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1.  The idea of the project
Eurojar.org is the domain name of the website. Eurojar is an abbreviation of Europa Jaratuna (Europe our neighbor). This website is part of a multimedia communication project which has been carried out following a call for proposals launched by the European Commission in the region concerned by the “European Neighborhood Policy”. This region involves the South and East Mediterranean countries among many others.

2.  The goal of the project
The goal of the project is to “maximize the visibility of the European Neighborhood Policy” in the 8 concerned Arab countries: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestinian Territories, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.

3.  The funding
This project is entirely funded by the European Commission.

4.  The participants
A consortium of media networks is realizing the project, namely:

  • L’orient-Le Jour group (a Lebanese press company), acting as leader of the consortium;
  • Al-Hayat group (a pan-Arab press company);
  • LBC group (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation - a group of Lebanese and Arab TV channels).
     

5.  Project components
The project incorporates:

  • A website (eurojar.org) that publishes reports, information, reactions and opinions. Launched in May 2009, the website will remain operational for a minimum period of two years.
  • Articles to be published over a period of one year in the daily Al-Hayat (52 articles), the daily L’Orient-Le Jour (52 articles) and the monthly magazine Le Commerce du Levant (12 articles);
  • TV series to be broadcasted on LBCI and LBCsat (32 episodes)
     

6.  Who does what?

General management and execution of the project:

  • Nayla de Freige, managing director of L’Orient-Le Jour, general manager of the project, representing the consortium leader
  • Raja Rassi, general manager of Al-Hayat group, member of the general management of the project
  • Hatem Hatem, LBC group, adviser to the president, member of the general management of the project
  • Maya de Freige, Chief of project
  • Roger Melki, ENP consultant

Web Team:

  • Nicolas Sbeih: editor in chief of the site    
  • Bruno Barmaki, Nidal Abou Mrad, Mary Bichara Nammour: translators-editors
  • Yann Rotil: Manager of Ebiz Production, web designer and developer
  • Rida Maksour: webmaster, responsible for the technical maintenance of the site
  • Lina Jarrous: website moderator and promoter

Al-Hayat team:

  • Joanna Abou Jaoudeh: coordinator, acting as liaison between Al-Hayat and the site
  • Bissan el-Cheikh: journalist, editorial coordinator of articles and reports written in Arabic for the project

LBC team:

  • Marwan Matni: producer, in charge of the series broadcasted on LBCI and LBCsat for the project

L’Orient-Le Jour team:

  • Antoine Ajoury and Emilie Sueur: in charge of the international desk and coordinators of articles published in the daily L’Orient-Le Jour
  • Sybille Rizk: editor in chief of the Commerce du Levant, coordinator of the articles published in the monthly magazine
     

7.  Links and contact details

8.  Other media partners

  • TV5 (European channel)
  • Nessma TV (Tunisian channel)
  • Melody Channels (Egyptian channels)