 In collaboration with The Beirut Urban Lab at the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture a two-panel webinar titled “Recovering Amidst Crises, Beirut's Port Blast One Year Later”, was organized on Thursday, August 12, 2021. This event took stock of the multiple efforts that have been deployed in the past year to initiate processes of repair and recovery in response to the damage incurred by the August 4 Beirut blast: actors, sectors and institutions. It outlined current scenarios of recovery and lay out visions for desirable futures.
Introductory Remarks: Joseph Bahout, IFI Director Panel 1 City Elements, the Port, Homes, Heritage, and City Life Speakers: Edgar Mourad, Design and Planning Director, Khatib & Alami Rana Samara, Vice-president, Nusaned Jad Tabet, Architect & Urban Designer, Former President of the OEA Dana Mazraani, Research Coordinator, Beirut Urban Lab/AUB Moderator: Mona Fawaz,Professor, BUL/AUB Panel 2 The Institutional Framework of Recovery: 3RF, CFOs, and Accountability Speakers: Karima Ben Bih, Urban and DRM Specialist, World Bank Nizar Saghieh, Executive Director, Legal Agenda Issam Zeitoun, Director, Impact Lebanon Moderator: Mona Harb, Professor, BUL/AUB Note: This event will be in English, and will be live-streamed on IFI's Facebook page. To watch the re-run. Comments are closed.
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