The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was established in 1991, in response to the major changes in the political and economic context in Central and Eastern European countries.1 Today it has 65 shareholders, of which 63 are countries, and the other two ar
The EIB is the European Union’s bank. It is the financing institution of the EU founded in 1958 by the Treaty of Rome and owned by the 27 EU member states. The EIB is headquartered in Luxembourg and has a network of local and regional offices in Europe and beyond.
This book entitled “The Service Sectors, Trade Policy, and the Challenges of Development in the Arab Region” (Part II) is an initiative of the Arab NGO Network for Development, within the context of its work on trade and development issues.
It contains 8 chapters: 1) an introduction to the general debate on trade and development, 2) an overview of the situation In the Arab region, 3) the engagement of Arab countries with the WTO, 4) Arab countries and the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, 5) Arab countries and free
The value of exports from Lebanon in Quarter 4 2011, was LBP 2,052 billion. This was LBP 72 billion, 3.4%, lower than exports in Q3 2011 and LBP 148 billion, 6.7%, lower than exports in the same quarter last year.
Israeli forces conducted a major combined military operation in the Gaza Strip for a period of 22 days (December 27, 2008 – January 18, 2009), where “Israeli forces used aerial bombing, tank shelling and armored bulldozers to eliminate the productive capacity of some of Gaza's
June 14, 2009 marks the second year of closure of the Gaza Strip for movement of both people and goods. The large majority of these movements are classified under the humanitarian functions with only limited quantities of exports mainly cash crops.
Parliamentary elections of 2009 and the year 2008 in review. The evenings of tuesday and Wednesday, April 7/8 marked the last day to register as a candidate for the Lebanese Parliamentary Elections scheduled on Sunday June 7, 2009.
إن الجمعيات هي العمود الفقري للمجتمع المدني في جميع الدول التي تتمتع بنظام ديمقراطي، وهي بأعدادها الكبيرة ووفرة نشاطاتها، تساهم في لعب أدوار "[محورية] بالتكامل مع مؤسسات الدولة وسلطاتها المختلفة، في عدد كبير من الوظائف والميادين، أبرزها: التطور والتنمية البشرية المستدامة؛ تنمية اهتمام المواطن بالشأن العام، تفعيل طاقة أفرادها وصقلها وتوجيهها وتأمين الديمومة المؤسساتية لها واستقلالها، تعزيز الديمقراطية وثقافتها وتقوية المجتمع المدني."
لكن الجمعيات في لبنان تواجه وضع قانوني مؤسف، بحيث أنها، وبالرغم من الدور الأساسي الذي ما فتئت تلعبه في ظل نظام دستوري وقانوني يتفق إلى حد كبير مع مبدأ حرية...
