Resources

We are reaching out to you—the visionaries, the tech architects, the diaspora, and the global believers—to join us as Founding Trustees ion the 961aiPivot. We don't want a "donation" that disappears into a temporary fix. We want a partnership that builds a permanent, sovereign infrastructure. We want you to stand with us as we decouple our talent from our troubles. When you partner with us, you aren't just funding a platform; you are anchoring a soul to its soil. You are proving that a nation’s spirit cannot be switched off by a power outage. You are helping us build a Lebanon that doesn't...

Understanding the Needs of the Community in water and sanitation sector

ككل عام تطلق المؤسسة الفلسطينية لحقوق الانسان (شاهد) تقريرها السنوي للعام 2023 حول واقع اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في لبنان، تطرح فيه الأرقام والوقائع الموثقة وتضعها بين يدي صانع القرار المحلي والدولي. هذا التقرير هو خلاصة للجهود البحثية والمتابعات الميدانية لفريق عمل مؤسسة (شاهد) خلال عام كامل.

دليل.فيلم هو مصدر مفتوح من تصميم بيروت دي سي وشركائها، يهدف إلى مساعدة صنّاع الأفلام العرب على إنتاج أفلام تصل إلى الجماهير على امتداد المدن العربية والعالم وتكون مراعية لمعايير الحفاظ على البيئة

daleel.film is the guide of guides: an open resource made by Beirut DC and partners to help Arab filmmakers make great socially and environmentally engaged films that reach audiences in every Arab city and the world

IFI Background Paper | November 2011
The Future Today: Youth and Adolescents of the Middle East and North Africa
 Situation Analysis on Adolescents and Youth in MENA by Suad Joseph
Calls for attention to children and youth are usually couched in future thinking: The children and youth of today will be the bulk of the population tomorrow, so we need to pay attention to them today. In much of the Middle East and North Africa, the reality is reversed. Children and youth are the bulk of today’s population. In all the MENA countries, those under 29 constitute a minimum of one half and up to two...

Annual Report about our 2016 

Economic integration is an important means to generate income and employment, to boost investment and to spur structural transformation toward more diversified and broad-based economic models.

The Arab region continues to manage uncertainties on its path towards an inclusive and sustainable growth trajectory: geopolitical tensions persist, and global interest rates have soared.

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

With globalisation, the mobility of people has grown, and women are essential actors in this migratory phenomenon. This article focuses on the role of women in migration and the role of migration in advancing women’s rights to achieve gender equality.

The study aimed to raise awareness on the Digital Economy in the Arab region and its contribution to Sustainable Development.

This report explores the impact of transport infrastructure and service availability and efficiency on the connectivity – the state of being connected – of GVCs.

This brief is one in a three-part research series produced by UN Women’s Fund for G

Book | January 2015
Research Handbook: the UN in the Arab World by Martin Wählisch
 

Summary Brief | May 2014
National Case Studies on Health Policy-making in the Middle East: The Case of the National Social Security Fund Voluntary Health Insurance System in Lebanon by Fadi El-Jardali, Lama Bou Karroum, Hana Addam El-Ghali
Public policy making is complex and suffers from limited uptake of research evidence, particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). In-depth case studies examining the health policymaking process would contribute to strengthening health systems, informing future policymaking and pushing for the use of technical evidence in this process through...

Monograph | April 2014
A Preliminary Overview of Policy Research Institutes in the Arab World A Compilation and Synthesis Report Consortium of Arab Policy Research Institutes (CAPRI) by Hana A. El-Ghali and Farah Yehia
​CAPRI started with research on policy-making and knowledge production in the Arab World, then moved into a series of workshops and seminars in Beirut, Cairo, Amman and Doha in which over 42 PRI colleagues from 17 different countries from the region examined their collective and individual experiences and explored how they could expand their impact in society. This includes...

عندما تضع الحرب أوزارها وتصمت المدافع، تجد البلاد نفسها أمام استحقاقات مرحلة ما بعد الحرب. مهمات جسام تواجه المواطنين والمؤسسات في هذه المرحلة، من البدء بتوفير شروط بناء السلم إلى إطلاق عملية العدالة الانتقالية مرورا بوضع السياسات الناجعة لإعادة الإعمار وبناء الدولة… وقد لوحظ أنه غالبا ما تُهمل المسائل الاقتصادية في هذه المرحلة مع أنها تمثل في واقع الأمر ركيزة بالغة الأهمية لبناء السلم الأهلي ولترسيخ المواطنة. في هذا الكتيب يقوم الباحث د. عمر ضاحي، وهو أستاذ الاقتصاد في “هامشير كوليج” في ولاية ماساشوسيتس، بتسليط الضوء على أهمية البعد الاقتصادي للعدالة الانتقالية.. التنمية بعد الأزمات، تأليف...