Beirut
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation Beirut Office is focused on Lebanon and its 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 organisations and liberal political parties while raising awareness about political education, female empowerment and durable development.
News
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Lebanon: From a Host Nation to a Port of Departure?
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Reshaping European Energy Relations across the Mediterranean: The Case of Green Hydrogen
Since 2019, Lebanon has been facing a multi-faceted crisis. This has led to severe shortages in fuel supply, which in turn resulted in further blackout in the national electricity grid with public electricity supply not exceeding a couple of hours per day. As Lebanon is relying mostly on oil imports for its energy supply, this publication explores the perspectives of alternative energy supply in Lebanon, highlighting the use of hydrogen.
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Conflict, Crisis, and Crimmigration?
In the context of the FNF Madrid Policy Group Visiting Program to Lebanon, we hosted the launch of the publication "Conflict, Crisis, and Crimmigration? Maritime Irregular Migration From Lebanon Since 2019" by Jasmin Lilian Diab, PhD and Ibrahim Jouhari. The paper has surveyed and tracked all irregular maritime migration attempts that start from Lebanon toward Europe by collecting accurate official data and presenting it in a publicly publishable format.
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SixSixFour Guidelines
The SixSixFour is a political opinion blog that offers liberal perspectives and analyses on
economy, politics, society, and culture in Lebanon. It gives a platform for people from different
backgrounds, professions, and expertise to voice their opinions on current events and discuss
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Demographic Engineering in the Course of Syria’s War
The 70-page report “Demographic Engineering in the Course of Syria’s War: A consequence or cause?" analyses the processes of population displacement and urban destruction in the context of the deliberate change of the demographic structure in Syria, from the perspective of demographic engineering.
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Lebanon’s Economic Crisis by Sector: Challenges and Opportunities in Manufacturing
“Lebanon’s Economic Crisis by Sector: Challenges and Opportunities in Manufacturing” - Policy Brief by Bacel Maddah, Lina Maddah, and Nadim Gharios supported by FNF Lebanon.
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Innovation and politics: an intertwined relationship
One of the goals of policymakers should be to make sure that AI is being used to correct some of the past mistakes and to avoid replicating human bias or repeating history even when historical data is skewed.
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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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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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OurVoice 2022
In this year’s edition of the OurVoice project, in collaboration with Alsama, young students of the Alsama project attended our two-week workshop in Shatila on visual storytelling, photojournalism, and zine creation held by Erol Gurian and Sara Hteit.
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Fe-male: Intersectionality of Digital Safety and Feminist Activism
In collaboration with Fe-male we launched cybersecurity workshops for Women Journalists, Women Political Activists, and Women Human Rights Defenders about cyberbullying and cybersecurity from a gender sensitive perspective to equip them with a toolkit on how to protect themselves online.
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“Women in Politics” 2022 Visiting Program
In collaboration with FNF Jordan, FNF Europe and the International Academy for Leadership (IAF) we visited Berlin and Brussels. This program mainly focused on enhancing essential advocacy skills and enriching the impact of female leaders in defending women’s rights. Our delegations from Lebanon and Jordan consisted of influential female leaders and activists who work in the field of political participation and civic engagement in politics.
Social Media
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📢 From the 16th to the 19th of May, we hosted the @fnfmad Policy Group in a visiting program on Migration. The group consisted of liberal policy makers and experts from across Europe, MENA region and West Africa. During the four days program, the group had the chance to learn and hear from different stakeholders on the reality and challenges of migration in 🇱🇧 as a country of origin and a destination. 📚 We met with representatives from @ifi_aub and International Affairs (IFI) 🏫, @sk_eyes Foundation, @alsamaproject , and the @euinlebanon, among others. 🤝 The program also uncluded meeting with Lebanese MP @michelmoawadofficial, a meeting with @unhcrlebanon representative and a visit to an informal settlement for refugees managed by UNHCR Lebanon. 📃🔎 Furthermore, we organized a launch event of the study “Conflict, Crisis and Crimmigration? A Database Study of maritime irregular migration to Lebanon since 2019” carried out by the researchers Ibrahim Jouhari and Jasmin Lilian Diab, with the support of the FNF Madrid office. Read more about the program through the Link: https://www.freiheit.org/lebanon/lebanon-host-nation-port-departure #Fnflebanon
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📃 In the context of the FNF Madrid Policy Group Visiting Program to Lebanon, we hosted the launch of the publication "Conflict, Crisis, and Crimmigration? Maritime Irregular Migration From Lebanon Since 2019" by Jasmin Lilian Diab, PhD and Ibrahim Jouhari. 🔎 The paper has surveyed and tracked all irregular maritime migration attempts that start from Lebanon toward Europe by collecting accurate official data and presenting it in a transparent, easily accessible, and publicly publishable format. Read the full paper through the Link https://www.freiheit.org/lebanon/conflict-crisis-and-crimmigration
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Last Saturday we concluded a four day training program for the members of Project Watan. ⭕ The Art of Leadership in Public Affairs Academy aimed at enabling the participants to ensure the optimal development of the organizational needs of their party and guide them on the way forward. 📚 The academy included different sessions discussing the concepts and principles of Project Watan as well as current political updates; liberal democracy and economy and financial literacy, the academy program also equipped the participants with necessary skills for them to be able to communicate internally and externally as well as be assertive in their positions as leaders in Project Watan. #FNFLebanon #ProjectWatan #ALPA
