• Economie et Gestion des Organisations - Management of Civil Organizations.

• "2017 – 2018 Professional Development Programme for Gender Trainers
  Royal Tropical Institute – KIT (Netherlands) and UN Women Training Center".

Elections (Legislative & Municipal)
Participation of Women in Decision Making
Project Management
Training on Human Rights
Democracy & Citizenship
Gender Equality
Safeguarding and Social Inclusion

• Panelist at Community of Practice Training for Gender Equality - UN Women Training Center webinar, November 3, 2022. https://trainingcentre.unwomen.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=3613#p12028
• Main Speaker at Adyan Foundation closing ceremony “Youth Leaders for Non-sectarian Politics in Lebanon: The Youth Mock Parliament” July 30, 2022.
• Special Speaker at Cynara training module “How to be a gender trainer” delivered by Dr. Lucy Ferguson, April 7, 2022.
• Guest Speaker at LADE “Gender Based Violence and Women Participation” webinar, January 12, 2022.
• Guest Speaker at Adyan Foundation webinar on “Women Participation in the political life in Lebanon” under the Youth Mock Parliament project, January 13, 2021.
• Certified trainer in: Human Rights Education, Elections Laws (Legislative and Municipal), Elections Monitoring, Voter Education, Women and Youth participation, NGOs Management, Human Rights Instruments and Mechanisms, Citizenship, Leadership, Advocacy and Lobbying, Human Rights Violation Documentation, and Gender and Development.
• Designing and delivering training on Grants Mechanism within the Palestinian Youth Program implemented by ARK, targeting the Office Based Grants Officers, Community Grants Officers, Community Liaison Officers – Beirut, Lebanon, March 30 – 31, April 1 – 2, June 9 – 11, 2017.
• Designing and delivering training of trainers on Gender and Conflict Sensitivity in Military Context, led by ARK, targeting RAG Trainers – Hammat, Lebanon, March 10 – 14, 2017.
• Designing and delivering training on SGBV Prevention Mechanisms, implemented by ARK, targeting program team unit, program field coordinators – Adana, Turkey, August 3 – 7, 2015.
• Designing and delivering training Community Engagement, implemented by ARK, targeting Municipalities members and communities’ actors in northern Syria – Adana, Turkey, February 6 – 12, 2015.
• Designing and conducting the Training on Documentation of Human Rights Violations within the Documentation Training Program of Amnesty International, Beirut Office targeting Syrian Activists and Human Rights Defenders – Antakya, Turkey, April 27 – 29, 2013.
• Trainer on Documentation of Human Rights Violations in a Conflict Context Training Program organized by Nuon Organization (Syrian Local organization based in Beirut) targeting Syrian Activists and Human Rights Defenders – Beirut, Lebanon March 3 – 4, 2013.
• Trainer on Documentation of Human Rights Violations within the project Building the Capacities of the Syrian Human Rights Activists, program implemented by the Arab NGOs Network for Development – ANND – Beirut, Lebanon, December 18 – 19, 2012.
• Designing and Conducting Training on Economic, Social and Cultures Rights and on Documentation of Forced Eviction Violations within the Housing Rights Capacity Building Program, developed and implemented by Amnesty Intentional Beirut Office, 6 training workshops implemented between 2011 and beginning of 2013, targeting Egyptian Human Rights Activists, Human Rights Lawyers, Journalists and Media organizations, active members of the Popular Committees at the informal settlements, and Community based Organizations – Cairo, Egypt Mar. 2011 – Apr. 2013 .
• Trainer and Panelist on the Experience of the UPR Stakeholder Report of the State of Lebanon within the 6th International Training Session on UPR of the Human Rights Council for the Actors in Civil Society and Education organized by Centre International de Formation à l'Enseignement des Droits de l'Homme et de la Paix (CIFEDHOP), and targeting civil society actors from Moldova, Germany, Azerbaijan, Benin, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Croatia, France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kirghizstan, Morocco, Mongolia, Pakistan, Senegal, Thailand, Togo and Tunisia – Geneva, Switzerland Sep. 29 – Oct. 6, 2011.
• Panelist Representing Amnesty International Beirut Office at the Forum for the Human Rights, Non-violent Communication, Conflict Resolution and Tolerance (HRCRT) Programme, organized by UNRWA, that aims at sharing experiences, best practices and challenges to human rights programming and developing a policy that fits the needs of the Palestine Refugees – Amman, Jordan, July 17 – 21, 2011.
• Trainer on Needs and Impact Assessment, within the TOT training program developed and implemented by Amnesty Intentional Beirut Office, 2 training workshops implemented in December 2010, targeting Lebanese Women Rights Organizations – Beirut and Bekaa, Lebanon December 14 – 18, 2010.
• Trainer on Management of Elections Monitoring, Deployment, Administrative and Financial Reporting, Monitoring Lebanese Municipal Elections 2010 project implemented by the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections and targeted 45 Districts Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators – Beirut, Lebanon March – April 2010.
• Trainer on Municipality Council Role and Municipality Budgeting Law within Shariky (Participate!) Program organized and implemented by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) that targeted Lebanese Women Candidates for Municipal Elections in 2010 – Beirut, Lebanon March 6 – 7, 2010.
• Main Panelist representing the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections, at conference “The Role of Mass Media in Elections Campaign” organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung presenting the Media Monitoring Results and Methodology of 2009 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections – Berlin, Germany Oct. 20 – 23, 2009.
• Trainer on Human Rights Instruments and Citizenship within the Program of Resp-Act - ICTDAR UNDP in Lebanon for Lebanese Youth Activists – Training organized by Arab Foundation for Development and Citizenship (AFDC) – Beirut, Lebanon Sep. 28 – Oct. 2, 2009.
• Master Trainer on Human Rights and Citizenship, Resp-Act program of ICTDAR UNDP, TOT targeted expert trainers from the Arab Countries. Rabat, Morocco June 8 – 13, 2008, and Cairo, Egypt March 2 – 8, 2009.
• Trainer on Electoral Laws and Reforms, Democracy and Citizenship, Women and Youth Participation, Municipal and Parliamentary Electoral law, Voter Education within several training programs organized by the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections, Lebanon Sep. 2008 – June 2010".

• AiW
• Cynara
• Equilo

• Gender Barometer Lebanon

• Research
• Training
• Project Management

For the last 15 years, Joulia Bou Karroum led various projects implementations within local and international Non-Governmental Organizations, and she performed in several positions, such as Consultant for Human Rights Program at Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Programs Director for the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections and Executive Director for Women in IT, in addition to substantial and large experience in monitoring elections, lobbying and advocacy on electoral reforms, raising awareness and voter education, human rights and its international mechanisms, and currently, she is acting as Human Rights Education Coordinator for the MENA region at Amnesty International. Joulia's expertise includes strong knowledge and skills in NGOs Management and its related business administration and financial management, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, strong knowledge of the civil society organizations, roles and their field of expertise within the MENA Region and especially in Lebanon, she is a certified trainer in Human Rights Instruments and International Mechanisms, Elections Laws, Elections Monitoring and Voter Education, Women and Youth Participation, Projects and NGOs management, Citizenship, Leadership and Advocacy.