The third session of the campaign “Partners in Facing the Living Crisis” was conducted by the Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST) under the title “Solid Waste Management: The Role of Municipalities and Municipal Unions.” The meeting was attended by the Minister of Environment, Dr. Nasser Yassin. LOST’s founder, Dr. Ramy Lakkis, spoke about […] Read more
“From Waste to Resource” is a missing equation in Baalbeck–Hermel district about which the Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST) held a seminar in Baalbeck. Sébastien Bockel, a Swiss consultant in waste management, gave a set of lectures to LOST staff, municipal members, and representatives from all over the region about waste management and […] Read more
the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNGI).. Representatives from UNDP gathered in the Lebanese Organization of Studies and Training (LOST) center in Baalbek.. Baalbek-Hermel Region in relation the Syrian Crisis Read more
LOST gathered 60 Lebanese adolescents from Fakiha, Ras Baalbek and Labwe municipalities in order to reduce violent outbursts between them and Ersal, with the majority of its residents of the Muslim-Sunni community, through activities like, painting murals and converting artwork into postcards to be distributed throughout Bekaa Read more
Overview On Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 and in commemoration of International Youth Day, LOST and UNICEF celebrated the launching of nine Youth-Led Initiative Projects, the results of 15 summer camps joining Syrian and Lebanese adolescents. More than 200 attendees gathered in LOSTs’ hall headquarters, including Bashir Khodr, governor of Baalbek, Ramy Lakkis, Founder and […] Read more
On the 13th of December 2014 LOST hosted the “Workshop of Empowering Municipal Police” in northern Bekaa region with the collaboration of UNHCR. The conference commenced by the word of Dr. Rami lakkis Director and founder of LOST, followed by speeches of both the representative of UNHCR Elizabeth Peters and the governor of Bekaa Mr. […] Read more
Major step towards gender equality in Baalbeck Hermel Area, as LOST founder and Director Dr. Rami Lakis and her Excellency the Ambassador Of the State of Netherlands Hester Somsen signed the “ Step Towards Municipal Election” project agreement. Read more
LOST has launched a new project titled “Promoting Women’s role in Participatory Budgeting”, in its four branches: Baalbek, Bednayel, Hermel and Ein. The main objectives of the project are to train 60 women from (Baalbek, Nabi Othman, Hawch el Rafka, Hermel) on municipal work and advocacy techniques and enable them to utilize the knowledge and […] Read more
The Lebanese Organization of Studies and Training and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) are currently organizing a Conference on « Civil Peace Building Initiative in Northern Bekaa » to be held at Tammouz Hall– Baalbeck, on November 1st, 2013. This conference aims at creating an independent platform for local CSOs and international agencies to openly explore […] Read more
As a series of activities aiming at bringing the problems of agricultural sector on the public agenda and speculating practical and concrete measures to these problems, the Lebanese Organization of Studies and Training in collaboration with PACE organized a meeting with local NGOs, CSO participants in “Get connected” project and the agricultural figures at LOST- […] Read more
