“TOWARDS A STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL ECONOMY”

Looking to visibly improve the welfare of your community, support local entrepreneurship and help create a favorable business environment making a meaningful contribution to your country’s economic revival? Then this opportunity is for you!

We know Lebanon has been facing a severe crisis on multiple fronts and that there is a strong need for proactive collaborative efforts that can boost the economy, improve the quality of life and promise a future to young people in their own country. As transition towards a greener, more sustainable economy is becoming an urgency worldwide, it also presents an opportunity to build back better.

With this perspective in mind the Robert Schuman Institute (RSI), with the support of the Eduardo Frei Foundation (EFF) is launching the call for application for its upcoming series of training courses entitled “Towards a strong and sustainable local economy”, with offline modules to be held between July 9-11, 2021 and September 17-19 in Jounieh, Lebanon. The event is designed for young politicians of local partners the European People’s Party (EPP), that is Lebanese Forces and Kataeb, who are looking to improve the local economic climate within their respective municipalities through formulating of prudent and viable economic policies, while expanding their network with relevant European partners.

Aims of the project:

• To analyze the capacities and capabilities for local/regional development within the given economic and political context;
• Identify challenges and opportunities for boosting local economies and job creation/employment at the local and regional levels;
• Familiarize with practical tools for supporting a greener, more sustainable local economies;
• Develop approaches and propose viable solutions (policies) for  local economic planning;
• Build networks among the prospective and proactive youth as well as European partners,

among other.

We invite:

20 young politicians between 22 – 35 years of age, members of local councils / members of local party boards / those responsible for local projects of the EPP partner parties of Lebanon: Lebanese Forces, Kataeb. They will be selected on the basis of individual applications endorsed by their parties.

Working language: English, without interpretation

Pre-requisites:

• Strong written and oral English proficiency
• University/college degree (or at least four successfully completed semesters at university / college by the start of the first course)

Structure of the series

– Module 1: Local Economic Development (LED)/Addressing Unemployment (09-11 July, 2021) in Jounieh, Lebanon

– Module 2: Achieving sustainability (17-19 September, 2021), in Jounieh, Lebanon*

Skill training and personal development (Modules I-II)

• fund-raising and communication skills
• leadership management

*The organizers reserve the right to change the locations, venue, content, and format of the series.

Application process

The online application form must be filled before the deadline (Friday, June 25, 2021). We will consider complete application packages only!

Should you have questions with regard to the upcoming event, please contact Evgenia Jarabik, Project Manager, at evgenia.jarabik@schuman-institute.eu.

LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR APPLICATIONS!

Evgenia Jarabik