AUB, USJ and UN hold 2017 NGO Fair Under the patronage of Minister of Social Affairs

Under the patronage of H.E. Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs, Pierre Bou Assi, and in collaboration with the United Nations Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC Beirut), the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the Office of Student Affairs at Universite Saint Joseph (USJ) are organizing the "AUB USJ NGO Fair", on 27-28 April 2017 at the campuses of the two universities in parallel. 

The Fair, in which most NGOs and a number of UN agencies are participating, opens on Thursday 27 April at 12:00 PM at Bathish Auditorium, AUB. It features statements by Minister Bou Assi; Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator; Mr. Ferid Belhaj, World Bank Director for the MENA Region; Dr. Fadlo R. Khuri, AUB President; and Pr. Salim Daccache s.j., USJ Rector.

The participating UN agencies are: Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program (WFP) and UNIC Beirut. 

Please find enclosed the opening program. 

The UN Information Centre in Beirut kindly requests all media institutions to grant this event the highlight it deserves.