the LUPD organized a discussion session to review the Accessible Sidewalk Standard draft, entitled “Inclusive Guidelines for the Accessibility and Use of the Built Outdoor Environment.”
This project focuses on enhancing the social inclusion of persons with disabilities through the development of inclusive municipal policies in three main Lebanese regions.
Toward accessible buildings that open their doors to everyone. Do you find it difficult to use a place because of too many barriers? Does an entrance, a staircase, a narrow corridor, an unclear sign, or an unsuitable design prevent you from moving, getting around, understanding, hearing, or communicating easily? We can help. The problem is […]
The President of the Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities, Silvana Al-Laqis, emphasized “the necessity of creating decisions for an inclusive environment because it is a human right and its non-implementation violates a convention and weakens social cohesion,” and wished everyone to adopt “facilitating movement to promote inclusive life for people with disabilities in […]
Within the framework of the inclusive vocational education project, the Lebanese Wheelchair Union organized on Friday, October 14, 2016, an activity to announce and promote the readiness of the Saida Technical Institute to receive students with disabilities, where the team toured the offices of the mukhtars and distributed leaflets in this regard, and the teams […]
On Saturday, October 8, 2016, the Lebanese Wheelchair Union, in partnership with the UNESCO Mediterranean Youth Networks Project “Empowering Youth and Communities to Lead in Defending the Rights of Persons with Special Needs in Lebanon”, carried out a field audit tour to verify the validity of the monitoring information carried out by the “Cultural Club […]
Finally, after more than 11 years of waiting, Decree No. 7194 was issued on December 16, 2011 to determine the minimum standards for buildings and structures, published in the Official Gazette No. 61 on December 29, 2011, available at the following link: http://jo.pcm.gov.lb/j2011/j61/wfm/m7194.htm This decree constitutes one of the most prominent implementation decrees stipulated by […]
Standards Guide for Architects prepared by architect Fady G. Al-Madhoun.
The report includes an introduction about the campaign and the extent of damage to infrastructure and public facilities from the July 2006 war. It then explains the work methodology, sources, sorting of information, analysis, and results, which showed through numbers and photos that those in charge of reconstruction are not respecting inclusive engineering standards.
