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UNDP Lebanon has launched e-Tendering in September 2017, which effectively means that gradually paper based submissions of bidding documents will be phased out and UNDP Lebanon will use in future digital platforms of submitting bids. Interested bidders and current vendors of UNDP Lebanon are strongly encouraged to register at the e-Tendering Portal at: https://etendering.partneragencies.org. In future interested bidders and current vendors of UNDP Lebanon that have not registered on the e-Tendering portal MUST register in order to be able to prepare and submit bids to UNDP Lebanon...

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Global Economic Freedom up Slightly

Lebanon Ranks 78 Among 159 Countries

24th November, 2017

 

Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon ranks 78 out of 159 countries and territories included in the latest Economic Freedom of the World: 2017 Annual Report, released on the 25th of September by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute. The report is based on data collected from 2015 and measures the economic freedom levels of 159 countries and territories.

 

In light of the Syrian crisis next door, lower tourism flows and notably, the...

The eviction of some 6,000 Syrian refugees, including an estimated 3,200 children, living on the outskirts of Beirut must be stopped immediately, Save the Children said today. In recent weeks, the refugees, who have been living in rented private accommodation in al-Hadath neighbourhood, were given eviction notices by local authorities and told they must leave their home in just 10 days allegedly for violating Lebanon’s Labour Law. So far, at least 28 families have already had to leave and many still haven’t found an alternative place to stay. Those who have stayed are facing increasing...

أخذت وزارة الداخلية والبلديات علما بتأسيس الجمعية المسماة:
«جمعية السلامة والإنماء المستدام» OSAS-Organization for Safety And Sustainability

أعلنت مؤسّسة الفكر العربيّ عن فتح باب الترشيح لـ"جائزة الإبداع العربيّ" في دورتها الحادية عشرة للعام 2017، في المجالات التالية: جائزة الإبداع لأهمّ كتاب، الإبداع الاقتصاديّ، الإبداع المجتمعيّ، الإبداع الإعلاميّ، الإبداع الأدبيّ، والإبداع الفنّيّ، وذلك اعتباراً من 1 آب/أغسطس وحتّى 30 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2017. ينال الفائز في كلّ مجال من مجالات الجائزة مبلغاً وقدره 25 ألف دولار أميركي، فيما ينال الفائز بجائزة أهمّ كتاب مبلغاً وقدره 50 ألف دولار أميركي، ويحصل الفائزون على درع الجائزة وشهادة التقدير. تبحث مؤسّسة الفكر العربيّ عن الإبداع في الفكرة الاستثنائيّة التي تخرج عن المألوف، وتقدّم ابتكاراً...

For the first time in Tripoli, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF), in partnership with Arab Arcade and Shift, organized an unparalleled weekend of game development for 30 young men and women to shed light on common social issues burdening our youth today. Organized by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) and in partnership with Arab Arcade, a community organization that aims to strengthen the game development community in Lebanon and the region, and Shift, a community center for social entrepreneurship and innovation in Qbeh in Tripoli, the Tripoli Game Jam brought...

INARA is launching a new, time-limited project to help refugee children from Syria with clubfoot and developmental dislocation of the hip (DDH). INARA was founded by Arwa Damon to work with children who have been affected by conflict and have life-altering or life-threatening injuries or illnesses. She created the organization to address severe gaps that existed in medical provision for refugee children. One such gap is the treatment for clubfoot and DDH. Children with such conditions in Syria would have been able to access free or discounted treatment. However, due to the war they are now...

Under the Patronage of His Excellency the Prime Minister of Lebanon Mr. Saad Al-Hariri The Union of Relief and Development Associations (URDA) shall hold its 5th Annual Conference for the first time in Beirut, under a Golden sponsorship of Qatar Charity, which is always keen to support URDA’s Conferences and Projects. The conference titled “The International Refugee Crisis, What next?" kicks off on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at the Bristol Hotel – Beirut with the participation of more than 300 personalities involved in the global refugee crisis, including Ministers of the Lebanese...

Today (March 29, 2017) INARA is happy to announce that they have been awarded over $500,000 as part of their partnership with UNICEF in Lebanon. The funding has been provided by the US Fund for UNICEF. This money will be used to continue their work providing life-altering medical treatment to refugee children; and also to expand their program to launch a new project focusing on orthopedic injuries.They will announce more details on the orthopedic injuries project in the coming weeks. Speaking about receiving this significant amount of money, founder and president, Arwa Damon, said: “I’m so...

Sawa Association for Development celebrated Mother,s and Child Day at Qab Elias camp for the fifth year, the children enjoyed dancing and cutting cakes with their mothers. Ahmad 10 years old said: it is the first time I am hearing about child day, what should we do ! The haed of Sawa declared that Sawa is palnning to build a nursery for children from 3 to 6 years old inside the camp because these children cant go to nurseries inside the town.

The Secular Society will match every dollar donated to INARA for the next six months - up to a total of $100,000. This means that for every dollar you donate between February 1st and July 31st, The Secular Society will donate a dollar to match yours, until we reach $200,000. The Secular Society is a non-profit organization that funds projects across the world that advance the interests of women and the arts. As their name implies they hold that all religious beliefs are equally valid and as such their expression must be treated with tolerance and respect. Arwa Damon, President of INARA...

Scholarships will be granted by Near East University to all Postgraduate Programs for 2016-2017 Academic Year (Spring Semester) 100%, 75%, 50%, 30% and 25% scholarships will be given in all Masters (with thesis) and PhD programs. Lebanese and Syrian students may apply through Besme and find the opportunity to study in an international environment. For further information contact us via 01 339116 or info@besme-int.org

رسالة مفتوحة موجّهة إلى فخامة رئيس الجمهورية اللبنانية الجنرال ميشال عون بيروت، في 1 كانون الأوّل 2016 - إن المركز اللبناني لحقوق الإنسان يناشد الجنرال ميشال عون لاتخاذ الإجراءات الحاسمة في مسألة حقوق الإنسان كونها تقع على عاتق رئيس الجمهورية الجديد. فيما يلي نص الرسالة المفتوحة: فخامة رئيس الجمهورية اللبنانية، إنّ المركز اللبناني لحقوق الإنسان CLDH يهنئكم على انتخابكم ويأمل منكم اتخاذ كافّة الإجراءات الممكنة لتعزيز فعاليّة تنفيذ الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان في لبنان الذي أقرّه الدستور اللبناني كماالتزامات لبنان الدولية. يعمل المركز في لبنان منذ عام 2006، وهو يمثل استمرارية جمعية...

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters recently stepped in and donated the rest of the money needed to pay for medical treatment to rebuild Syrian refugee Fatima’s hands. The campaign to rebuild her hands had been running for ten months, and saw INARA raise over $50,000. Fatima lost her hands in an explosion early on in the Syrian civil war. Her family had just finished having people over for dinner, and had just said goodbye, when they heard a loud bang. What happened next, neither Fatima nor her mother, Nafla, can remember. Nafla's next memory is running out of the house carrying her bleeding...

UNHCR and INARA have this week launched a video to try to prevent burn injuries and reduce the number of refugee children suffering burns due to poor living conditions and lack of safety awareness. Sofia Karim, Programme Manager at INARA, said: “Almost a third of all of our cases here at INARA are children that have been burnt from accidents while living as refugees here in Lebanon. We keep on getting more and more cases coming through all the time. We knew that we had to act to try and prevent it - and this is how our collaboration with UNHCR came about.” UNHCR and INARA worked closely...

INARA is proud to partner with UNICEF in Lebanon. UNICEF has awarded INARA more than $100,000 over the next year. This money will expand the work that INARA is already doing on the ground in Lebanon with Syrian refugee children. This UNICEF partnership allows INARA to work with more children from conflict areas who have catastrophic injury and are unable to access treatment due to war. INARA provides life-altering and life-saving medical care, and fills the gaps in medical access when it is not provided by other institutions or non-profits. When a child is referred to INARA, there are two...

Following a call for papers on “Glocalising humanitarian interventions in Lebanon: a reflexive look into innovative practices in times of crises” published by Amel Association International and Lebanon Support, a round table was held on May 19th in Beirut, in preparation to the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul on the 23rd and 24th of May 2016. The main objective of this roundtable was to discuss innovative ideas brought up within the call for papers (papers will be published as of August 2016 on Lebanon Support’s Humanitarian Knowledge Base project), and for local organisations, alongside...

ستقوم جمعية سوا للتنمية وبالتعاون مع مجلس الانماء والاعمار بمشروع فرز وادارة النفايات المنزلية مع اتحاد بلديات البقاع الاوسط وسيشمل التدريب حوالي 500 سيددة من منطقة البقاع الاوسط وسيكون جزء من المشروع اعادة تدوير المواد البلاستيكية والورق على ان يتخلل انتهاء المشروع معرض للمواد المصنعة. وستسفيد من المشروع النساء في بلدات: قب الياس - مكسة- جديتا- برالياس - سعدنايل - برالياس - مجدل عنجر -وعنجر.

The Lebanese Center for Human Rights is sharing to the European Union External Action its concerns regarding the human rights situation in Lebanon. Although Human Rights are recognized by the Lebanese state on the International stage by the signature of numerous core human rights treaties, their implementation within the border seems to remain a delicate matter. The renewal of the Partnership between European Union and Lebanon aiming at focusing on “pressing the authorities for an appropriate protection environment”, is the opportunity for CLDH to recall the urgency of implementing...