ESCWA's Section for Emerging and Conflict Related Issues (ECRI) and Heinrich Boell Foundation are holding a brainstorming session entitled "The Challenges of Ethno-Sectarian Tensions in a Post-Conflict Setting: The Way Forward". The session will take place on 26 August 2009, between 10:00am and 12:00pm at the UN House, in Beirut, Lebanon, and will discuss a preliminary draft study entitled "Unpacking the Dynamics of Ethno-Sectarian Tensions: A Youth - Focus Group Analysis." Taking part in the brainstorming session will be UN and civil society representatives as well as various experts. The brainstorming session is expected to deliberate on the study's findings and shed light on possible future interventions that aim to mitigate ethno-sectarian tensions and their negative repercussions.
League of Arab States, Cairo, Egypt
