أزمة اللاجئين.. مشاريع اقتصادية في لبنان والأردن لخلق فرص عمل وتحسين البنية التحتية
May 31, 2017 / Library
الجزء الثاني من برنامج حواري عبر فرانس 24 العربية، حول آثار اللجوء المترتبة على عاتق البلديات في دول المشرق، تم إنجازه ضمن ورشة عمل شبكة البلديات المضيفة للاجئين حول موضوع "التنمية الإقتصادية المحلية".
الضيوف المشاركون في الحوار:
- حنين السيد، مسؤولة برامج التنمية البشرية لدى البنك الدولي في الشرق الأوسط (مكتب بيروت)
- مها قطاع، مها قطاع، منسقة...
أزمة اللاجئين.. آثار اقتصادية ملحوظة على البلديات المضيفة في لبنان والأردن
May 31, 2017 / Library
الجزء الأوّل من برنامج حواري عبر فرانس 24 العربية، حول آثار اللجوء المترتبة على عاتق البلديات في دول المشرق، تم إنجازه ضمن ورشة عمل شبكة البلديات المضيفة للاجئين حول موضوع "التنمية الإقتصادية المحلية".
الضيوف المشاركون في الحوار:
- حنين السيد، مسؤولة برامج التنمية البشرية لدى البنك الدولي في الشرق الأوسط (مكتب بيروت)
- مها قطاع، مها قطاع، منسقة...
Plan de développement stratégique de la région de Dannieh - Liban Nord
Saida Sustainable Urban Development Strategy Project
Addressing Territorial Cohesion Challenges and Promoting the Role of Cities in MENA
May 30, 2017 / Highlight
Context and rationale
The members of the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) Urban Hub held on May 4-5, 2017 at the Villa Valmer, Marseille, France an inaugural workshop.
This workshop convened more than 50 national and local government representatives, urban practitioners, researchers and urban activists from six countries – Algeria,...
Strengthening Host Municipalities: The ‘Municipal Know-how for Host Communities in the Middle East’ Programme
[Summary] Host Municipalities Network Webinar Data Production for Strengthening Social Cohesion in Host Communities
[Compendium] Best Practices in Hosting Refugees
Municipalities at the Forefront of the Refugees’ Crisis
Amid Growing Need, Refugee Health Workers could Fill Key Gaps
Apr 10, 2017 / Blog entry
Over the past six years, at least half of Syria’s 30,000 physicians—perhaps more, no one knows for sure—have fled the country. Like other Syrian refugees, they have gone wherever they can: Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Europe, and, in much smaller numbers, Canada and the United States.
Continue reading this article on The Brookings website...
Regional Workshop for Decision-makers on Groundwater Management
Apr 10, 2017 / Highlight
As part of the CMI program on Water Demand Management, a regional workshop on decentralized and participatory groundwater management was organized on March 9-10, 2017 in Marseille by AFD and the World Bank with the co-funding of the MENA Multi Donor Trust Fund, water scarce cities initiative, and GIZ, and a valuable technical partnership and...
Education for Competitiveness (E4C): Technical Workshop on School Disciplinary Climates in MENA
Apr 10, 2017 / Highlight
Background
The Education for Competitiveness (E4C) initiative was launched to support MENA countries improve their education systems to achieve higher productivity, inclusive growth, and global competitiveness. The E4C 21st Century Skills team and their partners aim to shed light on the critical importance of promoting not only cognitive but...
[Webinar] Data production for Strengthening Social Cohesion in Host Communities
Apr 05, 2017 / Library
Agenda
[Webinar] Data Production for Strengthening Social Cohesion in Host Communities
Apr 05, 2017 / Highlight
Context and Rationale
Producing reliable data on social cohesion often presents a challenge to municipalities hosting large numbers of refugees. This is not only due to the complexity of the topic, but also to capacity constraints and a fragile and rapidly changing environment. Social cohesion plays however an important role in urban settings,...
Improving Local Economic Opportunities for Host Communities and Refugees
Apr 04, 2017 / Highlight
Context
Over the five years of the Syrian conflict, affected municipalities have had to develop extraordinary resources and solutions to host refugees and ensure service delivery for all. 89% of Syrian refugees are hosted in by 3 of Syria’s neighbors (Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey), and affecting already vulnerable contexts in the region such as...
[Agenda] Improving Local Economic Opportunities for Host Communities and Refugees
Apr 04, 2017 / Library
tentative agenda for the 2nd Annual Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop of the Mediterranean Host Municipalities Learning Network.
How do Education and Unemployment Affect Support for Violent Extremism? Evidence from Eight Arab Countries
How do Education and Unemployment Affect Support for Violent Extremism? Evidence from Eight Arab Countries
Apr 03, 2017 / Blog entry
The year 2016 saw a spate of global terrorist attacks in United States, Ivory Coast, Belgium, France, Pakistan, Turkey and Nigeria, which has led to an increased focus on ways to combat terrorism and specifically, the threat of Daesh (Arabic acronym for ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).
Continue reading this article on The Brookings...
The Syrian Business Diaspora: A World Bank Investigation on their Present Situation and Future Aspirations
Invest in Jordan - Supporting the Syrian Refugees Employment
Mobilizing Diaspora Resources as Agents of Social and Economic Change
My Story,Your Story “Why Education Matters?
International Humanitarian Relief
The International Humanitarian relief
#WaterHeroes أبطال المياه#
Mar 28, 2017 / Highlight
Youth has an important role to play in working towards water security and increased water awareness. We asked young people who are involved in innovative water-related projects around the Mediterranean to speak up and share their message, these are the results.
للشباب دور مهم في الأمن المائي وزيادة الوعي حول قضايا الثروة المائية....
Female, Lebanese and Semi-Emancipated: My Views
Mar 14, 2017 / Blog entry
In the misleading influx of media images contrasting “eastern submissive women” – i.e. child marriages, forced marriages, forced hijab, female genital mutilation etc. – and of “western free and progressive women” – i.e. female politicians, single mothers, free sexual orientation, abortion rights etc. – this blog post does not wish to add another...
The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon: Empowering Youth to Serve as Agents of Change
Mar 13, 2017 / Blog entry
ساد الصمت في القاعة. ولم يبد أحد الرغبة في الحديث. قمت بإعادة السؤال مرة أخرى "ما هي أهم التحديات التي تواجهكم كل يوم؟ "سوبة هي شابة في أوائل العشرينات تعيش في طرابلس - واحدة من المناطق الأكثرفقراً والأعلى من حيث تركّز اللاجئين السوريين في لبنان - أخيراً رفعت يدها قائلة "نحن عاطلون عن العمل وليس لدينا إمكانية الحصول على الخدمات."
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