Digital Security Training 2019

In collaboration with LIFE LINE, Nuon for Peacebuilding organized a three-day training workshop on digital security for 12 organizations from inside Syria at its headquarters in Aley.

The workshop targeted 12 young men and women from 12 different organizations, aiming to help them protect their files and communication among themselves and with the community. This was especially crucial given the strict surveillance on communication platforms in Syria.

 

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International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Workshop 2019

With the support of Geneva Call, a two-day training workshop was held to introduce International Humanitarian Law (IHL).

Ms. Hiba Mikhail introduced participants to Geneva Call, its history, mission, and areas of focus. She also explained the organization’s approach, the legal instruments it adopts, and proposals for new instruments.

The workshop then covered International Humanitarian Law (IHL), armed conflicts and their types, along with practical exercises to illustrate the discussed concepts.

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Human Security Workshop 2019

With support from MENAPAC, a one-day training workshop was held to introduce the concept of human security.

Mr. Fadi Abi Allam presented the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), the Middle East and North Africa Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (MENAPAC), and the Syrian Partnership (SYRIAPAC) as part of the effort to welcome new members into the partnership.

The workshop covered:

  • An introduction to human security, including its emergence, types (economic, social, food, health, personal, political, environmental, and community security), as well as its standards and mechanisms.

  • The annual Human Development Report issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the criteria it follows.

  • A discussion by Mr. Abi Allam on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its related international agreements.

As an outcome, four initiatives related to human security and feasible for implementation in Syria were proposed by participants based on their respective regions.

Later, four community initiatives were successfully implemented in four different regions in Syria (Homs, Hama, Damascus, and Rural Damascus).

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Empowering youth associations in Syria

Sixteen Syrian youth associations were targeted, and the organization began training 32 young men and women from these associations for ten days in November on institutionalization, human rights, and peacebuilding. A three-day training on project proposal writing will be held in Damascus at the beginning of next year. The organization will continue to support these associations until the end of 2018, helping them institutionalize their work. Additionally, four grants will be awarded for projects to be implemented in Syria in the fields of human rights and peacebuilding.

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Kermal Wladna

Kermal Wladna is a campaign for raising awareness between families funded by “Margret Hayman Trust” about the violence behavior of the kids, which may consider not very serious or dangerous due to war and all the circumstances they faced after displacement and coming to Lebanon.
Two days training for the working team, the subjects were: child soldiers, peace education, and dealing with the special cases we may face in the field.
6 sessions with parents in 3 schools: Yalla , Gharsa, and dhamma. The targeted group were 512 parents.
Focus group with 15 parents and 4 teachers to deal with some special needed kids.

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Peace Youth cafe

 

Nuon organization for building peace is launching its program ((Peace Youth cafe))

 

An interactive participatory monthly meeting at the organization’s headquarters in Beirut. It is a platform and a space for dialogue on the needs of young people (their ambitions, their ideas and their vision), in addition to the presence of presentations in each session hosted by the Organization of leaders of the civil social or political society, who will share their experiences so young people will gain new experiences and knowledge, empowering them for the future.

 

The meeting is from (one 1:00 until 5:30pm on the third Sunday of every month).