What works in Beirut
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Evidence snapshot for Beirut
The MENNA network operates a permanent shop in Beirut through which over 300 rural and Syrian refugee women producers sell handicrafts and organic agro-food products, with a catering service added in February 2016. This represents a sustained effort to build economic cohesion between host and refugee communities, though the evidence on income or employment outcomes for participants is descriptive rather than based on rigorous impact evaluation. Beyond this economic initiative, the practices in the CONTEXT block document digital mental health and education interventions implemented across Lebanon more broadly, but do not provide quantified information specific to Beirut's outcomes or reach.
Drawn from: Step-by-Step — Refugee-Redesigned Digital Mental Health App, Trialled Nationally in Lebanon · MENNA - Lebanon's Nationwide Network for Rural & Refugee Women Producers · Unlocking Learning: UNICEF-Akelius Digital Course for Syrian Refugee Children · Madristi — Lebanon's AI-Curated National Learning Platform Reaches 400,000 Students · Berytech — Lebanon's University-Born Tech-Transfer and Innovation Ecosystem · CodeBrave × UNICEF — AI, Robotics and Coding for Lebanon's Public Schools · Lebanon's Law 293/2014 and 2020 Amendments — Domestic Violence Protection Orders, with Implementation Still Incomplete · Beirut Digital District — A Tech Hub That Kept Expanding Through Lebanon's Collapse
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Equity & inclusion +25 pts 75 here · 50 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Sustainability -12 pts 67 here · 78 average
Scalability & sustainability -12 pts 50 here · 62 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Transferability / replicability -16 pts 44 here · 60 average
Effectiveness -18 pts 50 here · 68 average
Innovation level -18 pts 44 here · 62 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Impact on gender equality -21 pts 50 here · 71 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -24 pts 33 here · 57 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Inclusiveness / equity -32 pts 11 here · 43 average
Efficiency -33 pts 0 here · 33 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -48 pts 0 here · 48 average
Evaluated outcomes -79 pts 0 here · 79 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Beirut. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Step-by-Step — Refugee-Redesigned Digital Mental Health App, Trialled Nationally in Lebanon · 92
MENNA - Lebanon's Nationwide Network for Rural & Refugee Women Producers · 74
Unlocking Learning: UNICEF-Akelius Digital Course for Syrian Refugee Children · 72
Madristi — Lebanon's AI-Curated National Learning Platform Reaches 400,000 Students · 67
Berytech — Lebanon's University-Born Tech-Transfer and Innovation Ecosystem · 62
CodeBrave × UNICEF — AI, Robotics and Coding for Lebanon's Public Schools · 53
Beirut Digital District — A Tech Hub That Kept Expanding Through Lebanon's Collapse · 48
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
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