NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE IN LEBANON ‘HE and the Syria Crisis: A look back and a view towards the future’
On Thursday 26 September 2019, the HOPES project funded by the European Union’s Regional Trust Fund in response to the Syrian Crisis, the ‘Madad Fund’ and implemented by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the British Council, Campus France and Nuffic, organised its fourth National Stakeholders Dialogue, entitled ‘Higher Education and the Syria Crisis: A look back and a view towards the future’ at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Beirut, Lebanon.
This gathering is part of the fourth and final series of National Stakeholders Dialogues organised on a national level bringing together representatives from ministries, higher education institutions, and other key institutional stakeholders as well as students to take stock and evaluate engagements and achievements in this sector and to explore further approaches and imminent priorities based on the needs of all the involved stakeholders.
The National Stakeholders Dialogues provide a platform for discussion and information exchange on higher education and the Syria crisis, to strengthen coordination on a national level and explore new approaches benefitting all stakeholders. Following welcome notes by Ms. Nayla Abi Nasr, HOPES Country Manager and Regional Communication and Network Manager as well as by Mr. Jose Luis Vinuesa-Santamaria, Head of the Economy and Local Development Section at the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, the dialogue incorporated reflections on the major developments and achievements on a national level in the higher education sector related to the Syria Crisis. The gathering also allowed to deepen the reflection on lessons learned and recommendations to improve response mechanisms and interventions in the future.
