UNESCO announced on Monday that Director-General Audrey Azoulay will visit Beirut on September 3 and 4 to review the organization’s work in Lebanon and unveil new initiatives for cultural and urban rehabilitation.
Over the past five years, UNESCO has mobilized over $45 million, leading one of its largest urban recovery operations in the capital.
During her visit, Azoulay will tour the Sursock Museum and Sursock Palace, lay the foundation for the redevelopment of the old Mar Mikhael railway station into a cultural hub and announce a project to revive the Grand Theatre of Beirut. She will also reveal Lebanese NGOs selected for UNESCO grants supporting cultural and creative industries in Tyre and Baalbeck.
Since the 2020 Beirut port blast, UNESCO has helped rehabilitate 280 schools, provided emergency education and psychosocial support to over one million students and safeguarded Lebanon’s cultural heritage through digitization and rehabilitation efforts.
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