By Myriam Kodeih Amid the worst socio-economic crisis that Lebanon has been through in its modern history, most of the Lebanese youth are jumping at any given opportunity to leave the country and find stability
By Wissam Mahmoud When almost every circumstance seemed to lead to the airport, this internship gave us a glimpse of hope. Our ambitions are finally heard, and our engagement is sustained so we can become
By Romero Kaddoum If I learnt one thing from weeks of fieldwork on the Youth4Governance program, it’s that you must be ready for anything and continue moving forward, despite the obstacles you may face in pushing for change. This was
By Eva Abboudy Surveying is an under-appreciated art that requires precision, self-control and occasionally nerves. Practices also helps, and in this blog I’m going to share with you some tips I picked up while interviewing
By Ahmad Jenzarli I was expecting a run-of-the-mill desk job where I would be conducting research about the public administration in Lebanon. Instead, the Youth4Governance program turned out to be one of the most enriching
A group of young Lebanese researchers released Friday a three-part study revealing the depth of decay within Lebanon’s long-neglected public administration, and proposing a host of quick-win measures they say could help put the crisis-hit
By Karine Ismail Most people think that working as a developer means sitting behind a screen all day and just writing lines of code that no one understands. Working in the Y4G program as a
A Youth led research in 2021 Siren Analytics and Arab NGOs Network for Development (ANND) launched a joint research project to map the needs and capacities of civil society organizations (CSOs) working in Lebanon in
By Nazem El Khatib “What should we expect from this internship?” This is a question one normally expects during a recruitment interview and that is supposed to have an easy answer. But as one of