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.
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Policy Brief 7: Relief Under Constraint
How can Lebanon support businesses after war without major spending? This brief proposes low-cost fiscal and administrative measures to stabilize firms and preserve economic activity.
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Policy Brief 6: Pricing the Comeback
A Day-One strategy to revive Lebanon's tourism sector through lower travel costs, simplified entry procedures, coordinated pricing, and credible signals that restore visitor confidence.
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Public Survey on Sociopolitical Landscape in Lebanon
Two nationwide surveys tracking Lebanese public opinion on governance, elections, economic recovery, security, displacement, and regional dynamics ahead of 2026.
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Policy Brief 5: The Economics of De-Escalation
A policy roadmap for transforming the Lebanon-Syria border from a fragmented wartime economy into a system of structured economic interdependence that raises the cost of instability.
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Policy Brief 4: Classrooms Without Borders
Can education remain equitable during displacement? This brief shows how administrative reforms, not funding, can preserve access, prevent inequality, and keep Lebanon’s school system unified.
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Policy Brief 3: Coverage Without Cost
With no fiscal space, how can healthcare access expand? This brief demonstrates how regulation, incentives, and coordination can mobilize existing providers to serve displaced populations at no cost.
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Policy Brief 2: Regulating Prices Without Spending
Amid wartime inflation, what can the state do without subsidies? This brief outlines how regulation, transparency, and enforcement can stabilize prices and protect consumers without public spending.
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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.
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Liberal Alphabet T: The Treasure Trove
On September 14th, we hosted our twentieth Liberal Alphabet event “Liberal Alphabet T: The Treasure Trove; what is concealed beneath the Lebanese Offshore?” at Beit Beirut.
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Roundtable #1 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 first of 5 closed experts’ roundtables was organized on “The Way Forward for the Knowledge Economy and Education Sector in Lebanon”.
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L3aba Siyese Game night
In efforts to introduce the Lebanese public to L3aba siyese, FNF along with the creator of the game, Tracy Saad, organized a game night at the Ark in Hamra where we had an inter-generational audience from cities all over Lebanon trying out the game over drinks and bites.
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Value & Values Award 2022
The V&V award is an essay writing competition for high school and university students launched by Rakiza in partnership with FNF Beirut office and Injaz Lebanon. This years finalists and their families were invited to an award ceremony at the Sursock Museum where the winners for both school and university category were announced in a nice atmosphere of debate around the economic concepts at the heart of the discussion.
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Citizenship Summer School 2022
More than 80 students from different universities and different backgrounds came together, from August 23 to August 26, to learn more about the environmental and economic challenges in Lebanon under the umbrella of the 3rd edition of the Citizenship Summer School organized by FNF in partnership with the Student life office at Université Saint Joseph.
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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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✈️ How can Lebanon reopen to the world after a ceasefire? 📄 Our latest policy brief by Jamal Ibrahim Haidar proposes a practical Day-One strategy to revive tourism through lower airfares, simplified entry procedures, coordinated pricing, and targeted public messaging. 🏨 Tourism can become one of the first engines of recovery, helping restore confidence, generate foreign exchange 💵, and signal that Lebanon is open for business again 🇱🇧. 🔗Read the full policy brief: https://www.freiheit.org/lebanon/policy-brief-6-pricing-comeback
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🎬 Can artists dream beyond crisis? The opening talk of Cabriolet Film Festival 2026 at @district7beirut brought together filmmakers, artists, and media professionals to discuss freedom of expression, the realities of creating during times of war, and the invisible pressures that shape the stories we choose to tell. 💬 A meaningful evening of dialogue on cinema, creativity, and the future of storytelling in Lebanon. 🇱🇧✨ Thank you to @michelletueini, @diamand_abou_abboud, @amindora, @solangetrak, and everyone in the audience for a thoughtful, honest, and reflective exchange. 🙏🎥
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🇱🇧 A country at a crossroads. In Berlin, we launched the #Lebanon Dossier in collaboration with Zenith Magazine and explored some of the most pressing questions facing Lebanon today: reconstruction, reform, security, and the future of state institutions. Thank you to all speakers and participants for a thoughtful and timely discussion. #LebanonInTransition #FNFLebSyr
