On September 25, 2025, CeSSRA convened a roundtable discussion titled “The End of the Grant Era: Implications and Potential for Civil Society Actors in Lebanon,” bringing together local civil society actors to reflect on the shifting funding landscape and its impact on the sector.
We Rise through Art is a handbook produced under the project with the same title in response to Beirut's explosion, highlighting activities and tools that can be adopted by trainers, coaches and facilitators with pre-adolescents and children under arts, sports and recreation.
Beirut Explosion: Greatest Tragedies Come With Greatest Acts of Kindness.
Youth from a Sports and Youth Association (Chabibeh Sporting Club) become volunteers and share stories of compassion and pain mixed together to shed light on the darkest hour of their country.
We Play for Peace is a handbook produced under the project with the same title highlighting activities and tools that can be adopted by trainers, coaches and facilitators with pre-adolescents and children under arts, sports and recreation.
This webinar aims to introduce Daleel Madani to civil society actors in Jordan, its features and how to use and benefit from the platform in order to increase your outreach and enhance collaboration with other civil society actors.
تهدف هذه الندوة إلى التعريف على دليل مدني وميزاته للفاعلين في المجتمع المدني في الأردن، وكيفية الاستفادة من المنصة من أجل توسيع نطاق تواصل منظمتك، وتعزيز التعاون مع الجهات الفاعلة الأخرى في المجتمع المدني
This package includes 3 maps pertaining to Lebanon's 2009 elections: - "confessional-distrib": showing the confessional geographic distribution of Lebanon's population - "election-results": showing the election results in West Bekaa/Rashaya and Metn areas. - "results&voters": showing the sectarian representation of parliamentary seats across Lebanon, the percentage of voters per electoral district, election results, and deputy representation per number of voters
Lebanon may witness a remarkable rise in the number of women serving in Parliament come May 2018 due to initiatives from women’s groups, “civil society” activists, and the substantial number of female candidates – 113 at the start of the election period. However, as this briefing paper shows, Lebanese women continue to face numerous challenges in entering government. The new electoral law passed in June 2017 does not provide women with equal opportunity to be elected, and it is yet to be seen whether it will increase female representation in Parliament. Nevertheless, the historic number of...
This report is based on answers to two surveys carried out in Lebanon in 2018 as part of a project to understand how refugees and humanitarian staff perceive the impact of the reforms enshrined in the Grand Bargain.
The report examines how economic and financial policies of the EU affect the economies of Southern Mediterranean countries. It’s interesting to note the shortcomings of these policies with regard to civil and political rights.
The second report is an evaluation of civil society initiatives on economic and social rights, including a series of civil society initiatives focusing on
The report entitled challenges for civil society and the promotion of economic and social rights, brings together recommendations from civil society actors and academics to strengthen Euro-Mediterra
Only a handful of studies in Lebanon have shed light on the changing gendered dynamics within the refugee families by comparing gender roles, expectations, and practices before and after displacement (as result of armed conflict).
This report presents findings from a survey conducted from 3-11 July, 2017 with three distinct refugee groups in Lebanon: Syrian refugees; Palestine refugees from Syria; and Palestine refugees from Lebanon.
This study maps the current state of gender justice in the Arab region, documenting barriers as well as opportunities. Its primary research aim is to determine how to develop an environment, at the legal, policy, and social levels that is conducive to gender justice.
