Thursday, April 21, 2016, the Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST) arranged a closing ceremony of its Dutch-funded project, A STEP towards Municipal Elections, in Baalbeck in the presence of the Dutch ambassador, Mrs. Hester M.J. Somsen, Baalbeck-Hermel governor, Bashir Khodor, and Baalbeck-Deir Al Ahmar archbishop, Hanna Rahmeh. The project that was designed to […] Read more
Thursday the 23rd of November marked a special occasion, as it held the third visit of the Ambassador of the State of Netherlands, her Excellency Hester Somsen to LOST. She was received in a massive ceremony by LOST director dr. Ramy Lakkis, the Governor of Baalbeck Hermel Mr. Basheer Khodr, and a host of armed […] Read more
Labeled by many as one of LOST’s jewel innovations “A Step towards Municipal Elections” is a pioneer project that sets the standards of civil service. In closer inspection the project is a model of social restructuring which empowers women and encourages them to presume their roles as leaders in society. The project, very generously sponsored by the Embassy of the Netherlands, reaches out to 300 women in 14 different areas in Baalbeck-Hermel area... Read more
Under the patronage of her Excellency the Ambassador of the Dutch Kingdom Mrs. Hester Somsen, LOST has initiated the “Step towards Municipal Elections” project in a major ceremony held on Thursday, the 22nd of May 2014. The ceremony took place in Tamooz Hall in the presence of the ISF General Manager’s Representative Lieutenant-colonel Haydar Mazloum, […] Read more











