RESOURCES

The role of legal checking in building a healthier information environment.

An episode on how personalisation enhances learning outcomes, how AI ed-tech helps teachers, and the need for holistic change within education.

This episode of Bytes of Ingenuity explores legal AI and the transformative power of Large Language Models (LLMs) in the legal realm.

Siren Associates has been working since 2008 to meaningfully advance the women, peace and security agenda in the MENA region.

There are 5,254 stateless individuals living in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, with a further 6,302 mapped previously in Tripoli and Akkar.

Access to justice for women and children is critical, yet there are numerous hurdles including societal norms and economic constraints.

Dalil enhances the efficiency of the fact-checking process, providing crucial support for fact-checkers battling information disorder.

There are significant opportunities for AI and automation tools to aid in implementing the Digital Services Act.

Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in SSR means addressing existing power structures and the causes of gender-based inequalities.

Siren is examining the domestic violence case handling system to identify procedural pain points to be addressed.

Siren has been instrumental to operationalising community policing in Jordan, working with the Public Security Directorate since 2013.

iESE has awarded Siren a Certificate of Excellence for its public sector digital transformation work in Lebanon.

Several key principles must underpin any SSR effort: long term engagement, the primacy of local ownership, and a people centred approach.

A theory of change for citizen-centric vehicle registration services and transparent service delivery.

How Lebanon's security agencies are advancing Resolution 1325 to tackle sexual harassment and enhance gender equality.

Lebanon faces a human rights crisis in its prisons. Siren is working to build consensus on the causes and effects of overcrowding, and viable solutions.

Intelligence-led policing in Lebanon is enabling better analysis of safety and security threats, and a data-driven response.

An in-depth study offering practical administrative reform ideas that are adapted to Lebanon's legal, administrative and political realities.

The Internal Security Forces announced its vision for ensuring public safety, founded on an intelligence-led approach to policing.

It's striking how much has moved on in governance technology over the past few decades, and especially after Covid.

What role can technology play in the fight against corruption? What ingredients are needed for success? This policy brief from our team adds to the conversation with reflections from Lebanon.

Whether seeking to tackle inefficiency, favoritism and fraud, or to prevent disasters and save lives, access to information is the starting point.

A new digital platform designed to address online harassment, bullying and blackmail in Jordan has received more than 1,405 messages since its deployment in August, data collected by the platform developers has shown.

Young people in Jordan face overlapping social barriers that negatively impact their ability to obtain sufficient protection when occupying online spaces.

Lebanon’s disbursement of cash assistance to impoverished households is successfully targeting those in need, but more could be done to enrol eligible households.

Local communities in East Amman and North Jordan launched a series of activities over April that are designed to raise awareness around how to stay safe online.

An overview of the successes realised through Siren's partnership with Central Inspection on the Governance, Oversight and Accountability in Lebanon (GOAL) project.

The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, cited Siren’s pioneering research on statelessness in north Lebanon.

Research based insights into can be done to prevent and respond to online blackmail, harassment and abuse in Jordan.

Demonstrating that aid can be disbursed fairly and transparently will be critical in securing funding for a broad based social safety net in Lebanon.

A conversation between Central Inspection and Siren's on the pathways to building an effective, accountable and transparent Lebanese state.

Over a period of nine months, Lebanon's lockdowns and vaccination campaign helped avoid an additional 6,330 Covid-19 related deaths.

A survey of public perceptions of online safety and access to protection services in six districts in Jordan.

A research infographic to inform action on addressing online blackmail, harassment and bullying.

An interview with Fayrouz Al Hasan, a social development professional and community organiser who has been at carrying out pioneering research into online abuse and harassment in Jordan.

With the Covid-19 pandemic contributing to a spike in cybercrime in Jordan, local activists are mobilising to protect people online.

When research is driven by local knowledge and priorities, not only are the findings of greater quality, but community members are also empowered to identify and implement actions to address the findings of the research.

Lebanon could likely settle the status of more than half the country’s stateless population by simplifying and accelerating the process for registering births late.

The IMPACT team suggests ways to improve mechanisms for predicting and warning authorities about forest fires in Lebanon.

Jordan’s Public Security Directorate this week celebrated the graduation of 13 emergency medical trainers.

A group of young Lebanese researchers released a three-part study proposing measures to help put the crisis-hit country on the path toward reform.

A summary of some of our achievements over the past financial year, and the insights and lessons we’ve learned along the way.

A group of 12 young men and women have set out to explore the impact of cyber incidents in their communities.

Working in partnership with Central Inspection, Siren has achieved early successes in transforming the state audit process, and in bringing together normally antagonistic stakeholders to work in the common interest.

On World Refugee Day 2021 we stand together with refugees in building safer, more just and free societies.

Jordan's Public Security Directorate Thursday completed the first phase of a new initiative that will see Community Police work hand-in-hand with young people across the kingdom to tackle online safety.

Lebanon's current public procurement laws are tailor-made to protect the vested interests of corrupt officials.

The process followed by the Lebanese government to declare a State of Emergency on 5 August was incompatible with the requirements of both national and international law.

Lebanon’s Interior Ministry launches two new resources to coordinate donor support, promoting effective and efficient programme governance.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, our teams have been working hard to support and facilitate all levels of response in Lebanon and Jordan.

Lebanon's national police has been strengthening its internal oversight mechanisms and improving its public-facing complaints system.

Siren has been at the forefront of measuring community perceptions of safety and gauging the relationship between security institutions and the communities they serve.

The implementation of the plan will enable the ISF to become more responsive to community safety needs. It will also enhance accountability in the ISF and increase overall effectiveness.

The Human Rights Division now produces regular reports covering key human rights issues, including detention overcrowding, women and juvenile detainee rights, and torture.

The focus is on strategic planning, human rights and public outreach, in support of the ISF’s vision, “to meet the expectations of citizens and have their complete trust.”

We adopt a three-track approach to support the Jordanian National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, which aims at gender responsive programming and the “active participation of women in the security sector and peacekeeping missions.”

Siren is supporting the closer integration of women Gendarmes within search teams by enhancing their ability to use firearms, and search individuals, locations and vehicles for concealed weapons during tactical operations.

This study provides insights to help guide decisions around addressing statelessness in Lebanon.

Supporting civil society to engage with the Lebanese state around controversial issues such as state corruption.

Bringing the use of technological tools in security sector reform to the next level, enhancing governance, effectiveness, professionalism, and citizen trust.

An evidence-based framework for addressing the root causes of prison overcrowding in Lebanon.