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UNHCR’s Policy Development and Evaluation Service (PDES) is committed to the systematic examination and assessment of UNHCR policies, programmes, projects and practices.

This report is the result of 4 weeks’ field work from April 22 to May 17 carried out in the two districts of Zgharta and Minieh-Dennieh by SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL’s (SI) outreach workers.

Since Syria’s Arab Spring events began in March 2011, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that the death toll has surpassed 21,000 people, mostly civilians, who have been killed in unrelenting violence in certain areas of the country1.

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This guide has been published in 2013 by ABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality, with the support of Save The Children. It is a manual intended for the use of facilitators, to guide them in explaining notions relevant to gender and gender equality to children and youth.

DRC LEBANON BACKGROUNDThe Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization working in Lebanon since 2004. In May 2011, DRC responded to a call from UNHCR, when the Syrian crisis started and the first Syrian refugees came into Lebanon. DRC believes that no refugee must be in want of help to find protection and durable solutions and hence the emergency response aims to provide immediate relief and protection to displaced refugees, including their vulnerable hosts, in an impartial, inclusive and neutral manner, adhering to the Code of Conduct of the Red...

Working Paper | December 2012
The Efficiency of Food Labeling as a Rural Development Policy: The Case of Olive Oil in Lebanon by Jad Chaaban
Several regional products have been very successful as region-based products, such as Saudi Dates, Jordanian Thyme, Syrian Barazi, Egyptian Foul Mdamas, and Lebanese Chick Pea paste (Homos Tahini). These trends of regionbased, Geographic indicator (GI) and governmental labeled products are considered to be an added value to agroindustrial sector, and are highly efficient tactics to increase small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) revenues. However...

Lecture | December 2012
International Intervention in Lebanon and Beyond by Maureen Ali
As part of its United Nations and the Arab World Program, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs initiated a series of panels and lectures entitled, “International Intervention in Lebanon and Beyond.” The series analyzes the role played by international institutions in conflict and post-conflict zones in the region and seeks to contextualize military, civilian and humanitarian stands that are often interlinked or sometimes so blurred as to obscure the reality on the ground...

Working Paper | December 2012
Production of Norms and Securitization in Development Policies: From Human Security to Security Sector Reform by Penelope Larzilliere 
Several regional products have been very successful as region-based products, such as Saudi Dates, Jordanian Thyme, Syrian Barazi, Egyptian Foul Mdamas, and Lebanese Chick Pea paste (Homos Tahini). These trends of regionbased, Geographic indicator (GI) and governmental labeled products are considered to be an added value to agroindustrial sector, and are highly efficient tactics to increase small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s...

In cooperation with Oxfam GB, and with the support of the European Union, Kafa - Enough Violence and Exploitation works since 2009 on developing strategies and interventions with men and boys to end gender-based violence through the white ribbon campaign. On the occasion of the 16 days of activism to end violence against women Kafa considers that men should be involved in limiting and ending gender based violence, as standing against patriarchal society will also reflect positively on men and society in general.  The patriarchal society, which puts men and women in predefined solid identities...

The purpose of this manual is to inform different employers on people with disabilities and inclusion in the workplace. It provides a basic principle on how to start accessing this untapped labor pool, raise awareness about disability, provide tools for recruitment and ways of integration.

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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Interview | October 2012
Insight into the UN in Libya
Dr. Tarek Mitri, Senior Fellow at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI), on October 15th 2012, began his appointment as the Special Representative for the Secretary-General at the United Nations, and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Dr. Mitri will be spending the year in this capacity, working closely with the Libyan government and civil society, aiding the process of institution building and security stabilization, as well as work with international actors playing a role in...

يهدف هذا الدليل إلى تزويد القادة المحليين بمقترحات عملية وشاملة لتعزيز جهودهم في مجال الوقاية من النزاعات في السياق المحلي. يتوجه هذا الدليل إلى الأفراد الذين يضطلعون بدور هام في مجتمعاتهم المحلية علمًا أن القادة المحليين قادرين على لعب دور إيجابي في الحفاظ على العلاقات الودية ما بين المجموعات المختلفة. قد يشمل هؤلاء المحافظين والمخاتير والقادة الروحيين المحليين وأعضاء الأحزاب والكبار في السن ووجهاء العائلات والمؤرخين والصحافيين وأساتذة المدارس ورؤساء المدارس وأي شخصية تحظى باحترام الآخرين. لا يحتاج هؤلاء بالضرورة أن يكونوا من كبار المسؤولين الحكوميين أو السياسيين أو المراجع الدينية أو رواد...

This guide is intended to provide local actors with practical and comprehensive suggestions for enhancing their efforts in violence prevention in the local context. It is designed for people involved locally in their communities. Local leaders can have a positive role in maintaining cordial inter-group relationships. They can be mayors, mukhtars, local religious leaders, party members, elders, family leaders, historians, journalists, school teachers, and school headmasters—virtually anyone who is respected by others. People need not be high-ranking government officials, politicians, religious...

By Ibtikar Research & Consulting, s.a.l. Sonya Knox, Leila Zakharia, Ilina Srour September 8, 2012 Executive Summary The “Market Study in Saida: Creative entry points to the job market” presents findings triangulated from a comprehensive literature review of all available data, a quantitative market survey of 47 institutions in Saida assessing market demand, and qualitative research with 78 women (Palestinian and Iraqi refugees and Lebanese women at risk) and key stakeholders assessing market supply. The literature review brings together data and analysis from UN and governmental agencies and...

Summary | September 2012
The Question of the 'Civil State': An Arab Public Policy Roundtable Discussion in Light of the Arab Uprisings
On September 4, 2012, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) convened a roundtable discussion on the 'Civil State'. A highly topical subject due to recent Arab uprisings, IFI and the participants hoped that ideas tabled during the discussion would generate further research and working papers. It was also hoped that the discussion could provide the inspiration for a more...

Working Paper | September 2012
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL): International Justice Dissected by Omar Nashabe
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) was created by the UN Security Council in 2007 to prosecute those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and others in 2005. It has been controversial since its inception, with supporters claiming its very creation would ensure impunity. This paper offers a critique of the history, structure and procedures of the international criminal investigation and the establishment of the STL. Its central...