Fighting Corruption among Lebanese YOUTH in Lebanon
Board Game for Children 12 years of age and above
Donor: AMIDEAST - USAID
Duration: April 17, 2003 - February 28, 2005
Budget: $66,900 US
Objective
Focus
Activities:
Objective:
The purpose of this activity is raising the awareness of Lebanese teenagers and youth on the negative impact of corruption and the need for transparency and accountability.
The objectives of this activity, to be conducted by the Sustainable Democracy Center SDC, are the mass production of the board game "CORRUPTION" (5000 unites), 2) secure the distribution on a large national scale of such an educational material and 3) its promotion in order to fight corruption and promote transparency and accountability among Lebanese teenagers and youth.
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Focus:
The focus of this activity is both "TEENAGERS" and "YOUTH" since it has been noted that concepts of corruption must be tackled at an early age. In a country like Lebanon where corruption is sometimes described as endemic, deep-rooted, and prevalent compelled us to tackle this problem starting with youth and expanding the target as to reach university students and the public in general.
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Activities:
Production of 5000 Unites
Five thousand unites have been produced of which 1000 will be distributed free of charge to orphanages, children associations and non-governmental organizations working on fighting corruption in Lebanon.
The game will be for sale and available in major toy stores and bookshops for a price of 35000 L.L. The financial revenue resulting from the board game's sale will be used to conduct further activities with the Lebanese youth aiming at the promotion of transparency and accountability.
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Training of Trainers
A number of young university students have been recruited to act as trainers during the various tournaments being conducted among the youth with the objective of enhancing their civic education related to accountability and transparency.
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National Awareness Campaigns against corruption in Lebanon
Conduct a national raising awareness and interest campaigns in order to emphasize the negative aspects of corruption in society. Adopting the board game, as an educational training material and an entertainment tool, renders the message of transparency and accountability more accessible and comprehensive.
These awareness campaigns consist of several open summer and interschool tournaments and a national weekend to fight corruption in Lebanon. In addition, a program with private schools aiming at introducing the game as an extra curriculum scholastic activity is envisaged.
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Open Summer Tournaments
Three tournaments, around the board game and among children 12 years of age and above, per every Lebanese mouhaphaza will be organized.
The open summer tournaments will reach mainly scouts during their summer camps and any other youth activities taking place during this period of the year.
 
 
 
 
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Interschool Tournaments
A large number of private schools, and public one in the future, will be contacted in order to conduct awareness and promotional activities within classrooms with the targeted age group.
One interschool tournament will be organized in each of the 5 Lebanese Mouhafazats.
A certain promotional offer, between the schools and SDC, will be considered in case they decide to commercially distribute the game to interested students. (A certain percentage, on the fixed list unit price, will be allocated to the school for extra curriculum scholastic activities, scholarships, community service etc…)
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Tournament's Program:
  1. What is your understanding of Corruption, transparency and Accountability?
    Brainstorming exercise with children (Interactive discussion lead by the trainers before playing the game)
  2. Visual presentation, by the trainers, on how to play the board game CORRUPTION by means of power point presentation with graphics and animation. This would help conveying the rules of the game and its educational message to children in an entertaining way.
  3. Playing the game, within competing groups, under the supervision of the trainers.
  4. Lessons learnt through an interactive discussion with children and captions (testimonial input) by children on the subject matter to be posted on the webpage and updated after each tournament with their photos and the ones of the winners.
  5. Declaring the winner and distributing prizes and flyers.
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National Weekend to FIGHT CORRUPTION
This event will be held in Beirut to which all winning children from previous tournaments will be called to participate in the final competition in order to declare the winning national group and to conduct an inter-university competition on the board game.

First Day
The webpage will be displayed by means of a power point presentation in order to update the participants from the various Lebanese regions on the participating winning teams to the final competition and to display children's opinion on the issues of corruption, transparency and accountability.
The final national competition will be conducted during this day and will gather the two categories: the open summer tournaments and the interschool ones.
National winning teams will be selected accordingly and cash prizes and board games will be distributed to the winners.

Second Day
An open awareness campaign through a round table on corruption in Lebanon between prominent experts in public administration and university students will be held. Discussions and findings will be posted on the webpage.
An interuniversity competition will be conducted and the winning university will be declared. This activity aims at introducing the board game among adults.
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