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https://www.beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/854/mapping-ngo%E2%80%99s-repairsActive

Mapping NGOs Repairs

Between March and September 2021, BUL researchers identified around 80 NGOs that participated in shelter repair within the neighborhoods severely affected by the August 2020 port blast. The data and findings are presented through a recent mapping output on the Beirut Urban Observatory.

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Civic maps, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Watchdogging and transparency
city, Sustainable cities and communities
https://smex.org/digital-rights-fund/Active

Digital Rights Fund for West Asia and North Africa

This initiative aims to empower individuals, informal groups, and entities to effectively counter digital rights threats and violations online.

Beirut
2024
Digital rights, Funders & donors, Get funding
https://smex.org/2023-smex-fellowship-on-technology-and-human-rights/Active

SMEX Fellowship on Technology and Human Rights

SMEX is launching the inaugural SMEX Fellowship Programme to bring new minds and voices to the digital rights field, raise innovative solutions to the many-layered issues that govern use and access to the internet, and expand research on emerging topics within digital rights in the MENA region.

Beirut
Digital rights, Fellowships
https://blockbyblock.org/Active

Block By Block Minecraft participatory planning workshops

Did you know that you can use Minecraft for more than a simple fun? Learn about great Block by Block initiative for community participation in urban design.

UN Habitat, Beirut, Lebanon
2012
Digital participation platforms, Games and gamification, Ideation, Media, Participatory democracy, Workshops
Minecraft, workshops
https://beirut-urban-observatory-aub.hub.arcgis.com/Active

Beirut Urban Observatory

The Beirut Urban Observatory is a platform of geolocalized urban data informing ongoing post-blast recovery efforts.

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Civic data, Civic maps, Disaster response and humanitarian tech
https://www.beiruturbanlab.com/Active

Beirut Urban Lab

Refugees as City-Makers

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Academia, Civic apps outfits, Civic data, Civic maps, Research and policy centers
refugees, city, Sustainable cities and communities
https://smex.org/Active

Social Media Exchange (SMEX)

Social Media Exchange (SMEX) is a media advocacy and development organization with more than 20 yearsโ€™ experience in commercial, development, and postconflict media environments

Beirut
Adjacent Fields, Digital literacy, Digital security and privacy
trainings
https://www.easylaws.me/Active

Easy Laws

EASY LAWS is a free mobile app and website in Lebanon that explains laws in everyday language, giving ordinary people access to legislation from a citizenโ€™s rather than a legalistic perspective

Lebanon
Access to information, Legal tech
apps
https://theelectionsedition.com/Active

The Lebanon Press Elections Edition

The AnNahar newspaper used its paper and ink to provide election ballots instead

Beirut
Election administration, Media, Solutions journalism, Specific campaigns, Voting and elections
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