Beirut
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation Beirut Office is focused on Lebanon and it's people. Regional and local turmoil makes the work of the foundation in this country challenging, forcing our office in Beirut to constantly adapt to new social and political changes.In Lebanon, our main objective is to support Lebanese start-ups, civil society organizations and liberal political parties while raising awareness about political education, female empowerement and durable development.
News
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IAF Alumni Network Night
Once again, we have gathered our unique IAF Alumni network for a yearly gathering! We hosted a dynamic event that consisted of a comedy show and a musical comedy performance that made our participants laugh and take a break from life's stress. The event took place at Blue House Tea Salon in the heart of Beirut and was concluded by a socializing period. To all who attended and participated in the event's success, a big thank you!
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Females Lead In Politics (FLIP).
Out of need progress is forged. Following the obvious lack of female representation and involvement in Lebanese politics, we have launched and executed a progressive project in partnership with AFAAL that consisted of online trainings to 30 participants and a 3 day boot-camp with more than 8 trainers that aimed to prepare and help female activists and leaders better perform in the next electoral race!
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Karim Soueissi : Financial and Economic expert, entrepreneur and academic.
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Liberal Alphabet S ''Seeking freedom, Women Leading Protests''
On November 9th, we held our Liberal Alphabet S event that consisted of the screening of our Women Leading Protests film followed by a dynamic Q&A with journalist Luna Safwan featured in the film. The discussion was moderated by Verena El Amil and then shifted into an interactive discussion with the participants. Special thanks to Union Marks for providing drinks and bites and a charming venue!
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TWILY Gamification
A fresh and dynamic training in a game format! A unique experience for kids to learn about business growth and ventures through experience instead of theory!
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Data Journalism School
Our data journalists in the making have been immersed in an intensive online program that prepares them to deal with data-driven stories. From gathering and collecting data, to cleaning, analysing, and visualizing the findings, 10 Lebanese and Syrian journalists will be able to acquire all the needed tools to present their own data stories at the end of the program.
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Model Youth Parliament 2021
Another successful edition of Model Youth Parliament took place at the Saint Joseph University in Beirut, gathering students from all parts of the country, all of them united by the passion and engagement towards building a better and more politically correct country.
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SMEX BLOGPOST VOL. II
After the initial launch of the first SMEX BLOGPOST that tackled cybersecurity threats and data privacy issues on official governmental platforms (especially the Ministry of Public Health). SMEX are back with a second edition blogpost that analyzes the specifications and protection tools used by the websites that handles citizens' data and such. FNF in partnership with SMEX want to raise awareness about the importance of data privacy and cybersecurity!
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Remembering the 4th of August.
Project Director of FNF Lebanon Kristof Kleemann analyses the situation in Lebanon in FNF MENA'S latest MENAPOL Blog and suggests the international community must pressure Lebanese authorities for the 2022 parliamentary elections to actually take place and to be held freely and fairly.
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Lynn Harfoush : executive committee member in the Lebanese National Bloc Party
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Revolutionizing Politics : Through the lens of technology.
Alongside the inevitable technological progress taking place around the world, almost every sector including politics and social work has to adapt and pick up the pace to stay up to date to come up with modern solutions to modern problems. A project in partnership with Riyada for social innovation prepared and trained university students from all over the country to come up with fresh and new ideas that will help enhance the country's performance and situation.
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ZENTRUM for political change.
Lebanon now more than ever, needs administrative reform and a significant increase in transparent, ethical and anti-corruption policy making. This is why we have launched Zentrum for political change in partnership with LCPS in order to raise awareness and equip the youth with the proper knowledge and skills to forge new policies that will be the solid base of a better country.
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Citizenship Summer School : School of Governance.
In the midst of a complete collapse of the Lebanese economy and political system, a joint effort by FNF Lebanon, the Lebanese Transparency Association and Saint Joseph University of Beirut to launch a program that educates the youth regarding good governance and transparency.
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NOW WHAT?
128Lebanon.com - all about politics in Lebanon with a focus on elections, is a political blog by Ibrahim Jouhari in collaboration with FNF Lebanon. In this issue, Ibrahim studies and analyzes the different aspects of the Lebanese crisis and sheds the light on the importance of the elections.
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Yara Assi : Legal Intern
