Lebanese Development Network (LDN)

> Euro-MeD Career & Employment Advisor Portal - EU
DAEDALUS aims at addressing the needs of young residents in Lebanon, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Jordan, Tunisia and Palestine who are seeking employment in the labor markets of the Mediterranean Sea Basin by enhancing their career and business opportunities and matching their qualifications and skills with existing needs in neighboring countries as well as to enable the exchange of information and knowledge among stakeholders about potential synergies and collaborative activities. It seeks to provide career advising services to help young people raise their competence level in marketing their skills and searching for employment in the Mediterranean markets as well as to establish a technologically enhanced instrument for stakeholders, to post employment vacancies, seek qualified competitive employees and explore investment opportunities in a collaborative way.
> Rapid assessment of the skills and employability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon - International Labor Organization (ILO)
This Rapid assessment of the skills and employability of Syrian refugees in Akkar and Bekaa, to assess the level of child labour, to identify job market competition by interviewing Lebanese workers where the Syrian refugees are concentrated, and to identify possible job offers through interviewing businesses in the areas where Syrian refugees are more visible.
> Migrant-Friendly Labor Policies through Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue in MENA - The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
This pre-project is to lay the foundation for the multi-stakeholder  dialogue in Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, UAE & Qatar which would enhance the change in the labour market system, the framework conditions for labour migrants and the accountability of duty bearers. Thus, the primary focus of the pre-project, presented here, will be to link an appreciation for labor market policy to a conceptual understanding of the impact of labor migration on the economy and society as a whole. Stated more concretely, the respective national participants in the project will ultimately be able to articulate and disseminate proactive positions on how active labor market policy and the inclusion of labor migration into this equation, is inextricably connected to overall development within a given society. Rule of law, labor market policy, a comprehensive grasp of how labor migration is linked to both and a country’s medium and long term developmental goals thus go hand-in-hand. The key facilitating agent of this process will be a multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD) process to be developed, designed, and implemented based on the specificities of each unique project country.
> Survey Report on Access to Information in Lebanon - World Bank and Lebanese Transparency Association
The aim of the survey was to assess Lebanese people’s familiarity with the nexus between their rights as citizens and the information they hold to allow the exercise of those rights. The survey was designed to map the impact of the absence of an Access To Information (ATI) law and regulations on three levels: the level of ordinary life, or in other words, the personal and family sphere; the level of professional and business activities; and on the sphere of good governance in the country, or in other words, on the level of the activity of elected officials themselves. To provide a sense of the current state of affairs vis-à-vis information access, the survey generated information about the prevailing difficulties to access information from public bodies, and the methods used by people to acquire needed information. More specifically, the general knowledge of the ATI draft law presented to parliament in 2009 in the population and among policymakers was probed.
> Establishing MEPI Alumni Network Local Chapter - MEPI
The major purpose of this project is to provide the Chapter with a solid base structure through the MEPI – Lebanon Alumni Association where members will enjoy an advanced platform to reunite, act, and achieve on the democratic, the economic and the different social levels. With the membership retention policy adopted and the diversification of committees and activities, MEPI-LAA will ensure a homogenous, vigorous, growing and independent entity in the service of the Alumni Network in specific and the Lebanese civil society at large. Hence, it provides the appropriate linkages between the registered members and the new comers, offers the most practical administrative tools and fosters better exchange opportunities among the various partners and stakeholders.
> Promoting Financial and Economic Education - Islamic Development Bank & Ministry of Finance
By training teachers in economics and finance and by creating a multimedia toolkit, using the EDUTAINMENT methodology for financial education in classroom instruction, the Basil Fuleihan Institute will contribute to improving economics and civic education teaching methods in Lebanese public schools. This will increase Lebanese students’ understanding of public finance and economics, enabling them to better understand the challenges of economic growth and development. This project builds on the results and findings of a 2009 pilot program which enrolled 210 teachers.
> Refugees of the Arab Spring: The Syrian Refugees in Lebanon - The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (AUC)
The   study   reviews   the   manifestations   of   the   Syrian   refugees’   crisis   in Lebanon during its first year. The paper analyzes the attitudes and policies of the Lebanese state as well as the interaction of these attitudes with those of the Lebanese society in its different components. As such, the paper may be viewed as a study of the impact of the political and social environment on refugee policy-making.
> Capacity Building for Non Profits - Lebanese American University (LAU)
The emphasis of the program is mainly on NGO Management and Development which provides participants with working knowledge of the managerial, financial, and organizational aspects of non-profits in society. Accordingly, two disciplines are adopted, The Organizational Planning for NGOs as a whole and The Personal Dynamics for team members as change agents. Another focus takes place when dealing with the particular issue of the private sector characterized by the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility and its relation with NGOs.
> Capacity Building for Youth-Led Organizations - IREX
LDN worked on developing the capacities of a group of six Youth-Led NGOs by providing them training and technical assistance on both, Fundraising and Communication skills.
> Capacity Building for Women in Rural Areas - Relief International
This program aimed at providing technical assistance and training to empower a total of 320 women from Nahr El Bared area through targeted knowledge related to topics on Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Leadership and Decision Making.