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في إطار استكمال المرحلة الثانية من مشروع "نسيج" الذي تنفذه جمعية الحداثة في قرى وبلدات شمالية عدة، بتمويل من الوكالة الأميركية للتنمية الدولية USAID عبر مكتب المبادرات الإنتقالية في لبنان OTI، عقد في مبنى جمعية الحداثة في بلدة برقايل العكارية، اجتماعٌ ضم بلديات من عكار هي: برقايل – ببنين – المحمرة – مشحا – الكواشرة – رحبة – تل عباس – وبلدية المقيطع تل حياة، مع وفد من مكتب المبادرات الانتقالية من أجل مناقشة الآلية الأفضل لتمويل مشاريع في قرى عكارية تأثرت بالنزوح السوري. وجرت مناقشات على أعلى المستويات وتم تحديد الأولويات والحاجات الحقيقية للمنطقة انطلاقاً من المداولات التي حصلت في الاجتماع ومن...

في اطار مشروعها المموّل من قبل الوكالة الاسبانية للتنمية والتعاون الدولي / سفارة اسبانيا في لبنان، قامت جمعية عدل ورحمة، بالتعاون مع مرصد العدالة الجزائية في لبنان، بتنظيم ورشة عمل بعنوان "المساعدة القانونية والمعونة القضائية في لبنان: الواقع والتحديات"، وذلك يومي 25 و26 نيسان في فندق مونرو في بيروت ٢٠١٤. حضر ورشة العمل نخبة من القضاة والمحامين والخبراء القانونيين المهتمين بموضوع المساعدة القانونية والمعونة القضائية والعاملين في هذا مجال، وتخلل الورشة مداخلات لقضاة ومحامين مهتمين بهذا الشأن ولخبراء اسبان حضروا لهذه الغاية، ولقد قاموا بعرض خبراتهم على المستويين الاوروبي والوطني في ضوء المعايير...

High Ranking Managers’ Capacity Building The Lebanese – German Program “Promotion of Vocational Education and Small and Medium Enterprise Development - DSME” strives to improve the Lebanese Technical and Vocational Education System (TVET) by strengthening its practice and market-oriented aspects. It introduced in 1995 to the Lebanese vocational education, the Dual System training; a training which melts traditional school teaching and hands-on direct experience at a company partnering with the school. The success thereof in Germany had turned it into the backbone of the country’s Industry...

“Know, React, Engage: A Public Discussion on Socio-Economic Rights in Lebanon” Tuesday, March 25, 2014 between 5:30 and 8:00 pm Metro Al Madina- Hamra The Lebanese Economic Association launched its “Know, React, Engage” campaign with a public discussion on socio-economic rights in Lebanon at Metro Al Madina on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. The campaign aims at raising awareness on socio-economic problems and their solutions through a series of 8 thought-provoking ads running on Lebanese TVs. The campaign also aims to empower citizens to take action by providing them with info and tools to join...

FOR THE READER'S INFORMATION, THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE INTRODUCES A PROPOSAL ADDRESSED TO THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT AND THE PARLIAMENT, IN CONNECTION WITH THE LATEST SALARY DISPUTE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN SETTLED. FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FRENCH LANGUAGE, I WOULD LIKE TO SUMMARIZE TH PROPOSALS AS FOLLOWS. THE CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT IS DISASTROUS. THE PUBLIC DEBT HAS PRESENTLY EXCEEDED $65 BILLION DOLLARS THOUGH THE MOF (The Ministry of Finance) admits a slightly lesser amount. Bowing to the demands of the syndicates and authorizing the salary increases...

يستمرّ النظام الطائفي في لبنان في قضم مساحة النظام العام الذي يفترض أن يكون نظاماً مدنياً يسري على جميع المقيمين/ات في لبنان بغض النظر عن انتماءاتهم الطائفية. ومن الدلائل البارزة في هذا المجال ما حصل مع مشروع قانون حماية النساء من العنف الأسري الذي وُوجه بمحاربة شرسة من قبل بعض رجال الدين الذين استنفروا كلّ طاقاتهم وطاقات التجمّعات الدائرة في فلكهم، للتأثير على مجريات مناقشة اللجنة النيابية الفرعية أثناء نقاشها لمشروع القانون. لقد هالهم أن تتدخّل السلطات الأمنية المدنية لحماية النساء المعرّضات للعنف فرأوا فيه تقويضاً لموقع الرجل وسلطته في الأسرة، وعمدوا إلى تغيير الهدف الجوهري للمشروع، ألا...

April 8, 2014|Beirut: ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) is pleased to announce the closing ceremony of the Lebanese-Palestinian soccer Tournament for Solidarity. The ceremony will take place in Bebnine Municipality Hall (Akkar district) on Sunday April 13 at 5 p.m. Trophies will be awarded to the winning teams. Speakers at the event include the mayor of Bebnine, the representative ofpopular committee of Nahr El Bared, and ANERA Lebanon Country Director. The three-week-long tournament brought together 32 sport clubs in an effort to empower youth and promote social cohesion in North...

THE TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE L.N.D.P. PROJECT 1. WHAT are the problems that we face now in Lebanon? In this section we briefly review the events of the past two decades. We also consider our current situation, and the consequences of failing to implement some indispensable reforms. 2. WHAT is the L.N.D.P., and WHY do we need it? The L.N.D.P. (The Lebanese National Development Plan) is a document that describes in details The social, economic, infrastructure, financial and Diaspora policies of Lebanon. The Plan covers eighteen major sectors. In each sector the authors of the Plan will seek to...

UN BILAN POUR LE LIBAN En reponse a l'appel lance par une lectrice de Facebook pour inciter les Libanais a perseverer sans perdre espoir. Aimée, cela fait déjà vingt ans que beaucoup essaient de recommencer. N'est-il pas temps, à présent, de se demander pourquoi ils ont tous échoué? Car, pour sur, même les plus optimistes seraient incapables de démontrer que nous avons progresse d'un pouce, depuis 1993. N'est-il pas temps, à présent, de rechercher pourquoi? Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas dans notre Société, Aimée? Il est grand temps d'en faire le BILAN. D'ailleurs, avez-vous remarque que BILAN est...

Partners from Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Tunisia, Cyprus and Palestine met in Athens with the participation of the ENPI officials for the kick-off meeting of DAEDALUS, the "Euro-Mediterranean Career & Employment Advisor Portal for the Mobility of Young Residents" project. The two year project is led by Uni-Systems, the reputable Greek IT Company, in partnership with COSPE (Italy), UPRC (Greece), LDN (Lebanon), Juhoud (Palestine), EMRBI (Cyprus), CCAB (Tunis), UCAS (Palestine) and MoSiena (Italy). It aims at providing improved career advising services to help young people raise their competence...

Partners from Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Tunisia, Cyprus and Palestine met in Athens with the participation of the ENPI officials for the kick-off meeting of DAEDALUS, the “Euro-Mediterranean Career & Employment Advisor Portal for the Mobility of Young Residents” project. The two year project is led by Uni-Systems, the reputable Greek IT Company, in partnership with COSPE (Italy), UPRC (Greece), LDN (Lebanon), Juhoud (Palestine), EMRBI (Cyprus), CCAB (Tunis), UCAS (Palestine) and MoSiena (Italy). It aims at providing improved career advising services to help young people raise their competence...

Under the High Patronage of H.E. First Lady of Lebanon, Mrs. Wafaa Sleiman, and on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Lebanese Development Network (LDN) represented by Rouba Fares attended the May Chidiac Foundation’s conference entitled “Women on the Front Lines - WFL” held in Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut. With the participation of Ms. Cécilia Attias, President and Founder of the Cécilia Attias Foundation for Women, the conference discussed a series of issues designed to inspire women to pursue their passions, think big, and turn their dreams into reality. Women’s role-models...

Under the High Patronage of H.E. First Lady of Lebanon, Mrs. Wafaa Sleiman, and on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Lebanese Development Network (LDN) represented by Rouba Fares attended the May Chidiac Foundation’s conference entitled “Women on the Front Lines - WFL” held in Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut. With the participation of Ms. Cécilia Attias, President and Founder of the Cécilia Attias Foundation for Women, the conference discussed a series of issues designed to inspire women to pursue their passions, think big, and turn their dreams into reality. Women’s role-models...

For the occasion of International Women's Day 2014, Marsa,Sexual Health Center is launching the "حقِّك، تهتمي بحالك" "Your Right, to Self-Care" campaign throughout the month of March to promote women's sexual health and well-being. This campaign will consist of three different steps: 1-Launching of the campaign's video where Marsa asked over 20 women living in Lebanon intimate questions about their perception of their body and their relationship with it. 2-Disseminating info-graphic to highlight the importance of Pap Smears and to spread awareness about cervical cancer. Marsa will be...

Safe Citizen is pleased to announce the release of our brand new Website, designed with a new look and user-friendly navigation. You will shortly be able to review our projects and find updated news about corruption in the several areas we aim to address at Safe Citizen. Our goal with the new design is to provide you with the easiest way to search and get the content you are looking for. We hope that you will enjoy browsing our site and that it will be an informative tool which will help raise awareness among all Lebanese citizens’. Please give us your feedback: www.safecitizen.net P.S...

حضرة الزميلات والزملاء الكرام، عقدت اليوم منظّمة "كفى عنف واستغلال" مؤتمراً صحافياً أعلنت فيه عن الخطوات المقبلة التي تصبّ في دعم ملفّ رلى يعقوب القضائي وصولاً إلى الكشف عن الحقيقة الكاملة حتّى لا يبقى موتها لغزاً لا يُحلّ. وقد حضر المؤتمر والدة رلى وأقرباؤها ولجنة من تسع محاميات ومحاميين تشكّلت لتقديم الدعم المعنوي والقانوني لعائلة رلى ووكيلها القانوني الأستاذ ريمون يعقوب. مديرة منظمة "كفى" زويا روحانا افتتحت المؤتمر بكلمة أعلنت فيها عن التزام "كفى" ومجموعة المحامين/ات "ببذل كلّ ما في وسعنا كي لا يُقفل الملفّ على ما خلُص إليه القرار الظنّي بالاستناد إلى إجراءات طبية "لم تكن على المستوى...

January 30, 2014, Beirut: ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) is pleased to announce the graduation of 53 Palestinian youths from vocational training programs in Catering, Aluminum & Glass, and Plumbing. The graduation ceremony took place at Nahr el-Bared Center of the National Institute for social Care and Vocational Training (NISCVT) on January 30th 2014. The vocational training program is made possible, thanks to funding from Reach Out to Asia (ROTA). Palestine Refugees in Lebanon suffer from a high unemployment rate and low-wage job opportunities due to restrictive national labor laws...

تعلن رابطة أصدقاء كمال جنبلاط عن تمديد مهلة تقديم الترشيحات لجائزة كمال جنبلاط لحماية البيئة في لبنان، الى نهاية شباط القادم. وذلك، لإفساح المجال لأكبر عدد من العاملين في حقل البيئة، لتقديم ترشيحاتهم. ونذكر أن الجائزة هي بقيمة عشرة آلاف دولار أميركي، وتمنح للأفراد والمؤسسات الذين قاموا بإسهامات مميزة، بهدف حماية البيئة، أو حل مشاكلها، أو الحّد من تدهورها. للمراجعة: الاتصال على الرقمين: 01-370117/9، أو info@kamaljoumblatt.com

December 10, 2013|Beirut: ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) is pleased to announce a third grant from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to implement a four-month emergency program in the Sidon area of Lebanon for Palestinian refugees from Syria. The relief project will focus on the basic needs of Palestinian refugees from Syria during the cold winter months. ANERA is partnering with the community-based association Najdeh to distribute basic supplies for 2,300 refugee families from Syria (8,000 individuals) and their host families in Ein El Helweh and Mieh Mieh...

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign 2013 Press release | Beirut, December 2, 2013 “Alla Ysa’eda…” (may God Helps Her)Is a sentence we often hear that reflects a very common sentiment in Lebanon. We frequently hear and see violence against women happening in our country, in our neighborhood, in our media, and in our own families regardless of our social status, nationality or sect. Yet, we tend to distance ourselves from the problem maybe because of a collective feeling that there is nothing that we can do. Moreover, since addressing the issue of violence against women is...