“Meet an Idol” is a program where Youth get to meet a person considered and Idol in society. When meeting a leading example, youth will listen to the success story delivered from their host and will be encouraged and motivated of having their own story of success
YED organized a meeting with the students of AUT-Alvidar University on 15/16 January 2018 as part of the “Shakli in Lebanon” project, which is being implemented as part of the “Youth of the Day” project in partnership with Masar and UNICEF.
The meeting included an introductory session on the project “My job in Lebanon … the rest of Lebanon”, which aims to provide a free and easy link between the owners of institutions, companies and young job seekers, especially professional students, academics and certificate holders through the activation of a search engine at www.stayinginleb.com . The director of Yad Hani Emad Association, in cooperation with a group of volunteers in the Society, presented a briefing session on how to use the website and create an account. Michel Salibi offers tips and advice on writing a CV.
Young People of the Day is a partnership between Masar and UNICEF, which is implemented in Beddawi, Badghan, Jbeil, Hermel, Saida and Qa’a during the period 2017 – 2018. The project aims to empower young people to be active in the local development process. Ensuring a meeting space for young people from various Lebanese regions and interaction and integration. As well as encouraging initiatives / youth associations to play the role of “youth councils” that raise the voice of young men and women to the local authorities concerned and noted their needs and priorities in their programs and local policies.
YED participated in a training workshop organized by MASAR in the framework of the “Youth Today’s Citizens” project, which is being implemented in partnership with UNICEF on 16 and 17 September 2017 on life skills: “Communication, Leadership, Public Speaking and Conflict Resolution” with 30 young men and women from 6 initiatives Youth.
The Youth Entrepreneurship Development Association organized the launch of the research engine “StayinginLeb” on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 in the city of Byblos within the campaign “My work in Lebanon … the rest of Lebanon”, which is implemented within the framework of ” And UNICEF.
The campaign “My job in Lebanon … the rest of Lebanon” aims at providing a free and easy link between the owners of institutions and young people looking for work, especially professional students and professional and technical certificate holders, through the research engine above. It also aims to ask the municipal councils in the districts of Jbeil to publish this site, which will enhance access to available jobs and thus reduce the problem of unemployment.
The ceremony was attended by Mr. Hani Emad, Chairman of the Youth and Sports Committee, Mr. Simon Abi Ramia, Minister of Labor, Mr. Mohamed Kabara, represented by Mr. Rabia Kabbara, and the President of Masar Association, Mr. Kamal Shea.
Then, the young Jesse Abe Remia of the Youth Development Association presented a visual presentation of the research engine and how to create accounts for young jobseekers and business owners. The activities of the campaign included workshops on research engine with students of technical institutes and universities in Jubail , And visits to institutional owners.
Young People of the Day is a partnership between Masar and UNICEF, which is implemented in Beddawi, Badghan, Jbeil, Hermel, Saida and Qa’a during the period 2017 – 2018. The project aims to empower young people to be active in the local development process. Ensuring a meeting space for young people from various Lebanese regions and interaction and integration. As well as encouraging initiatives / youth associations to play the role of “youth councils” that raise the voice of young men and women to the local authorities concerned and noted their needs and priorities in their programs and local policies.
The Youth Youth Association, in collaboration with the American University of Technology (AUT), launched the Youth Academy under the patronage of the President of the Committee for Youth and Sports MP Simon Abi Remia and in the presence of MP Ziad Al-Hawat and Mustafa Husseini, Mayor of Jubail Natali Khoury, Jbeil District, Fadi Martinez and his deputy Khalid Sadaqa, President of the Jbeil Association of Municipalities Michel Gibran, Mayor of the Municipality of El Fidar Rodríg Basil, a number of mayors and mukhtars, the President of the Association Hani Emad, members and activists.
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After the national anthem and a welcome speech from Vice President Marcel Hanin, the President of the University, Ghada Hanin, said: “Our young people are in dire need to deepen their will for renewal and change, and to strengthen their abilities to do so. Change and develop it after setting the ladder of values inherent to the transition from a bad reality to another advanced. ” “The equal opportunity for success is available in Lebanon as it is available abroad, and it is time for Lebanon to embrace its strengths and achievements,” she said.
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“Give those you love wings to fly, roots back to them, reasons for survival,” the president of the association said. “Because of this principle and because young people are the backbone of the society and if we lose it, we lose the entire country. Because job and opportunity are the main concern for young people and their survival in Lebanon, on 25 February 2018 we launched the first free job search engine in Lebanon Which is www.stayinginleb.com, and we have started with 80 job opportunities – and today we have proudly reached 200 jobs. “
“In less than a year of our inception, we have come close to the record of career profiles that have been launched for years, with the difference that our jobs are in Lebanon and the link we make between the employer and the business student is completely free.”
“The first free training for the Academy and for the program participants will be on CV Writing and HR Interviews to equip young people with the skills of professionally writing a CV and having a successful interview with HR officials in companies and institutions that enhances their chances of getting the jobs they offer, .
Abi Rumia
Then MP Abu Rumia said: “Our meeting today has several messages, and the first message is a political representation of the dear presence in my heart to my colleagues Ziad Hawat and Mustafa Husseini, because this is evidence of a decision we have taken together to neutralize the development files of our political differences, integrated development for the benefit of Jbeil “Our slogan as a bloc of MPs in Jbeil, apart from the various political affiliations, is Jbeil first and last, and we tell our people in the judiciary that the train is on the track as it should be.
“Since my election in 2009, I have discovered that the biggest forms in Lebanon are the Lebanese youth,” he said. Despair and frustration, because the youth of Lebanon look to their country as if they had no horizon or a future to stay in it, and if not for individual and private initiatives, we could not secure the ingredients of a decent life. When the youth committee was received it was mostly sporty. Youth life The Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Labor and other ministries, and to this end I met with representatives of youth organizations representing different political parties. In 2012 we launched a youth policy document that reflects the concerns of the Lebanese youth and their daily problems. “
He said: “I am sorry that the Lebanese parliament has turned into a market for political grievances through aggressive and offensive speeches. The main concern is how to secure the best future for our youth. Sometimes I feel that I am shouting alone in the desert. I want to declare a state of emergency in Lebanon. .
He said: “We studied with the United Nations. The figures were very frightening, firstly because 86 percent of Lebanese youth are their goal and their dream of emigration. This is a number that is shocking to us as politicians. Second, 66 percent of immigrants represent young people. Put an end to it, in addition to the fact that, despite the prevailing unemployment in Lebanon, 60 percent of those aged between 18 and 29 years. “
“In all countries of the world, the main concern for governments that are emerging is how to combat unemployment. In Lebanon, unfortunately, there are no precise figures in this regard, because we simply do not have accurate statistical institutions. In Lebanon, through various initiatives, the most important of which is the existence of a policy that is compatible with all the relevant ministries to enhance the dignity of young Lebanese who, if migrated Lebanon, means that 70 or 80 percent of them will not return, and Lebanon could then go extinct.
“We are taking a number of initiatives at YED, and Jbeil Square is an arena for its experience, and we rejoice when we have twinning and partnership with universities like AUT, which we share in this concern.
He concluded: “The Lebanese despair of March 8 and March 14, and the controversial political issues, wants to wake up in the morning to realize that he is a citizen with dignity and the foundations of life, he goes to work in peace and security, and receives his salary with dignity.”
In cooperation with the Lebanese Transparency Association (LTA), YED held a symposium on the draft law “Transparency in the Oil and Gas Sector”, in which experts, researchers and university students participated.
The beginning of the national anthem, and then the President of the Association “hand” Hani Emad Kalima, he noted that “all Lebanese are waiting for the moment of extraction of the first barrel of oil in Lebanon, and we have already entered the club in the countries producing and exporting oil after we entered the world of oil and gas with The Lebanese State signed an agreement for the exploration, drilling and production agreement with the French consortium Total, Italy’s ENI and your Russian inventory.
He said that hopes are high on this sector, especially with the difficult economic situation in Lebanon. Which makes this sector the first stage of salvation, which is hoped to be a lever needed by the national economy.
He said that this option is the best option as it distanced from Lebanon the specter of borrowing and the accompanying interest on loans that kill the investment process and thus economic growth and increase the size of public debt.
He added: “We are all hopeful in this era led by an exceptional man and a reformist man who we hope will rid the Lebanese state of the corruption and purify its institutions. We hope that, as he was the initiator to make Lebanon an oil country, We have a blessing to a curse. “
The director of programs in the Lebanese Association for the Promotion of Transparency – No corruption, Ayman Dandash, that within the framework of our work in the Assembly, was the subject of the oil and gas sector of the priorities of the Assembly and through the project to promote transparency in this sector across Salsa workshops in all provinces aimed at defining Citizens on the importance of applying the law of transparency in this sector. Resulting in rational management of this sector.
In closing, there was a panel discussion between the coach on good governance and transparency, Julian Korson, and the audience.
The Association of Youth Energies for Development (YED), in cooperation with the Lebanese Anti-Corruption Association, organized a seminar on the “Right to Access to Information” Law by the President of the Association Mr. Hani Imad in the presence of active citizens in the civil work in Jbeil. His speech referred to the importance of the right to access information and how to benefit from its provisions in the process of activating accountability and enhancing transparency and combating corruption.
