Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (RLS) is an internationally operating non-profit institution that has become a provider of political education and a center for progressive social research in both Germany and throughout the world. RLS promotes critical analysis of society, and supports transnational, emancipatory and solidarity networks that strive for democratic and social participation and empowerment. RLS is affiliated with the German political party "The Left/ Die Linke".

RLS has been working in Lebanon since 2017. The Beirut office currently works within Lebanon and Iraq as its main countries of cooperation, in close cooperation with local partner institutions, groups, and individuals on site. RLS also cooperates with Syrian communities in exile and analyzes developments in Iran. The office’s programs focus on Migration and Forced Migration, Conflict and Post Conflict, Political Economy and Social Rights, Food Sovereignty and Feminist politics.