17, 2015 at 09:00 am at Baadba Palace of Justice (publication court). We would like to invite you to attend the session in order to show support to CLDH, to human rights defenders' work in particular, and to freedom of expression in general. Since its inception in...

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...

  يسرّ شبكة المتطوّعين في مؤسّسة أديان الإعلان عن إنطلاق نشاطاتها لعام 2015، وفي هذا السيّاق نتشرّف بدعوتكم لحضور اللّقاء السنوي الأوّل للمتطوعين وسفراء الشبكة، والراغبين في الانتساب إليها، وذلك السبت، 31 كانون الثاني، 2015 من 4:00 إلى 6:00 مساءً، في كنيسة مار إلياس، وسط بيروت/ ساحة النجمة. هذا الاجتماع سيكون فرصة للتعرّف والانضمام إلى شبكة المتطوعين، وإطلاق رزنامة نشاطات عام 2015. البرنامج:  4:10   - 4:00          أهلاً وسهلا 5:45 –  4:10       رسالة  Agape                         عم نكسّر لنبني                             إيه في أمل                          بالنسبة لبكرا شو؟                ...

تتشرف جمعية في-مايل بالتعاون مع التجمع النسائي الديمقراطي اللبناني بدعوتكم\ن لحضور حفل إطلاق وثائقي من إعداد جاد غصن حول صورة المرأة في الإعلام والإعلان في لبنان بعنوان "صورة غب الطلب".الزمان: يوم الإثنين 8 كانون الأول 2014 الساعة 4:30 بعد الظهرالمكان: مسرح قصر الأونيسكو، بيروت يلي العرض نقاش حول الوثائقي. Fe-Male in partnership with Lebanese Women Democratic GatheringHas the pleasure to invite you to the launching of a Documentary about women’s image in media and ads Directed by Jad Ghosn and entitled “Image Upon Request”Date: Monday 8th of December 2014 at 4:30 p.m. Place: Unesco Palace...

Come and celebrate the International Volunteer Day (Dec, 5th, 2014) at USJ Beirut (Medical Campus, Damascus St) from 2.00 to 7.00. France Volontaires is pleased to invite you to an afternoon to celebrate volunteerism in Lebanon and create links between volunteers and NGO's. There will be stands of NGO's, a free training for the persons in charge of the volunteers in the NGO's and a round table on "what are the prospects and opportunities to host national or international volunteers in your NGO's".   PLease confirm if you wish to attend one of the event or the whole afternoon : ev.liban@france...

The conference will provide a platform for students in Lebanon and Egypt to share their civic engagement projects with the intent to inform and empower one another, to brainstorm more effective means of engaging with communities, to bring community engagement to the forefront of higher education in the Arab world, and to lobby for civic engagement requirements for education. The event is co-hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at AUB and the American University in Cairo (AUC) and is part of an already established 5 year partnership between the universities...

  لمناسبة اليوم العالمي للعمل والصلاة من أجل الطفل - ٢٠ ت٢ يسر جمعية الناس للناس ومدرسة دير المخلص ودار العناية دعوتكم إلى لقاء بعنوان:25 سنة على اتفاقية حقوق الطفل يتحدث فيه الأبوان المخلصيان عبدو رعد ونقولا صغبينيوالأخت هدى شبلي-راهبات المحبة بوزنسون يليه مداخلات وتبادل أفكار وذلك يوم الأحد 16 – 11 – 2014دار العناية الصالحية، الساعة 4,30 بعد الظهر أهلا وسهلا L’Association Annas Linnas, l’Ecole du couvent S Sauveur et FDLPvous invitent à une réunion intitulée:25 ans de la Convention aux droits de l'enfant.Parleront: P. Abdo Raad, P. Nicolas Saghbini (salvatoriens) et sœur-Houda Shibley Sœurs...

المؤسسة اللبنانية للسلم الأهلي الدائم الموضوع: دعوة الى ندوة - السبت 8/11/2014 الساعة 10:30 – 13:00 صباحاً يسر المؤسسة اللبنانية للسلم الأهلي الدائم دعوتكم للمشاركة في ندوة تُعقد حول موضوع: المسؤولون والمواطنون سوا بيلاقوا الحل: لنتواصل ونحلاّ Lets Communicate: let’s solve it! وذلك السبت 8/11/2014 الساعة 10،30 الى 13،00 صباحاً في مطعم بيبلوس بالاس ، جبيل *** جدول الاعمال السبت8/11/2014 يتحدث في اللقاء كل من النواب سيمون ابي رميا ووليد الخوري والوزيرة أليس شبطيني يختم اللقاء بحفل غذاء بدعوة من المنظمين