Executive Summary
The 2024 Israeli war on Lebanon underscored the reliance on civil society as an operational backbone in crises, while acknowledging the limits of state-led emergency governance. CSOs demonstrated agility, local knowledge, and trust-based networks, yet faced persistent obstacles in coordination, funding, and systematic integration. This brief synthesizes evidence from a series of primary data collection with relevant stakeholders around the recent emergency to identify and address structural weaknesses in governance, data management, and social protection. It provides actionable policy recommendations to formalize CSO roles, strengthen coordination systems, and
embed inclusive and evidence-based practices, offering a roadmap to enhance preparedness, equity, and accountability in future national emergency responses.
