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The Beirut Port Discussion Series On June 25 and 27, 2024, the Beirut Urban Lab (BUL), in collaboration with our Institute and the Arab Center for Architecture (ACA), hosted two sessions as part of the Beirut Port Discussion Series. This series aims to foster a deeper understanding of the critical planning challenges that have emerged following the Beirut port explosion. The discussions focus on rebuilding efforts and mitigating issues resulting from poor governance, uncontrolled urbanization, and post-civil war reconstruction policies. This initiative encourages public participation, transparent discussions, and consultations with a wide range of stakeholders, including experts, academics, governmental bodies, economic institutions, and civil society organizations. On July 15, 2024, IFI hosted the first in a series of book discussions, starting with Ohannes Geukjian’s – Associate Professor of Comparative Politics and Conflict Resolution at the American University of Beirut – book “The Russian Military Intervention in Syria”(McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022). The event was moderated by IFI Director Joseph Bahout, with discussants Hilal Khashan, AUB Professor of Political Science, and Yeghia Tashjian, IFI’s International Affairs Cluster Coordinator.
 On June 26, 2024, our Institute in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Lebanon hosted the second launching event of our “Vulnerability Policy Tool” targeted towards representatives of INGOs based in Lebanon.
استضاف معهدنا يوم الثلاثاء ٢٨ أيار ٢٠٢٤، حفل إطلاق "المرصد البرلماني" وموقعه الإلكتروني التابع للمفكرة القانونية. ويعنى المرصد، بمراقبة وتحليل العمل التشريعي والسياسي لمجلس النواب انطلاقاً من مقاربة دستورية، وقانونية واجتماعية. افتتحت الجلسة بكلمة ترحيبية من مدير المعهد د. جوزيف باحوط، حيث أشاد بالتعاون مع المفكرة القانونية في هذا الحدث، مشيراً إلى أهمية الحياة البرلمانية في النظام الديمقراطي وضرورة فهم الحياة الداخلية لمجلس النواب وتحليل كيفية تفاعل القوى السياسية مع بعضها البعض ومع السلطة التي يفترض أن تراقب عمل هذه القوى. ولذلك، أكد باحوط أنَّ هذا المرصد يمثل ضرورة وطنية قبل كل شيء. IFI in partnership with Plan International Lebanon presented the results of their joint study “Adolescents between Siege and Hope,” on May 16, 2024. Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (DANIDA), the study examines the educational and social factors leading to secondary school dropouts among vulnerable Lebanese and Syrian refugees. Following opening remarks by IFI Assistant Director Yara Mourad, Director General of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) Dr. Imad Achkar, and Director of Programmes at Plan International Lebanon Elissa Al Hassrouny, a presentation of the study’s main findings was given by IFI Project Coordinator Nadia Nameh, and Education Specialist at Plan International Massa Al Mufti.
On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Women, Peace, and Security Regional Hub at IFI hosted a presentation and panel discussion on “Geopsychiatry in Policy Making: Implications for War and Peace.” The presentation was given by Dr. Joseph El-Khoury, assistant professor of psychiatry and president of the Lebanese Psychiatric Society, followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Lina Kreidie, expert in political psychology and gender studies; Mia Atoui, clinical psychologist and co-founder of Embrace; Dr. Samah Jabr, psychiatrist and head of the Mental Health Unit in the Palestinian Ministry of Health; and Dr. Audrey McMahon, child and adolescent psychiatrist and World Health Organization global mental health consultant.
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