The Forum on Social Entrepreneurship

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Supporting and promoting social entrepreneurship in Lebanon

Social Entrepreneurship is a global phenomenon that combines private sector strategies with a commitment to alleviating the social and economic problems of the world. The concept has become synonymous with leaders in businesses that were able to successfully transform social problems into opportunities to create value and generate profit. In Lebanon, there are numerous social enterprises and social entrepreneurs but they were never identified as such. Social Entrepreneurship is familiar to Lebanon’s heritage, history, and culture.

To begin creating an enabling ecosystem and supportive legal environment for social enterprises in Lebanon, we must first start by defining the team and its implications. This one-day Forum will address the concept and application of social entrepreneurship within the Lebanese context. It is intended as a first nation-wide attempt to define the criteria and requirements for initiating and sustaining social businesses in Lebanon.

A global conversation has begun around regulating and providing incentives for these new forms of enterprises that aim at creating social value, solving economic and social problems, while also generating profit and operating with a ‘business-like’ model. Lebanon today joins this global conversation by starting to address social entrepreneurship from the perspectives of definitions, law, tax, innovation and financial options.

Introduction

14h45 – 15h : Reception of the participants

15h – 16h30 : Panel

• Entrepreneuriat social : un nouveau modèle économique pour un changement social

Facilitator : Rania Baroud Panelist : Gilbert Doumit - Beyond RD, Georges Khalaf - Synergos, Pierre Issa - arcenciel, Dr Khater Abi Habib - Kafalat

16h30 – 16h45 : Coffee break

16h45-18h : Workshop among

•Defining the criteria of a social enterpriseFacilitator: Natalia Menhall - Beyond R & DSpeakers : Christine Kodsi - Souk el Tayeb,

Dominique Salameh– arcenciel et USJ, Raja et Bénédicte Moubarak – 2b design, Pascal Abdellah – Responsible Mobilities

•Financing a social businessFacilitator: : Samar Safar - arcenciel, Amal

Hamyed Beyond R & DIntervenant : Elie Akhrass - Kafalat, Ali Ezzeddine

– ADR - Ziad Antonios - PlaNet Finance

•Enhancing the legal and tax environmentFacilitator: : Gilbert Doumit R & DIntervenants : Joe Souhaid – IRAP, Najib Zwein –

Municipalité de Ghbaleh, Antoine Chenaihi – USJ

•Fostering innovation in social entrepreneurshipFacilitator: : Pierre Issa – arcenciel et Domaine

de TanaïlIntervenants : Rana Shmaitelly – Little Engineer,

Krystel Khalil – Berytech, Joana Abou Jaoudé - LEAD

Program

18h – 18h30 : Coffee break

18h30 – 19h : Presentation of the recommendations from the workshops

19h – 19h30 : Closure

•Launching a plateform for social entrepreneurship im Lebanon- Définitions, purpose, membership policy : « a call for participation »

Gilbert Doumit

Gilbert is an entrepreneur, policy specialist, and civil society activist with a track record of dedication and commitment to enhancing governance and development issues in the Arab World.He has left his personal mark on a number of civil society platforms, multinational companies, and international organizations through promoting and contributing to the causes of decentralization, ICT and governance, economic justice, education policies, administrative reform, electoral reform, access to information, leadership and entrepreneurship development.Gilbert is a Founder and Managing Partner of Beyond Reform & Development; a consulting firm and social business specializing in public policy innovation, public sector reform and strategy development. He is also a Founding Partner and a Management Consultant of Beyond Consulting and Training where he serves private corporations and businesses in Middle East, North Africa, He is a Founder and Board Member of Nahwa el Muwatiniya (www.na-am.org) and Injaz Lebanon (www.injaz-lebanon.org) and the Lebanese Network of access to Information (www.a2ilebanon.org).Gilbert is a 2008 Yale University World Fellow. He has published on a wide range of topics with the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, European University Institute, and Yale University

Pierre Issa

Georges Pierre Issa was born in 1957. He was General Director of the company Sources du Liban -Sannine-SAL for 2 years the he took the direction until 1997 of the company Lignes&Couleurs-SAL.Pierre is a founder member as well as treasurer and head of the strategic council of the association arcenciel, created in 1985 «for and with people in difficulty». He was its director from 1985 to 2006 and now takes care of the arcenciel’s centers in the Bekaa and manages the Domaine des Pères Jésuites in Tanaïl.

Panelist

Pierre is a founder member of a number of structures: Himaya, association Philippe Jabre, the National Committee for Persons with Disabilities, and the Institute for the disabled Lebanese.He was also the initiator and member of the Executive Committee and General Coordinator of the Access and Rights Program of the Ministry of Social Affairs (1993-2000)

Georges Khalaf

George Khalaf is Director, Middle East and North Africa Region. He was previously a Project Manager with Dalberg Global Development Advisors, which had seconded him to Synergos to manage the MENA Program.Mr. Khalaf has advised leading multilateral organizations and corporations in the areas of strategy, multi-sector partnerships and business process re-engineering. He has extensive experience in several development sectors, including health, education, and conflict resolution. Prior to joining Dalberg, Mr. Khalaf worked in Accenture’s Strategy Practice for three years, where he served a wide variety of companies, donor organizations, and public agencies in the United States, Middle East, and North Africa, concentrating on strategic planning and performance management issues. Prior to joining Accenture, Mr. Khalaf worked as a client relations’ Director for a start-up company in Chennai, India. Mr. Khalaf holds a Masters in International Development from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and an under-graduate degree in Political Science and International Relations from Swarthmore College.

Rania Baroud

Rania is a renowned journalist and television producer with a drive for social change and development across the Arab World.At Beyond Reform & Development, Rania leads projects in environmental awareness, organizational reform, media relations and communication strategies. She also coaches and supports senior business leaders in the Arab World on public speaking, presentation skills, and public relations. She contributes to projects and reform interventions with public institutions and development organizations.She has served as the writer, producer and presenter of a number of pan-Arab television programs including Al Hadath, Jalsit Neswan, and Al Hal bi Idak.Rania is the Vice President of the Tobacco Free Initiative, winner of the 1st Prize, Citizen Billposter Award - Pikasso d’Or 2011 and recipient of the 1st Middle East Award by the World Health Organization. Rania led the design of an advocacy and campaign which led to Parliament’s enactment of a law to ban public smoking in Lebanon.Rania is the Head of the Media and Journalism Department at Antonine University, she is a professor in communications, journalism and advertising. She holds a BS in Journalism and a Masters from Sorbonne University.

Facilitator

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Dr Khater Abi Habib

Born in Roumieh, El Metn, Lebanon in year 1951,

Holder of: •B.A. (Econ) Hons. from the University Of Manchester (1972);•M.A. (Econ.) in Government (1974-1975); •Ph.D. Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester (1983).

Occupied the positions of:•Delegated Member of the Board of Directors at the Lebanese Swiss Bank (1988-1992);•Vice Chairman at the Lebanese Swiss Bank (1992–1997);

At present:•Chairman & General Manager of the National Institute for the Guarantee of Deposits (since 1997);

Notes

The Rationale

Social enterprises/businesses are a response to the perceived unmet social and environmental needs which have emerged from the complexities of the combination of:

Global crises: poverty, health, access to resources like water

Social market failures: •governmentinefficienciesinpublicservicedelivery, •theriseofcorporatepower, •theretreatofthestateinthefaceoffree-marketideology, •theinabilityofpoliticalrepresentativedemocracyanditspublicsector, •internationalagenciescapacitytorespondtoincreasingsocialneed.

The weakening of social bonds and cohesion

Labor market issues

Enduring unemployment and other intractable social problems

A shift in the role of government responsibility and resource distribution

Globalization and the increasing economic and social power of multinational companies

The financial pressures on non-profit organizations to survive or compete for funds

This Forum will explore and define the term within the Lebanese context, while also looking at worldwide experiences from the US and Europe.

Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship

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Notes

… adopting a mission to create and sustain social value (not just private value)… making a profit, creating wealth, or serving the desires of customers … are means to a social end, not the end in itself. (Greg Dees, 2001)

…creating and building something of value from practically nothing. Entrepreneurship is the process of creating or seizing an opportunity and pursuing it regardless of the resources currently controlled. (Timmons, 1994)

… about innovation and impact, not Income. We have seen that the function of entrepreneurs is to reform or revolutionize the pattern of production. (Schumpeter, 1947)

…a multidimensional construct involving the expression of entrepreneurially virtuous behavior to achieve the social mission, a coherent unity of purpose and action in the face of moral complexity, the ability to recognize social value-creating opportunities and key decision-making characteristics of innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking. (Mort, Weerawardena, & Carnegie, 2003)

The field of social entrepreneurship is a rapidly growing theme in social development, business and non-profit sectors. Where successful, social businesses have contributed to social ‘value’ creation and led to ‘purposeful’ investments. As this emerging concept is gaining momentum, social actors and business leaders have an increased interest in understanding the concepts and practical implications of social enterprises.

Social enterprises are central not only to generating profit, but also to involving the community in service provision and business operations.

This session is aimed at understanding business model for a social enterprise. The panelists will also address the characteristics at the personal and organizational levels that social entrepreneurs display. Finally the session concludes with some recommendations on how to promote social entrepreneurship.

Social entrepreneurship: a new economic model for social changePanelist : - Gilbert Doumit - BRD - Georges Khalaf – Synergos - Pierre Issa – arcenciel - Dr Khaber Abi Habib - Kafalat

Facilitator: Rania Baroud

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Social Entrepreneurship is…

A participatory natureIt involves the various parties affected by the activity. Representation and participation of users or customers, stakeholder influence on decision-making and a participative management are often important characteristics of social enterprises. In many cases, one of the aims of social enterprises is to further democracy at local level through economic activity.

A limited profit distributionSocial enterprises not only include organizations that are characterized by a total non-distribution constraint, but also organizations which - like co-operatives in some countries - may distribute profits, but only to a limited extent, thus avoiding a profit-maximizing behavior.

Defining Social Entrepreneurship is not an easy task since social enterprises operate as “business-like” organizations but to serve a social purpose. The criteria are often derived from different perspectives or dimensions:

An explicit aim to benefit the communityOne of the principal aims of social enterprises is to serve the community or a specific group of people. In the same perspective, a feature of social enterprises is their desire to promote a sense of social responsibility at local level.

An initiative launched by a group of citizensSocial enterprises are the result of collective dynamics involving people belonging to a community or to a group that shares a well-defined need or aim; this collective dimension must be maintained over time in one way or another, even though the importance of leadership - often embodied by an individual or a small group of leaders – must not be neglected.

A decision-making power not based on capital ownershipThis generally means the principle of «one member, one vote» or at least a decision-making process in which voting power is not distributed according to capital shares on the governing body which has the ultimate decision-making rights. Moreover, although the owners of the capital are important, the decision-making rights are generally shared with the other stakeholders.

Defining the criteria of a social enterprise

Speakers : - Dominique Salameh - arcenciel et USJ - Christine Kodsi - Souk el Tayeb - Raja et Bénédicte Moubarak - 2b design - Pascal Abdellah - Responsible Mobilities

Facilitator : Natalia Menhall

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Depending on the nature of the enterprise, the targeted beneficiaries, and type of market in which it operates, social entrepreneurs will be able to attract and sustain different sources of income. There are different options for financing and financially supporting social enterprises. In the case of Lebanon, these options are limited to only few organizations.

This session explores the requirements for financing a social enterprise, the challenges in financing social businesses in a sustainable manner, and proposes recommendations to enhance these options for Lebanon.

Speakers : - Ali Ezzeddine - ADR - Elie Akhrass - Kafalat - Ziad Antonios - PlaNet Finance Facilitator : Samar Safar & Amal Hmayed

Financing a social business

Speakers : - Najib Zwein - Municipalité Ghbaleh - Joe Souhaid - IRAP - Antoine Chenaihi - USJ Facilitator : Gilbert Doumit - Beyond R & D

Social entrepreneurs require an enabling legal and taxation environment that provides and incentive and opportunity to start and sustain social businesses. In Lebanon, you can register a non-for-profit non-governmental organization or a commercial business as s.a.r.l. or s.a.l. or other forms; still there is a need to create a new form of hybrid organizations that aim at creating social value and solve social problems through business activities. The current trade laws do not include ‘social businesses’ as a defined category. The 1913 Law on Association does not cater to the needs and scope of work of social enterprises.

This session seeks to explore the required regulations to govern social enterprises in Lebanon and to recommend some steps to start the required legal and policy reforms.

Enhancing the legal and tax environment

Innovation is a central theme in social enterprises. It is essential to distinguish four distinct elements of innovation:

First, the process of innovating, or generating a novel product or solution, which involves technical, social, and economic factors. Second, the product or invention itself—an outcome that we call innovation proper. Third, the diffusion or adoption of the innovation, through which it comes into broader use. Fourth, the ultimate value created by the innovation.

This section explores the requirements and examples of innovation in Lebanon. It presents four case studies that highlight innovation at different levels and presents some recommendations for future areas where social innovation is required to address existing challenges across the country.

Fostering innovation in social entrepreneurship

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Speakers : - Rana El-Chemaitelly – Little Engineer - Joana Abou Jaonudé – Lebanese for Economy and Development - Krystel Khalil – Berytech Facilitator : Pierre Issa - arcenciel

Berytech Technological Pole Berytech was created right at the turn of the Century by visionaries at the Saint-Joseph University to encourage entrepreneurship and to be the first technological pole in Lebanon and the region that provides a conducive environment for the creation and development of startups, through incubation, business support, counseling, funding, networking and company hosting, hence taking part in the economic revival of the country, participating in wealth and job creation, and retaining graduates and hi-level skills in Lebanon.

Berytech grew from one technology pole in Mar Roukos in 2001 to another on Damascus Road in 2007, to the creation of the first venture/seed fund for technology startups in 2008, throwing along the way several pioneering activities: Incubation Awards, entrepreneurship contests, summer schools & regional academies for entrepreneurs, «from idea to startup» courses to engineers, Micro-Entreprise Acceleration Programs, university roadshows, local & international exhibitions & workshops, Entrepreneurs Forums, startup-weekends, mentoring programs, networking events, lunch-debates, gala dinners, etc.

To date, Berytech housed a repertoire of more than 150 entities, assisted more than 2,000 entrepreneurs in the several outreach programs, disbursed more than 350k$ in grants to startups, and invested more than 4M$ in Lebanese technology companies, and was the first in the region to receive the EU accreditation as a Business Innovation Center (BIC), opening up access to its companies to international networks.

For more information about Berytech, kindly visit www.berytech.org and the blog community blog.berytech.org

Souk el Tayeb

Souk el Tayeb vision is to celebrate food & traditions that unite communities and support small-scale farmers and producers and the culture of sustainable agriculture

Partners

Souk el Tayeb is about : •Creating a “platform” around common ground that brings together people of different regions and beliefs – celebrating the land we love. •Supporting small-scale farmers and producers. •Encouraging organic and eco-friendly farming practices. •Contributing to local community development initiatives. •Carrying out advocacy and educational campaigns about food traditions & heritage, organic and healthy lifestyle

www.soukeltayeb.com

Association for the Development of Rural capacities (ADR)

ADR activities are aimed to empower marginalized or disadvantaged individuals, groups, or communities and help them improve their living conditions.ADR has no political or religious affiliations and currently works in the south of Lebanon.Our interventions encourage partnership and decentralized cooperation as well as solidarity spirit.

ADR’s mission is to empower the marginalized and help them make a better living through economic and social development projects.

Our specific objectives are: •Give access to training, tools, information and financial services. •Give better access to labor market and help to set income generating projects. •Encourage partnership and decentralized cooperation.

Projects are designed and implemented according to the wishes and needs of the local population

www.adr.org.lb

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Kafalat

Kafalat is a Lebanese financial company with a public concern that assists small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to access commercial bank funding. Kafalat helps SMEs by providing loan guarantees based on business plans / feasibility studies that show the viability of the proposed business activity. It processes guarantee applications for loans that are to be provided by Lebanese banks to SMEs operating throughout Lebanon.

Kafalat targets SMEs and innovative start ups that belong to one of the following economic sectors: •Industry •Agriculture •Tourism •Traditional Crafts •High Technology

Kafalat guaranteed loans benefit from interest rate subsidies. These subsidies have been set up to mitigate the crowding out effect of the high interest rates in Lebanon that are induced by public sector borrowing. The interest rate subsidies are financed by the Lebanese treasury and administered by the Central Bank of Lebanon

www.kafalat.com.lb

Institut de Rééducation Audio-Phonétique

La Mission de l’IRAP est de promouvoir l’éducation, iRap mission is to promote education, development, rehabilitation, and growth of hearing-impaired children in a family spirit. It is also to open to other social realities, trying to give to everyone, whether disabled or poor, the necessary elements to make the equilibrium in their lives more prominent.

It represents a harmonious entity that thrives alongside its diversity. In 2010, about 200 people, not counting volunteers, serve the educational and socio-economic projects of IRAP.

Iraps working people are assisted by a network of friends involved either in Aïn Aar or in Beirut in the cafeteria of Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, managed by IRAP

www.iraplb.com

Najib Nabih Zouein from the Municipality of Ghbaleh

•Chief of Ghbaleh municipality•Member of the Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants•Auditor Expert in the Lebanese Courts•Member of the Scout of Lebanon•Worked as an internal auditor in the banking sector•Assist in the re-organization of the Medium Commercial Companies in Lebanon

The Little Engineer

Since its establishment in 2010, The Little Engineer (TLE) Academy is committed to provide an educational environment for kids and teens through entertaining them. Our goal is to inspire and motivate young generations to achieve their full potential in the fields of engineering, science, technology and mathematics through proven hands on learning activities.

TLE academy is an edutainment center offering summer and after school activities for youth. It is a place where kids and teens [age 4-16+] are introduced to pre-engineering courses such as robotics, physics, electricity, electronics, renewable energy, machines, manufacturing, creativity, and more. The students are exposed to these concepts through connecting the theories to real life application, constructing their own model, and contemplating on how to improve and evolve their models, and then compete with their fellow classmates.

Our centers are spreading all over Lebanon and soon in the Arab Countries. We enable youth to gradually build skills that are not addressed in schools, by exposing young minds to the wow and how of the latest technologies and innovations through tailored activities and missions, preparing them for the challenging future, a future where innovations, technology and teamwork are key competitive parameters.

www.thelittleengineer.me

PlaNet Finance

PlaNet Finance is a leading provider of services contributing to promoting financial inclusion.PlaNet Finance is a leading provider of services contributing to promoting and developing the microfinance sector and thereby enable poor populations excluded from financial services to gain access to a loan, save or benefit from an insurance in order to create and develop revenue generating activities and protect from life’s risks.

A local support, an international expertise :PlaNet Finance is built on an international network of 19 offices in Europe, North America, Latin American, Asia, Africa and Middle East. It runs activities in close to 50 countries around the world.

PlaNet Finance, along with its team of experts, offers a full set of services to microfinance operators: •Technical Assistance in Financial Inclusion •Business development services •Microfinance Plus programs, which link` microfinance to social development programs (health, education, environment)

www.planetfinance.org Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan

The Lebanese Institute of Finance (IOF), known as L’Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan, is an autonomous public institution operating under the tutelage of the Lebanese Minister of Finance. The institute was established in 1996 to serve Lebanese citizens, and notably civil servants. IOF is a key contributor to the development and modernization processes of the Lebanese administration. The institute was formed through the cooperation agreement between the French and Lebanese

Ministries of Finance. Since 2001, the Institute has developed strong partnerships with regional and international organizations. It is already considered as a regional center of excellence with the ambition to become a training and exchange platform for the MENA region.

Starting from a mission to become a training hub for the Ministry of Finance, the Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan turned into a unique modern support tool to build the capacity of civil servants. The Institute aims develop the skills and performance of civil servants through sharing knowledge and expertise on various procedures and legislatives. Moreover, the institute is at the avail of citizens as a source of financial and administrative information.

The institute’s objectives are to: •Foster networking and cooperation in public administration related issues in Lebanon and the MENA region •Support capacity-building and human resources development at the Ministry of Finance •Train civil servants from Lebanon and the MENA region in public financial management •Provide easy access to information to citizens and help bridge the gap between the taxpayers and the Ministry of Finance

www.planetfinance.org

LEAD

Our Organization is composed of a group of professionals from the civil society and the business and academic communities, active both in Lebanon and within the Lebanese Diaspora. We operate in a broad range of economic fields and specialized clusters. Furthermore, and owing to our professional backgrounds, we have access to a wide array of information sources and are well positioned to bring a positive impact to our society. We came together because we firmly believe in Lebanon’s potential and the ability of its competent workforce to foster an economic environment conducive to the development of the public and private sectors, one that promotes active civil society organizations and empowers individuals by ensuring full respect of their inalienable and indivisible Human Rights. Our goals are ambitious yet achievable by means of a clear vision, an accurate roadmap and a thorough

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action-oriented strategy. Moreover, by striving to continuously evolve with regard to strategic planning, research and human resources, our Organization will strive to endow itself with the means required for fulfilling the role of a Change Maker. We are committed to developing and advancing innovative economic initiatives that will be promoted jointly with the private sector and the civil society organizations through advocacy programs designed for Members of Parliaments (MPs), Executive Offices and Civil Society Organizations. Our Organization brings together co-opted volunteers who devote time and effort to achieving LEAD’s Mission with utmost professionalism and ethical conduct, while enriching our Organization’s structure with qualified and dedicated potential new members who share our strategic orientation for Lebanon.

www.lead-lebanon.org

2b design

2b design is a small but growing award winning social enterprise founded in Lebanon by Benedicte de Blavous Moubarak and co-founded by her husband Raja Moubarak. 2b design transforms architectural salvage from destroyed traditional homes into contemporary design items by employing those who are unemployable.

2b design was created to address a number of challenges that are faced in Lebanon namely: •The absence of work opportunities for the marginalized and the disabled •The disappearance of traditional heritage •Lack of respect for the environment •Continued tensions among religious groups in Lebanon •Frequent negative perception of Lebanon in the west and vice versa.

The idea came about when the couple moved to Lebanon in 2003. Benedicte, a French designer, noticed the growing number of demolished traditional Lebanese houses inspired by Venetian and Ottoman architecture which were replaced by high rises thereby erasing hundreds of years of rich architectural heritage. The only elements that remained were window frames, wrought iron railings and balconies, wooden doors etc.. Realizing that transforming these elements into unique decorative items (lamps, tables, candle holders etc..) and

employing the unemployable would help preserve a dying heritage and transform lives the concept of 2b design was born. The mission of 2b design was defined as aiming “to restore the unseen beauty of the broken”. 2b design employs marginalized women in its workshop and has a dedicated team at the forge of Arc en Ciel (an NGO) where disabled blacksmiths process the raw materials. The remuneration principle adopted by 2b design is need based vs. market rate based. Employees are paid above market rate otherwise they would not be able to make a decent living.

The company actively works on amplifying its social impact by initiating tailored programs and teaming up with different NGOS ( Habitat for Humanity..). 2b design promotes respect for the environment by recycling existing materials in their manufacturing and packaging policies. It also aims to promote understanding among different religious groups and between East and West.

www.2bdesign.biz

Responsible Mobilities

With 15 years of experience in the responsible tourism field, RESPONSIBLE MOBILITIES is a pioneer in Sustainable Tourism Development, Tourism Research, Tour Expertise and Community Participation in Lebanon.

RM participates to the development of all regions of Lebanon by supporting the local communities in the rural areas through, finding job opportunities in the tourism business, conserving the environment and respecting the local traditions.

RM believes that tourism is an economic force, and has the vocation to support the local populations, by implementing the principles of the Millennium Goals: Cultural, Environmental and Socio-Economic .

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à L’USJ en chiffres

AcadémiquePlus de 12 000 étudiantsPlus de 2000 enseignantsPlus de 500 membres du personnel12 Facultés24 Instituts ou écoles 1 Centre d’études bancaires

Recherche15 Centres, 14 laboratoires, 1 unité et 1 observatoire

InternationalPlus de 254 conventions avec des universités étrangèresPlus de 400 professeurs étrangers en mission Plus de 400 intervenants étrangers

Répartition géographique5 Campus à Beyrouth (Liban)3 Centres d’études universitaires1 Campus à Dubaï (Emirats Arabes Unis)1 Bureau administratif à Paris1 Résidence pour les étudiants à Beyrouth1 Garderie à Beyrouth1 Centre sportif à Beyrouth

Langues 9 Langues étrangères (français, anglais,

espagnol, italien, allemand, japonais, chinois, persan et russe)

3 Langues anciennes (latin, syriaque et hébreu)

Services1 Service étudiant d’information et

d’orientation1 Service social1 Service d’aide psychologique1 Service des publications et de la

communication1 Service du sport

Culture5 Chaires universitaires1 Centre académique japonais (Cajap)1 Centre culturel chinois (Institut Confucius)5 Bibliothèques de campus et la bibliothèque orientale2 Théâtres : Beryte et Monnot1 Université pour tous (cours publics)1 Musée de préhistoire libanaise1 Maison d’édition : les Presses de l’USJ1 Centre d’étude de langues

Soins médicaux1 Hôpital universitaire : Hôtel-Dieu de France3 Centres de soins : dentaires, orthophoniques,

psychomoteurs1 Centre universitaire de santé familiale et communautaire

Pôles2 Technopôles : Berytech et Pôle Technologie Santé

Fondée en 1875 par les Pères Jésuites, l’Université Saint-Joseph est une université privée libanaise.L’Université entend remplir au Liban et au Proche-Orient une double mission : offrir aux étudiants une formation universitaire dans une discipline précise débouchant sur une profession, donc une culture assumant une spécialisation professionnelle et une culture adaptée à l’univers dans lequel ils auront à vivre, et aider ses étudiants à aborder leur vie adulte et les problèmes de leur profession dans une perspective plus large, celle d’une promotion humaine totale, accueillante aux valeurs spirituelles, soucieuse de dépasser les cloisonnements inévitables qui marquent les différents groupes sociaux et professionnels, préoccupée de maintenir un courant d’émancipation et de développement qui permette à chacun et à tous de se retrouver plus libres.

En chiffres, l’Université Saint-Joseph, se présente comme suit :

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