The Open Library Project
The Open Library Project is an online resource library with readily available reference books, reports, studies, guides and tools, and fact sheets relevant to civil society and civil society organisations’ work in Lebanon.
Dossiers are sub-libraries specific to certain events or themes
Cover Title Publisher(s) Publishing Year Synopsis Dossier Theme
Bailing out on rights: The high cost of an IMF deal in Lebanon. The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action 2022

This policy report analyzes the winding road towards an agreement between the IMF and Lebanon, since the request of the government for IMF support, going over main conditions required by the IMF... [read more]

Socio-Economic Rights Base, Conflict Analysis Project Policy Interventions, Livelihoods & Labour Rights
An intersectional perspective on social (in)security. Making the case for universal social protection in Lebanon The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action 2022

This policy brief analyzes the shortcomings of the social protection system in Lebanon against intersectional forms of discrimination. It questions the fragmentation and the deficiencies of the... [read more]

Socio-Economic Rights Base, Conflict Analysis Project Policy Interventions
Civil Society Review issue 5 - Challenging Power: Gender and Social Justice in the Middle East The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action 2021

This issue assesses the current moment of crisis in the region through the lens of gender, contributing new ways of thinking about, and reacting to the current compounded crisis plaguing the SWANA... [read more]

Gender Equity Network Gender
Localising migration governance in the Middle East region. Towards human rights based policies and interventions Lebanon Support 2020

This policy brief builds on Lebanon Support’s transformative and interdisciplinary research on migration, mobility, and circulation in the region. It aims to build on comparative contextual... [read more]

Migration, Mobility and Circulation, Conflict Analysis Project Refugees, Mobility
A Practical guide for Civil Society Organisations in Lebanon on Communication & Visibility Lebanon Support 2020

NGOs now have a growing need for Information and Communication specialists, whose task usually consists of supporting the organisation by shedding light on its activities, organising its media... [read more]

Civil Society Observatory, Civil Society Resources Training & Capacity Building, Civil Society Development
A Practical Guide for Civil Society Organisations on Financial Management Lebanon Support 2020

Understanding your Civil Society Organisation’s finances is essential to guarantee proper decision-making in your organisation’s activities and to ensure that your financial operations and... [read more]

Civil Society Observatory, Civil Society Resources Training & Capacity Building, Civil Society Development, Humanitarian Financing & Resources
Civil Society Review Issue 4: “Challenging “Migration Governance” in the Middle East and Turkey: Dynamic Power Relations, Contested Interventions, and Individual Strategies” Lebanon Support 2020

The papers gathered in this special issue of the Civil Society Review, both explicitly or implicitly, challenge the way in which migration is “governed” in the Middle East and Turkey. They explore... [read more]

Migration, Mobility and Circulation Refugees, Mobility
A Practical Guide for Civil Society Organisations in Lebanon on Research Methods Lebanon Support 2020

Evidence-based research forms the backbone of any serious attempt to produce knowledge about society or understand... [read more]

Civil Society Observatory, Civil Society Resources Training & Capacity Building, Civil Society Development
A Practical Guide for Civil Society Organisations in Lebanon on Organisational Management Lebanon Support 2020

This guidebook aims to build the capacities of civil society organisations’ members, prepare them for using organisational... [read more]

Civil Society Observatory, Civil Society Resources Training & Capacity Building, Civil Society Development
A Practical Guide for Civil Society Organisations in Lebanon for ICT For Development Lebanon Support 2020

Information and Communication Technology is necessary to help organisations, as well as grassroots collectives to better communicate, plan, organise, implement, monitor, and develop programmes and... [read more]

Civil Society Observatory, Civil Society Resources Science & Technology, Training & Capacity Building, Civil Society Development

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