United Nations Youth Association of Lebanon (UNYA Lebanon)

National Network
Liban
Address

Lebanon, Beirut, Achrafieh, Sessine, Saydeh Church, Tabbal Street, Khederian Building, 2nd Floor.
Beirut
Liban

Telephone
+96171717859
Telephone (other)
+9613657231
E-Mail
info@unyaleb.org
E-Mail (2)
fabdelsater@unyaleb.org
E-Mail (3)
jalbanna@unyaleb.org
Website
http://www.unyaleb.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2009
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Human rights
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Media
  5. Research
  6. Youth and education
General Information
UNYA Lebanon, is a youth-led NGO constituted under the regulations and system of the World Federation of United Nations Associations -Youth Section and relies on 3 organs: 1. The Administrative Board 2. The General Assembly 3. The Executive Teams Financially independant from its mother organization(UN), UNYA Lebanon's budget and financial resources can be summarized as following: 1. Local, National, Regional or International funding 2. Annual membership subscriptions 3. Fundraising 4. Donations 5. Governmental patronage (to some events, activities) The expected budget for the year 2011 is app. 200 000 $. UNYA Lebanon executes its principles, goals, and missions through different modalities, mainly: 1. Mid-term projects 2. Series of one-day workshops 3. E-events and actions 4. Camps 5. Exchanges/Mobility scholarships Our main partners for the year 2011 are: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, USAID, UNYA Tunisia, What's Up Youth, International Youth Council - Lebanon' Chapter, Universite Saint Joseph, Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs.
Mission and Objectives

Operating as the official representative of the UN Youth community on the Lebanese territory UNYA Lebanon holds firmly the slogan of "Proudly Youthocrats"(Youth+Democracy). Therefore part of its objectives, as stated in its constitution, are:
• Empower young people by advocating at a governmental level for a national youth inclusion & empowerment strategy and for a Lebanese youth representatives system to the UNGA.
• Be a forum for youth-to-youth knowledge-sharing about social entrepreneurship & the MDGs.
• Act as the umbrella organization of Lebanese UN Clubs (except UNESCO Clubs*), MUNs, UN Youth Campaigns, UN Youth Volunteers.
• Create channels of cooperation with ministries and civil society actors, in order to engage more local partners in its yearly youth action plan.
*UNESCO Clubs in Lebanon work under the umbrella of the Lebanese National Committee - UNESCO Clubs Section and are not affiliated to the UNYA-Lebanon.

Main Projects / Activities

The main programs &projects of UNYA Lebanon target:
- the advocacy towards an effective Lebanese national youth policy
- the promotion of a youth-to-youth knowledge-sharing for active citizenship
- and intercultural dialogue
An example of our regular activities is "Lebanon's Open Forum on Youth Policy", a Facebook group that is part of a larger project "Inform Youth" (a research project aiming to release by October 2011 a visual data/info of the exact situation of a so-called Lebanese national youth policy. A project which will allow UNYA Lebanon and fellow youth NGOs to define priority causes to advocate for).
The Open Forum aims at defining: What is youth policy? is there in Lebanon a national youth strategy? What are the rights of the Lebanese youth? Etc.
UNYA Lebanon will award the best contributors with technical and small financial support for the implementation of their ideas into actions.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ms. Jana Al-Banna
Head of the organisation
Ms. Farah I.Abdel Sater