Events

We are delighted to invite you for our upcoming Land Stories Exhibition: "Taste the Land". Come along with us as we wander around the richness of the earth, the treasures of the soil, and the knowledge of the people of the land!

This module examines some basic components to staying safe and effective when working in Lebanon. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/personal-securitystaying-effective-leban…

This module examines some basic components to staying safe and effective when working in Lebanon. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/personal-securitystaying-effective-leban…

This module examines some basic components to staying safe and effective when working in Lebanon. To register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/personal-securitystaying-effective-leban…

دعوكن\م استديو أشغال عامة والمعهد الفرنسي للشرق الأدنى - IFPO إلى "حوار-مدينة-ناس" في نسخته الرابعة حول سياسات ومشاريع إعادة الإعمار في بلاد الشام، بدايةً من لبنان.

The Security Management for Humanitarians training will be delivered through a combination of live facilitated sessions, group forums and engaging activities using multiple purpose-built training platforms. The course will culminate in two intense and immersive Panel Exercise (Module 6), offering a great opportunity to reinforce participants’ learning and training experience.

SMEX will host the sixth iteration of the annual regional digital rights event, Bread&Net, which will be held online on May 13, 14, and 15. Bread&Net is an event that brings together tech experts, activists, policymakers, academics, and media practitioners from the region to discuss and address pressing issues at the intersection of technology, society, and human rights. This gathering aims to strengthen an already blooming digital rights movement in West Asia and North Africa, fostering the exchange of knowledge, research, and digital resources to sustain civil society in its fight for safe...

The Arab Reform Initiative, The Alternative Policy Solutions at the American University in Cairo, and the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis are pleased to announce an upcoming conference titled "Civil Society Organizations and just Transition in the MENA: Challenges and Opportunities", scheduled to take place on May 29 and 30, 2023, at the Gefinor Rotana Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon. The conference will explore the concept of Just Transition, a principle that underscores the necessity of integrating intersectional socio-economic aspects into sustainable development and green transition plans...

In this 4-hour online session you can learn about preparing and facilitating a dialogue between two people, helping them to really listen to and understand each other and identifying actions they can take. You will learn how to prepare yourself so you can be equally supporting both sides, and to create a safe space for them to have a dialogue that is not about blame and defensiveness, but about really understanding the needs of both. You will have the opportunity to practice your new learned skills and to reflect on challenges you might have faced when you tried to facilitate or mediate before...

In this 3-hour online-session we will focus on our own feelings and needs. We will try to understand what keeps us from addressing the person and why we might not be able to just close this chapter. We can learn how to deal with our emotions involved and get clarity about our needs and next steps. This session can give us insights that make it much easier to approach the other person. Or it might even happen that after this session you don’t feel the need to address the issue with the other person anymore because you have ‘sorted this out’ in yourself.

The Government of Lebanon and the World Bank Group – International Finance Corporation recognize the importance of closing economic gender gaps and have therefore launched the Mashreq Gender Facility (MGF) in 2019 in collaboration with the Governments of Iraq and Jordan and with support from Canada and Norway. The MGF aims to enhance women’s economic opportunities. Under this initiative, The World Bank Group has partnered with Berytech and the Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB) to provide capacity building in times of crisis for women who want to grow their businesses and enhance...

UN launched the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, Sawa for Development is organizing a Zoom Webinar about" Gender Based Violence During Covid19"

This virtual event aims to bring together Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) operating in Lebanon to: 1- Share what are different NGOs doing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon 2- Map what are different NGOs able to offer to the community* during the COVID-19 pandemic through resource mobilization 3- Draft a potential collaborative response plan to the COVID-19 situation through the contribution of different participating NGOs * Community refers to both Lebanese citizens and refugees of different nationalities.

ندوة حول التوعية على السلامة المرورية على الطرقات تطبيقا لاحكام قانون السير الجديد في لبنان

كيف يمكننا تغيير الأسلوب القديم في جلسات التدريب والانتقال إلى فعاليات أكثر استدامة؟ ما هو النموذج الذي يجب اعتماده؟ ما هي العقبات والعوامل المساعدة لنجاح المؤسسات؟ ستجيب عبير غطاس، وهي ناشطة لبنانية، ومتخصّصة في مجال الاتصالات الرقمية وتقنية المعلومات، عن هذه السئلة وتناقش مفهوم أمن المؤسسات، وكيفية التدّرب عليه، وكيف يمكن استخدامه داخل مؤسساتنا.

إقامة ندوة توعوية وتثقيفية بالتعاون مع بلدية برج البراجنة نهار الإثنين في 29 نيسان 2019 الساعة الرابعة عصرا وذلك في قاعة المودة (الرويس) مقابل جبانة الرادوف.

Mahmoud Zeineddine, President and Co-founder of O.S.A.S (Organization for Safety And Sustainability) NGO, will be talking about "Sensor technology, practice & integrated models to safeguard power plant work-forces"

During two full days, using participatory and reflective methods, we will look at ourselves and our own experiences to see how they have shaped us as journalistic and civil society actors. This way, we will find ways to do better documentation and reporting on the topic of migration.

The consociational system as well as kinship-based politics have not allowed circulation of political elites, limiting the entry and participation of newcomers and women to the political scene in Lebanon. The 2018 Lebanese parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place on 6 May after nearly a decade since the last time they were held.