Connected Communities: Fouras Centres
Connected Communities and Business Initiative
The Connected Communities and Business Initiative (CCBI) project aimed to enhance access to business and information, communication, and technology (ICT) services for communities to enhance knowledge sharing among participating communities.
The project saw the establishment of 8 Fouras Centres that offer social and business services as well as information, communications, and technology training to the communities in which they were established.The eight centres have been registered in Lebanon as civil organizations. All eight Fouras Centres are are now self-sustaining community hubs.
The Fouras Centres also led to the establishment of The Beehive (http://lebanon.thebeehive.org/), a website that connects the people who access the Fouras Centres to online tools and resources that can help them take action to improve their lives.
Connected Communities and Business Initiative Project Details
Objectives: Enhance access to business and information, communication, an technology (ICT) services for communities through central hubs in order to enhance knowledge sharing among participating communities.
Timeframe: September 2008 - February 2011
Donors: Partnership for Lebanon (PFL) and Cisco Systems
Partners:
- The Young Men's Christian Association of Lebanon (YMCA)
- Dar al Sadaka
- Centre de Jeunesse Catholique
- Sawa
- Beyond
- Green Hand
- Vision
- Lebanese Syriac Club
Location: Eight communities in Lebanon: Baalbeck, Sour, Trippoli, Rachaya, Ansar, Metn, Halba, Zahle-Ferzol
Summary:
- Eight Business Centre Managers trained in business and technology.
- Eight self-sustaining Fouras Centres established throughout Lebanon, offering social and business services as well as information, communications, and technology (ICT) training to the communities in which they were established.
- The Beehive (http://lebanon.thebeehive.org/) is a community website that connects the people who access the Fouras Centres to online tools and resources that can help them take action to improve their lives.
