Resources

Tobacco Control Research #2 | March 2012
A Smoke Free Campus: Lessons Learned from AUB by the AUB Tobacco Control Research Group (AUB-TCRG)
Following the adoption of a No Smoking Policy (NSP) by the American University of Beirut (AUB), the vast majority (90%) of undergraduate and graduate students surveyed, and over a third (36%)of them who smoked were satisfied with the new policy; with a full compliance (respecting the designated smoking areas) rate of 73% among the smokers surveyed. In addition, 1 in 6 smokers reported receiving a warning ticket when smoking in nondesignated areas. And, 20%...

Policy Series: Tobacco Control Research #1 | March 2012
The Transnational Tobacco Industry Effectively Hampers Tobacco Control Policy-Making in Lebanon by the AUB Tobacco Control Research Group (AUB-TCRG)
Lebanon is still considered one of the weakest countries in the region with regards to regulating tobacco use, despite having ratified the World Health Organisation’s Framework convention on Tobacco Control in 2005. Lebanon has failed numerous attempts to introduce a national tobacco control policy, including banning smoking in closed public areas, banning advertising and sponsorship, and...

2012 سلسلة أوراق عمل #6 | شباط
​بحث في تأثير مركز دراسات الوحدة العربية من إعداد زياد حافظ
هدف البحث هو إبراز دور مركز الدراسات العربية في صياغة الخطاب القومي المعاصر وقياس قدر اإلمكان تأثيره على الفكر القومي العربي المعاصر وتحديد أهداف محددة للعمل القومي العربي. من جهة أخرى سيحاول البحث توضيح دور المركز في إنشاء مؤسسات على الصعيد القومي ساهمت وما زالت في توجيه مسار العمل القومي
 

Working Paper Series #7 | February 2012
The Dynamics of Policy Innovation and Diffusion in the Gulf Cooperation Council:  A Case Study of Three Specialized Cities by Hiba Khodr
This study examines a recent phenomenon in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) referred to as Specialized Cities (SC). A Specialized City is a “city in-the-city” that has the main purpose of implementing innovations in selected policy areas, in addition to being a new town. This paper goes beyond describing the spread of SC in the Arab Gulf region to answer to a broader question: what motivates a GCC country to adopt...

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.

2011 ملخص تنفيذي | تشرين الثاني
​ جيل التغيير: واقع الشباب العربي بين التطلعات والتحديات | ملخص تنفيذي
​من إعداد رامي خوري, شاهدة أظفر, تشارلز حرب, ناصر ياسين, موسى شتيوي, يزن دخقان, عبلة غوجاندي, دينا شحاته, بربارا ابراهيم, غريغوري غاوسي, كريستين أسعد, جاد مالكي, منيرة حب الله, مارك ليفين, وعد ابراهيم, رودا ليغ, إيفانا تشالمرز, كارين ابي صعب, ساره طياره, جو خليل, زينه صواف, كارين علاف, دايان سنغرمان, نيكولا بل, شيرين الفقي, لوكاس نيلسن, أيمن زهري, محمد يونس, أحمد يونس, ليه بايبس, تيم جاكوبي, الين قطب, سايسي فولك, زافيريس تزاناتوس, و كامل نابلسي

-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.

The twenty-third edition July 2011 -Preface -Table of Content -Folder: ...

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.

The twenty-second edition May 2011 -Special edition entitled “El Omar kllo”/Life for all 2007-2011 that comprises:   -Preface -Table of Content - Respect and appreciation ...

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

The twenty-first edition December 2010

The twentieth edition April 2010. -       Contents: -       Preface -       Table of contents

Review of marginalisation of people with disabilities in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Using a social exclusion conceptual framework, this paper identifies several causes of marginalization of people with disabilities in the context of the MENA region.