Winner of the Atlas 2017 MENA Liberty Award – 2017

LIMS was awarded the 2017 Regional Liberty Award by the Atlas Network for the “Legalize Electricity in Lebanon” campaign. LIMS’ electricity campaign videos were viewed by almost 1M people, and received extensive media coverage from TVs, Radios and Newspapers.

Winner of the best emerging think tank in the MENA region – 2015

LIMS was rewarded the best think tank in the MENA region by the Arab Center for Scientific Research and Humane Studies in Marrakesh, Morocco. The festival included participation from countries such as Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Mali, Syria, Oman, and Turkey.

Winner of the best policy paper in the MENA region – 2015

LIMS was rewarded the prize of best policy paper in the MENA region at the Averroes Academy for proposing to abolish the national electricity monopoly in Lebanon and to allow Independent Power Producers (IPP) into the market.  The Lebanese government adopted this reform in 2019 and it was voted by the Lebanese parliament under Law 129 of April 30, 2019.