Resources

Policy Brief | August 2014
Sustainable Transportation and Mega Sporting Events in Arab Countries: the Case of Qatar by Robert Wittkuhn and Danyel Reiche
​As a motive for hosting mega sporting events, Qatar is highlighting their catalyst effect for planned infrastructure developments. Qatar plans on building intra-city, inter-city and inter-state road and railway networks for the FIFA 2022 initially, and further national use. The planned transportation construction could potentially be sustainable, but the social and political buildup of Qatar hinders such a development; especially when...

About the Zero Project: For a World without Barriers The Zero Project was initiated by the Essl Foundation in 2010. It has been run in partnership with the World Future Council (WFC) since 2011 and the European Foundation Centre (EFC) since 2013. The mission of the Zero Project is to work for a world without barriers, according to the principles and Articles of the UN CRPD.

Disability & Vulnerability Focal Point (DVFP) have been developed based on the observation that one of the greatest difficulties following a crisis is not only to identify and to access to vulnerable people including people with disabilities, but also to accompany them wit

Working Paper | November 2012
The Role of Research Centers in Jordanian  Political Decision-Making | 1989-2010 by Walid Abdel Hay
It is difficult to assess the role of research centers in any country without understanding the overall environment in which they operate. The activities of these centers are intertwined with the movement of society in its various aspects, with the government in its various decisions, and with organized social forces in a civil society (parties and others). These activities are also not separate from the implications of their regional and international environments...

2012 ورقة عمل |  تشرين الأول
​دور مراكز الأبحاث في صناعة القرار السياسات الأردني  | 1989-2010 من إعداد وليد عبد الحي
من الصعب الحكم على دور مراكز الدراسات في أية دولة دون إدراك البيئة العامة التي تعمل فيها هذه المراكز،إذ تتشابك نشاطات هذه المراكز مع حركة المجتمع في مختلف جوانبها، ومع الحكومة في مختلف قراراتها، ومع القوى الإجتماعية المنظمة في مجتمع مدني من أحزاب وغيرها، كما أنها غير منفصلة عن انعكاسات بيئتها الإقليمية والدولية 
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28 refugee households were surveyed, which represented a total of 501 refugees, 48% male and 52% female, which is approximately 11% of the Syrian refugee population in North Bekaa.

Disability & Vulnerability Focal Point (DVFP) have been developed based on the observation that one of the greatest difficulties following a crisis is not only to identify and to access to vulnerable people including people with disabilities, but also to accompany them wit

The overall objective of the assessment was to identify emergency WASH needs and gaps of most vulnerable Syrian refugees and host families in five geographical areas, 4 collective centres and Bab al-Tebbaneh, Tripoli in North Lebanon.

-This report is issued by the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union, September 2011. Objective of the report:      This report aims at finding empowering mechanisms for applying inclusion of disability in the general directorate of occupational and technical education.     Content of the report: -       Introduction. -      Objective of the report. -       The actual status and challenges.

Special guidelines for “Building Licenses” pertaining to public and private buildings of the urban planning centers across Lebanon Guidelines no. 2 -       This guideline is issued by The Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union, arranged by engineer Bashar Abdel Samad, in October 2011. Objective of the guideline: Support the application of the decree concerning the accessible environment for people with disability. Raise awareness on inclusion of people with disability.

This report is issued by the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union in July 2011. Objective of the report: Awareness of society on inclusion in civil laws encompassing the rights of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon Content of the report: -Introduction Legislative Reality -       Prohibition of refugees to the workplace -       The demanded documents to obtain occupation -       Banning from the benefits of health and social services -       Outlawing refugees from possessing a residence

This report is issued by the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union in 2011. Objective of this report: Awareness on repudiating and avoiding domestic violence against women with disability

Special guidelines for “Building Licenses” pertaining to public and private buildings of the urban planning centers across Lebanon Guidelines no. 2 -       This guideline is issued by The Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union, arranged by engineer Bashar Abdel Samad, in October 2011. Objective of the guideline: Support the application of the decree concerning the accessible environment for people with disability. Raise awareness on inclusion of people with disability.

This study is issued by the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union in 2011. Objective of the report: Launch discussion around social inclusion of children with disability in Lebanon and promote the inclusion criteria in accordance with related general policies in Lebanon.

This report will provide a description of the assessment conducted by IMC’s Mental Health and Psychosocial team in the region of Wadi Khaled following the displacement of Syrians into the northern villages between the Lebanese-Syrian borders as a result of the internal conflic

Private Universities in Lebanon: Performance Indicators, Accountability & Value-For-Money

This paper reviews the process and outcome of constructing a “rights model of disability” which is culturally specific to Jordan and Lebanon.

In 2002 the Lebanese Physically Handicapped Union (LPHU) conducted a study of 200 graduates of institutions for disabled people, to find out if institutions help disabled people enjoy their rights in the areas of education and employment, as set out in Lebanon’s laws on disabi