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The UNDP “Peace Building in Lebanon” Project’S Newsletter ISSUE NO20 - QUARTER 2 - 2018 The UNDP “Peace Building in Lebanon” project’s newsletter ISSUE NO20 - QUARTER 2 - 2018 WITH THE SUPPORT OF: PEACE BUILDING THROUGH LOCAL LEADERS Newsletter Content #MSS peace building through Implementation of Mechanisms for Social Stability (MSS) peace building through peace building through media local leaders educators The UNDP, in partnership with the Ministry of Social Affairs be addressing, their final structure and roles and professionals (MoSA) and under its “Lebanon Host Communities Support responsibilities. During the meetings, actors finalized their Programme - LHSP”, is supporting the host communities action plans and designed social activities that they will be develop Mechanisms for Social Stability (MSS) in villages implementing during the coming months. 03 Want Positive Change? 07 Tripoli Celebrates its 13 Building Collective Memory all over Lebanon. The goal of these mechanisms is to Try the MSS Violence-Free Schools of the Past: provide a safe and common space for the local groups to In the Bekaa, two retreats were organized during the past a Step to Reconciliation discuss their fears in public and to suggest mechanisms to three months: one gathering 55 participants from the address those fears and concerns. A participatory conflict villages of Haour Taala, Al Ain, Labweh, Manara and Ayn 04 Changemakers Highlight the 09 15 Schools Promoting analysis exercise was undertaken to engage community Kfarzabad and another from the villages of Haour Taala, Beauty of South Lebanon Nonviolence in Tripoli 15 Nazra on Memory and this Spring! War, the Lens as a Mean to leaders (mayors, members of municipal councils and Al Ain, Labweh, Manara and Ayn Kfarzabad and Al Qaa Remember the Past mukhtars) and local actors. Based on the results of the villages. The workshops aimed at equipping the participants 05 What Links Peacebuilding to Students in North Lebanon say analysis, the different local groups in each village are with new tools and techniques to design effective peace Job Opportunities? 12 No to Violence developing MSS that address a specific conflict in their area. initiatives in addition to project management, implementation and evaluation techniques. 06 A New Dawn for Aarsal As part of this process, follow-up meetings took place with in the Bekaa the local groups of the 38 villages (in Bekaa, Mount In South Lebanon, local actors from Ansar, Bqosta, Chebaa, Analysing the conflict in its Lebanon, South and North of Lebanon). Local groups and Hasbaya, Qrayeh, Rmeich, Saksakiyeh and Zefta went surrounding villages actors have agreed on the main challenges that they will through the same process. Want Positive Change? Try the MSS During the past three months, UNDP Lebanon conducted training retreats and workshops to develop the Mechanisms for Social Stability (MSS) with local actors from North, South, Bekaa and Mount Lebanon. Throughout April to June, the UNDP Lebanese Host Communities Support Program (LHSP), through the “Peace Building in Lebanon” project, supported local communities in identifying the main challenges that face social stability and weaken the interaction between the different segments of the society. In partnership with the Ministry of Social Affairs and the funds of UKDFID and Germany, UNDP Lebanon is working with locals to join their efforts and address their identified challenges by developing mechanisms for social stability. 02 03 PEACE BUILDING THROUGH LOCAL LEADERS PEACE BUILDING THROUGH LOCAL LEADERS The mechanisms aim at designing social activities to stability in my village”, said Ali Al Masri, a local actor from change and encourage our community to work together Nisrine, from Bqusta, spent the day with actors from other prevent and mitigate tensions, developing work plans, in Haour Taala. for the good of our village", answered Joseph. areas in the South, and learned so much about their addition to including the local community in the cycle of villages. “This inspired us to work and coordinate on change and announcing the mechanisms to the public. Moreover, UNDP Lebanon is partnering with the Ministry Local actors from Zefta and Bqusta were inspired by the organizing better projects and activities in our communities", of Social Affairs to support the officials of Social presentation. The teams started exploring motivating ideas she said. The Mechanisms are being discussed and developed with Development Centers (SDCs) across Lebanon to take part to promote peacebuilding initiatives and activities in their working groups in 37 villages. Each of the villages is trying of the MSS process and to closely work with the local villages. This meeting was part of a three-day retreat gathering local to design a peace initiative to overcome its specific actors to identify the theory of change that would lead to actors from the villages of Rmeich, Saksakieh, Ansar, challenges and making use of the resources and assets social stability and peace. During April and May 2018, The three mentioned working groups met on the 21st of Chebaa, Hasbaya, Qrayeh, Zefta and Bqusta in South available for it. capacity building workshops were designed and June 2018 in Saida, South Lebanon to develop their Lebanon. They worked on MSS and planned for peace- implemented to equip the Social Development Centers "Mechanisms for Social Stability" (MSS), which are tools building initiatives to be launched this summer. Over the weekend of May 12, 2018, 55 local actors officials’ with technical skills in peacebuilding, conflict of positive change that help locals reduce tensions and representing Haour Taala, Al Ain, Labweh, Manara and management and resolution, in addition to tools in project prevent conflicts. Ayn Kfarzabad in Bekaa, gathered in a workshop focused management and evaluation. on increasing the capacities of the participants. The workshop motivated them towards public service and “The partnership between the Ministry of Social Affairs collective work through designing mechanisms for social and the UNDP could be the positive catalyser that would stability. enhance social stability within the Lebanese communities and strengthen the interaction between the different What Links Peacebuilding to Job Opportunities? “I just knew what the real meaning of a local actor is and segments of our society,” said director of Qartaba SDC, how to be motivated to move forward and design a Desiree Kahlifeh. In order to contribute to social stability in the region and sustainable action plan for the enhancement of social encourage socio-economic initiatives, the UNDP Lebanon in partnership with ILO, UNICEF and the Ministry of Social Affairs and with the funds of Peace Building Support Office (PBSO), has been working since March 2018 on a joint program with municipalities and local actors to integrate Changemakers Highlight the Beauty of South Lebanon job creation as a wheel of positive change on all levels, mainly social stability. "Our village is rich with beautiful scenery, hospitality and great architecture. We invite you to come visit this attractive The joint program aims to do so by developing the capac- location", said Hanan from Qrayeh, South Lebanon as she ities and skills of Lebanese and Syrian local actors in order finished her presentation. to mitigate tensions and deal with socio-economic causes of conflicts. Hanan is part of a local team working on eco-tourism for social stability in Qrayeh. The team, formed of local actors, This program is taking advantage of the existing infrastruc- municipal members, staff from local Social Development tures for peace, already established by UNDP Lebanon a Centers (affiliated to the Ministry of Social Affairs) and few years ago. volunteers, joined forces to present their tourism plan for Job opportunities may be one of the leading bridges to their village in front of other teams from other villages in attaining social stability in Lebanon. The dynamics of con- The socio-economic committees, established in Riyaq, Bar the South. flict in this country depend on multiple factors; one of Elias and Al-Qaa villages in the Bekaa, were formed of which is the lack of economic opportunities. Lebanese and Syrian local actors in communities suffering Why did the local actors of Qrayeh choose tourism as a from social and economic challenges that impact social peacebuilding engine? "Tourism could drive positive stability in their areas. 04 05 PEACE BUILDING THROUGH LOCAL LEADERS PEACE BUILDING THROUGH EDUCATORS #VIOLENCEFREESCHOOLS A New Dawn for Aarsal in the Bekaa Analysing the conflict in its surrounding villages The Violence-Free Schools initiative was launched in 15 teachers and parents. During March and April, the schools schools in Tripoli and its neighboring areas on January organized community events in which the content of the Tensions between the people of Aarsal and its surrounding levels including their livelihoods, municipal services 2017. The initiative is being implemented with the support Code of Conduct was disseminated to the entire school villages reached its peak in 2014 amid the increasing provision, stability and security, as well as the overall of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the community. A final event gathering all the participating presence of extremist groups, namely the Islamic State of relationship of Aarsal’s citizens with the state. technical support of the Center for Active Citizenship and schools was held on the 12th of May 2018 in Tripoli. The Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN), in Aarsal For Development and the generous funds of Germany. last phase of the initiative relating to the physical space of and its Jurds (Aarsal’s mountainous outskirts). This The strain on services and the deterioration of social Following the sensitization sessions on violence, the 15 the schools is currently being implemented. presence, which was perceived by Aarsal’s Shiite and stability in Aarsal and its surrounding began even before participating schools designed their own Codes of Conduct Christian neighbors, as well as by some key officials in the the cordoning of Aarsal by the LAF that followed the 2014 for nonviolence with the active participation of students, country, to be an occupation of the village, is directly related incidents.
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