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Chapter A. One - Introduction This chapter serves to introduce our organization. It defines our mission which is to keep and maintain an open dialogue between the State and the citizens and briefly describes our program. The chapter ends with the assertion of our ultimate goal which is the creation of a social and economic five year Plan for Lebanon. That Plan should serve to bind together and focus all the energies of the Nation toward its realization. Chapter A. Two - Outlook In this chapter we cast a brief picture of Lebanon’s current economic, social and financial situation. Chapter A. Three - Our project in this chapter we explain the reasons that have brought us to consider participating with the Authorities and with Civil Society in building a Lebanese National Social and Economic Development Plan for the period 2011-2015. Chapter A. Four - Site Map A summary of the contents of the web site Group 10 - PARTICIPATIVE GOVERNANCE
Several definitions of governance and planning are provided in this section. Section Twelve - Merits
governance and how applying it can solve most of the social and economic problems that affect a country.
Public governance includes the following functions: a) planning, b)approval of the plan,c) implementation, d)monitoring, e) evaluation. A brief description of these functions is provided. Section Fourteen - Adoption of concept This chapter covers four subjects: 1.- The consequences of marginalizing the citizens in Tunisia and Egypt 2.- Thoughts on the concepts of participative governance and planning. 3.- "From political wont to political will" - considering the application of participative governance in some countries of Africa and Asia. 4.- A report on participative governance and budgeting by the UN Economic & Social Council.
Here, we see how one man with a vision ultimately succeeded in making life better for 170,000 Philippinos by introducing participative governance in his city. Section Sixteen - Brazil (Porto Alegre) “We have the courage to try”. This is how the people of this city of 1.3 million Brazilians describe the process they used to introduce participative governance in their community and benefited from it. The chapter also tells how the practice later spread to cover the entire country and contributed to make Brazil a world economic giant and a leader in democracy. . Section Seventeen - South Africa, (1) Only twenty odd years ago, South Africa was ruled by a white racist regime that brutally oppressed its black population. Within a few short years, South Africa, peacefully, won its independence and now leads the entire continent in democracy and in economic development. How did they do it? What part did participative governance play in that process? This chapter attempts to bring some answers to these questions. Section Eighteen - South Africa, (2) In this chapter we demonstrate how participative budgeting can help making daily life better for the citizens, while ensuring that the goals of the nation’s development and progress are effectively reached. Section Nineteen - South Africa, (3) Here, we list up and comment on some of the documents that the South African Authorities provide to their citizens. The documents serve to explain, in simple terms, how government works and what benefits the citizens can derive from that process.
Here we examine the case of the successful application of some of the principles of participative governance in the municipality of Ghobeiry in South Lebanon. Group 20 - PARTICIPATIVE BUDGETING Section Twenty one - Definition of participative budgeting An introduction to budgets and a definition of participative budgeting. Section Twenty two - Why budget? The pros for budgeting provided by the International Budget Organization, a South African institution specialized in world wide promotion of budgeting and efficient public governance
A list of the members of civil society who should participate in budget drafting and in budget monitoring. Section Twenty four - Who should monitor the budget? Some considerations on budget monitoring and a description of a practical lived in experience of that process in the Philippines. Section Twenty five - How to follow up on budgets? What actions should follow up the monitoring process in Lebanon? What results can we expect from that process in terms of improved management of financial resources and a more effective social policy? Section Twenty six - The make up of the National Budget - the sixty- six budget heads In this section we have drawn up a comparative chart of the results of the yearly receipts and disbursements that were recorded in the National Budgets for the years 2004 to 2009 inclusively. The results for 2010 were not made available to us because the Ministry of Finance did not include any details in its yearly report. We shall ask the new Minister of Finance to give the necessary instructions to publish the missing information.
A definition of participative planning is provided
The necessity for planning and its advantages to the Nation concerned.
process? An inclusive list of all the potential contributing members of civil society who can usefully participate in the drafting of the Plan along with the public authorities. These enlightened citizens should be the ones we shall welcome to take part in their country’s governance and in planning the reform process. In that respect, let them take example from the Philippinos, the Brazilians, the South Africans and the Irish.
The moment that the Civil War ended in Ireland, in 1990, the Authorities of the Irish Republic decided to draft their first five year Reform Plan and put into application their vision of a democratic Ireland and their system of participative governance focused on developing the country’s economy harmoniously while securing the well being of all the classes of the population, particularly the children, the elderly, and the disadvantaged persons. In this chapter we dwell on the striking similarities between the Republic of Ireland and Lebanon to arrive at the conclusion that what benefited the former should also work to the advantage of the latter. Chapter Thirty five – The Irish Plan Here we introduce and comment upon the fourth Irish National Development Plan for the period 2011-2015. It is worthwhile to pointing out that many of the provisions of that Plan are applicable to the conditions in Lebanon.
How to build a Plan. How it was done elsewhere in the world. An example of a National Agriculture Five Year Plan prepared in Lebanon in 2005 and a graphical representation of the different stake-holders who contributed to its preparation. Group 40 - The planning processes Chapter Forty one - The planning processes (1- 6) Collect list of stakeholders, meet with them,allocate the plans to the study groups, understand the planning concept and undertake the preliminary studies of the plans (55 days) Chapter Forty two- The planning processes (7- 9) Proceed with research and study, compare, evaluate, and discuss data and information, meet again and amend the results when necessary (72 days) Chapter Forty three - The planning processes (9 and 10) Final meeting and discussions between the planning groups and the Authorities before the Plans are approved by the Government and the Parliamentary commissions.(23 days) Group 50 - The public private participation (PPP) Chapter 51-Definition of PPP, origin and importance. PPP in Britain, Australia and Canada. Controversy over PPP. PPP for water and for health. Greenfield and brownfield PPP projects. Chapter 52 - The Geaudreau environment project in Canada Chapter 53 - The public private partnership handbook |
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