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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...

Gathering to demand and defend your right to Know   ACT for the Disappeared, the Committee of the parents of the disappeared and kidnapped in Lebanon and SOLIDE call on all citizens to gather on November 17, at 1:30pm at Mathaf, to demand and defend our right to know the fate of the missing and disappeared.   Why to gather on November 17? 17 November 1982. Following the radio call of Wadad Halwani, whose husband had just been kidnapped, the families and friends of the disappeared persons gathered for the first time to demand the release of their relatives. 17 November 2012, 30 years later...

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...

To celebrate the anniversary of the National Coalition for Sustainable Transportation in Lebanon and the 20-year anniversary of Critical Mass in the world, the NCST and Critical mass invite you to participate in their event on Sunday September 30. Meeting point is at Beirut Water Front outside Beirut by Bike at 3:00 p.m. for the start of the bike parade. The route will take you by Mar Mkhayel Bus and Train Station to promote the rebirth of public transportation in Lebanon and those who suffered due to our unsustainable transportation system. Free bikes will be provided. Please feel free to...

  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...

لماذا المسيرة: لأن الحكومة تعهدت ببيانها الوزاري بأن يكون قانون إنتخابات جديد نافذاً قبل سنة على الأقل من إنتخابات 2013 . لماذا المسار: يرمز الى المسار القانوني لصدور قانون إنتخابات (الداخلية -الحكومة –البرلمان)  أهداف المسيرة: تذكير الحكومة وكافة الأطراف السياسية بضرورة أن يكون لدينا قانون إنتخابات ديموقراطي يتضمن كافة الإصلاحات التي نطالب بها.  التفاصيل اللوجستية التجمّع الساعة 12 ظهراً، أمام وزارة الداخلية، الصنائع. المسيرة ستسلك شارع كليمنصو ومن ثم الى نقطة الوصول النهائية أمام البرلمان. الشعارات: إصلاحات الحملة (النسبية،الكوتا النسائية،خفض سن الإقتراع...)

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...

What happens if you loose your phone? What happens if you loose someone you love? if you've lost your phone, you can buy another, If you've lost your son or daughter can you buy another one??? So we find a solution for all those lost people Join us this Friday April 13th, 2012 from 10.30 am till 11.30 am At Nejmeh Square, Facing the Lebanese Parliament TO DEMAND FOR A LAW FOR THE DISSAPEARED FORCEFULLY MISSING IN THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR To read the proposed law please visit: http://daleel-madani.org/resource/law-kidnapped

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

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.

On average, 1 woman dies every month from family violence in Lebanon. To honor their memories and press for the law to protect women from family violence, we will be marching through the neighborhoods of Beirut this Saturday, March 10 starting at 3pm. A protective law is our only hope to stop these murders. Please join us. And please wear black. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/171190029664659/