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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Beirut River: Portrait & Injection
Studio Madane engages its youth in a project called ‘The Beirut River: Portrait and Injections’, with the aspiration to engage the members in socio political reform and decision-making through research and practice. In its mission to channel ideals and slogans into practical and result-oriented action plans, Madane develops the workflow model that it will employ internally and collaboratively with FNF.
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Sprout: Growing Green Entrepreneurs
In cooperation with Injaz Lebanon, we have wrapped up the second edition of Sprout to support early-stage entrepreneurs who have a start-up idea entailing a focus on one or more aspects of sustainability. Aside from the learning process, participating teams got to network and develop their idea, as well as gained exposure to the ecosystem of green entrepreneurs, mentors and investors.
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Roundtable #2 for The Way Out of the Economic Crises: A Sectoral Study
In the context of a partnership between FNF and the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies under the title The Way Out of the Economic Crises: A Sectoral Study, the second of five closed experts’ roundtables was organized on “The Way Forward for the Lebanese Industrial Sector”.
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LAU Simulation Models
On October 15, we launched this year’s simulation models in partnership with LAU. More than 500 students alone attended the first training session of the Model Good Governance (MGG) program, and more than 3,000 engaged students took part in our simulation models that day.
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Beirut Talks Freedom
1 day. 4 panels. 16 speakers. 250 attendees.
It's a wrap! Beirut was talking freedom on November 17 at KED Beirut. Our experts shed light on pressing social, economic and political topics, including Lebanon's economic model, individual freedoms in Lebanon, democracy in the Middle East and the future of the world order. -
Human Rights Work under attack the Case of Iraq and Lebanon
FNF organized the in-person seminar “Human Rights Work under attack the Case of Iraq and Lebanon” in partnership with the International Federation of Liberal Youth and in collaboration with the Iraqi Organization, Sasa Iraq, and the Lebanese Organization, Nahnoo, to connect civic activists from the two countries, and to identify common challenges for Iraqi and Lebanese Civic spaces.
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Expatriates voting analysis - 2022 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections
The expatriates’ (expats) vote in the 2022 Lebanese parliamentary elections has been a frequently discussed topic, with respect to its impact on the results and the role it played helping the Change Movement and independent groups secure additional seats. As part of a series of in-depth research papers on the 2022 parliamentary elections, the Electoral Lab at IFI drew an analysis of the voting trends of the Lebanese Expats or the Out of Country Vote (OCV).
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Cryptocurrency program
We’ve wrapped up the Cryptocurrency program, organized in collaboration with GloryThink. This in-person four-week course taught participants all about financial literacy, cryptocurrency, NFTs, and trading.
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Political Reforms through AI Summer School
We are super proud to wrap up the third edition of our ''Summer School for Social Innovation''. We tackled the importance of AI, Data Science and technological advancement in the Political Reform and Public Institution sector.
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Post Parliamentary Elections Indicators
With significant help from the international community, channeled through the efforts of UNDP
Leap and other agencies, the elections happened without any major logistical problems. Some
polling centers had electricity cuts, others faced long queues, and there was some hiccups in the
expatriates’ voting procedures with long lines reported in several countries, but the process was
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Infographics - Electoral Lists: What do the numbers really mean?
On April 7, the final number of electoral lists for the 2022 parliamentary elections were announced. 103 lists were officially registered, vying for 128 parliamentary seats in 15 districts. This year's elections has witnessed an unprecedented number of candidates, reaching 1,043 in comparison to previous years.
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Expats Turnout Analysis
The turnout of the expatriate voters has been above average, topping 63.05% overall, up from 56.4% in 2018. In absolute numbers, the votes rose from 46,799 in 2018 to 142,041 in 2022, almost reaching three times the number of votes in 2018. It is safe to say that the expatriates have delivered. The ball is now in the hands of the 3,744,959 Lebanese registered to vote locally.
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Electoral Lists Analysis
Most political parties waited until the last moment before unveiling their lists. Negotiations were still ongoing hours before the close of the registration period. All sides kept their cards hidden for as long as possible, maximizing their strength and weakening their opponents.
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Early Indicators from the Expatriates Voting.
The parliamentary electoral process in Lebanon started with the expatriates voting worldwide. The voting took place over two days. The elections occurred in 59 countries, up from 40 in 2018, in over 205 polling centers and 596 polling stations.
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Homage to Aleppo
This article is part of a series of photo-essays for Arab photographers, funded by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and edited by the photographer Muzafar Salman.
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A tad bit late, but our Christmas tree is finally up and twinkling🎄the Garage 664 team wishes you a joyful and festive holiday season, filled with cozy moments with friends and family ✨
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In collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & International Affairs (IFI) at AUB, we cordially invite you to a panel discussion on “Elections in Lebanon in 2022: Newly Emerging Trends”. The event will present the research findings of our Electoral Lab project – a research initiative by FNF and IFI to raise awareness on electoral discourse in Lebanon and increase public awareness around the importance of public data, with a focus on electoral results. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion and a Q&A session. ⏰ Monday, December 5, 2022, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm 📍Basile Antoine Meguerdiche Conference Hall (IFI Auditorium - Level B). Registration is mandatory (link in bio)
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In collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & International Affairs (IFI) at AUB, we cordially invite you to a panel discussion on “Elections in Lebanon in 2022: Newly Emerging Trends”. The event will present the research findings of our Electoral Lab project – a research initiative by FNF and IFI to raise awareness on electoral discourse in Lebanon and increase public awareness around the importance of public data, with a focus on electoral results. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion and a Q&A session. ⏰ Monday, December 5, 2022, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm 📍Basile Antoine Meguerdiche Conference Hall (IFI Auditorium - Level B). Registration is mandatory (link in bio)
