FNST

Amman, October 21^st 2010

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

• Position: „Project Coordinator Lebanon“
• Location: Beirut, Lebanon

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 1958 by Theodor Heuss, the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Beirut, 10 December 2009

“Beyond the Rentier State: Options for Lebanon” was the title of this year’s keynote speech at LEA’s Annual Meeting in Beirut on 10 December 2009, organised in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF). The speech was delivered by Dr. Omar Razzaz, a former World Bank representative for Lebanon and current director of the Jordanian Social Security Corporation as well as member on LEA’s International Advisory Board.

Beirut, 9-10 December 2009

Prominent experts from think tanks, academic institutions, UN agencies and other multilateral organizations as well as decision-makers and civil society representatives came together in Beirut on 9-10 December 2009 to debate policies for peace building and conflict prevention in Western Asia.

”It is the youth that drives societies forward. You are the ones who bring about change. I want to encourage you: never give up.” Mr Saad Hariri, Prime Minister-to-be in Lebanon thus welcomed participants of the IFLRY bi-annual Executive Committee Meeting in Beirut, the first ever to take place in an Arab country. From 15-19 July 2009 about 100 liberal youth leaders from all parts of the world assembled in Lebanon, hosted by the Lebanese "Future Youth", a member of IFLRY.

On 10April 2008 the Lebanese Economic Association (LEA) presented in a public events its study entitled „Economic Liberalization in Lebanon: Simulating the Impact of Government Reforms” in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty.

Dr. Jad Chaaban, Acting President of the Lebanese partner organisation of the Foundation presented the findings of the study and elaborated on the methodology of this project that used modern techniques in applied economics to forecast the economic performance of Lebanon, and to simulate the welfare impacts of reforms related to the liberalization of the Lebanese economy.
This study gathered detailed data on indicators that will help policymakers initiate, evaluate and monitor economic reforms; in addition to a general macroeconomic simulation of the expected gains (or losses) of various policy reforms.