Registration now open for the Campus Éphémère Beirut 2025
Join Bioforce and Université Saint-Joseph for a unique, immersive Learning Week in Beirut—designed to empower aid professionals facing Lebanon’s complex crises.
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Please note that places at this event are limited.
The programme
The training sessions
Partnership & Fundraising
Monday-Wednesday 9.00-16.00
Learning objectives: Strengthen participants’ ability to build and navigate strategic equitable partnerships & design sustainable fundraising strategies and skills that enhance transparency and accountability. Audience: Executive Directors (Local NGOs), Program/Project Coordinators, MEAL, partnership and fundraising officers, finance managers ( Local NGOs).
Inclusive Community Engagement
Monday-Wednesday 9.00-16.00
Learning Objectives: Equip participants with the knowledge and tools to foster inclusive community engagement in humanitarian action by ensuring inclusivity, accountability, and stronger locally led responses. Audience: Frontline workers, social workers, project coordinators, and technical officers.
Artificial Intelligence in Humanitarian Work
Monday-Wednesday 9.00-16.00
Learning Objectives: Equip participants with AI skills and knowledge to enable them to use AI effectively and ethically within humanitarian organizations. Audience: Project Managers, Project Coordinators and technical support function
The side events
MONDAY – OPENING CONFERENCE: Lebanon at the Heart of the Regional Humanitarian Ecosystem. A shared space for dialogue, connection, and collective reflection.
MONDAY MARKET PLACE & HUMANTIARIAN POP-UP
The Marketplace aims to provide a space for CSOs to showcase their initiatives, exchange good practices, foster networking.
TUESDAY TED talk: YOUTH AND CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT
This TED Talk will highlight how young people and CSOs are shaping solutions, fostering dialogue, and contributing to more inclusive and sustainable community responses.
THURSDAY ROUND TABLE: MOBILISING AND SHARING LOCAL RESOURCES FOR GREATER IMPACT
In Lebanon’s context of declining international aid and growing needs, mobilizing and sharing local resources is vital. This round table will explore practical ways for stakeholders to leverage local assets, foster partnerships and locally led response.
What Is the Learning Week in Beirut 2025?
Bioforce, a leading humanitarian training organisation, in partnership with Université Saint-Joseph, is launching its first Learning Week in Lebanon—a unique event to boost the skills of local and international aid workers. Following successful editions in France, Senegal and Ukraine, the Campus Éphémère is coming to Beirut with a rich and immersive programme:
- ✅ Three simultaneous intensive training courses
- ✅ An opening conference exploring Lebanon’s role in the regional ecosystem
- ✅ Side events, including TEDx talks
- ✅ A networking hub for organisations to connect, share insights and explore new partnerships
When and Where Will It Take Place?
📍 Beirut, Lebanon
Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Faculty of Humanities Ramez G. Chagoury, Lebanese School of Social Work, Campus of Humanities, Building C, 5th Floor
📅 October 20–23, 2025
9.00-16.00 Training Sessions
Thursday 9.00-12.00 Round Table
13.00-14.00 Group Lunch
Starting 16.00 Side Events
This event is organised as part of the REACH project, with funding from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Foundation S and Institut Mérieux
