Said M. Issa

 Preparing a manual on labour rights and issues for My Work, My Rights network (Oxfam, Lower and Legal Agenda) (June 2019).

 Completion of a study and report about the violation of Labor laws and National Social Security Fund by the Commercial Sector in the Greater Beirut area, in collaboration with LOWER and Rosa-Luxembourg. (January 2019)

 Enact a policy paper on transparency and good governance in the waste management sector in collaboration with Nahnoo. (November 2018)


 Advocacy campaign with members of Parliament to enact laws on transparency in the Oil and Gas sector in collaboration with LTA. (August 2018)

 A quantitative and qualitative study about Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian and other workers, decent work standards, minimum standards of work in addition to formal and informal work in the services sector and the food and beverages sector commissioned by ALERT international and Lower. (February 2018)

 A qualitative study about street children in the greater Beirut area commissioned by ASMAE and ALPHA association. (August 2017)

 Facilitator in the foundation of the (AIN) network for integrity in the Arab world commissioned by NED and LTA. (July 2017)

 A quantitative and qualitative study about Syrian and Lebanese workers, decent work standards and minimum standards of work commissioned by Oxfam and Lower. (2017)

 Preparing a guide for employers in the Bekaa Governorate on the internal regulations of the labour institutions and the minimum standards for work and decent work commissioned by Oxfam (March 2017).

 Training municipalities to formulate strategic plans commissioned by Oxfam, a project funded by the European Union (January and February 2017).

 Implementing a field study on transparency in waste for the benefit of the Lebanese Transparency Association with the support of NED (February 2017)

 Completion of a study about the violation of Labor laws and National Social Security Fund by the private sector in collaboration with LOWER and Diakonia - Sweden. (March 2017)

 Preparing an educational guide for teachers and vocational, technical and university education on the Lebanese labour law and social security law for the benefit of the Lebanese Observatory for the rights of workers and staff members in Lebanon) December 2016).

 Prepare a guide on writing and project management of civil society organizations working on the accountability of the World Bank projects in the Middle East in favour of the Bank Information Center in Washington (December 2016).

Training expert within the project for the benefit of Oxfam, DPNA, Arc En Ciel supported and funded by EU (2016 -2017)

 Training Syrian activists on transparency, good governance and transitional justice in cooperation between LTA (Lebanese Transparency Association), support by FNF (Friedrich Nauman Foundation)

 A researcher with TI (Transparency International) and LTA, Humanitarian Aid Integrity Program (HAIP), Kenya. (2016)

 Researcher in social accountability with NGO Development Center and Care international, Egypt (October 2015)

 Associate Member of the Amman conference of social accountability, which was held at the invitation of CARE Egypt and the support of the World Bank (2015)

 Facilitator with Kawakibi Democracy Transition Centre, Tunisia for financial control of political life (2014)

 Facilitated and participated and trainer in designing the work-plan of the Civic Forum in South Lebanon.
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Associate member and service provider in the Istanbul conference of social accountability, which was held at the invitation Hayat Destek Derneği /Support To Life - Istanbul, Turkey of and with the support of World Bank(2013)
 Associate Member of the Cairo conference of social accountability, which was held at the invitation of CARE Egypt and the support of the World Bank (2010)

• Training of Arab civil society organizations’ members on fighting corruption and reporting according to the UNCAC, and building networks among them and other international, regional, and local organizations. Yemen, 2009.

 Training of the Iraqi Commission for Public Integrity and the Iraq Foundation on ways to fight corruption and build networks in partnership with TI, 2008.

 Training facilitators for the Youth Civil Society and Leadership program on ways to recruit and attract young leaders, 2008.

 Trainer for the Civic Forum in South Lebanon on conflict resolution in partnership with UNICEF, 2006-2007.

 A study on social relations in the village of Riak, 2004.

 Training secondary school teachers on the new interactive ways to present the material of Economy and Sociology courses. The educational centre for research and development, 1998-2002.
 Research on the conditions of education in mid-Bekaa. Patriarchy of the Melkite Roman Catholics, 2000.
 Contributed to a study on emigration from Ain el Mrayseh. Ministry of Foreign affairs and emigrants, 1996.
 Participated in research on the behaviour of the football fans conducted by the Lebanese University, 1996.
 Contributed to a study on social relations in Ain el Mrayseh. Lebanese University-Social Sciences Institute, 1996.
 Participated to a research conducted on social relations of the immigrants in Beirut. Lebanese University- Social Sciences Institute, 1996.
 Conducted research on the mixed marriages between guys from the gulf and girls from East Asia and their effects on spinsters’ rates, 1995.
 Participated in research on the worker’s conditions in Lebanon conducted by the Hiring National Commission (Ministry of Labor), 1994.
 Participated in two pieces of training conducted by in Tunisia and Rome by CISL (Mediterranean Partnership) on the cooperation of syndicates in the Mediterranean countries, 1992.
 Bridging divide among young syndicalist with different religious backgrounds, a project by Friedrich Ebert in 1988.