| Project Title | Arab Fund Project for the Rehabilitation of Public Agencies and Public Administration |
| Implementing Agency | Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform |
| Closing Date | December 31, 2004 |
| Loan amount | KD 6 million or US$ 20 Million | Interest Rate | 4.5 % |
| Grace Period | 5 years | Settlement Period | 22 years |
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Brief Description:
This Project addresses the administrative rehabilitation needs of the Lebanese Government-Public Agencies as well as the public administration, and therefore fulfils a major part of the requirements defined by the overall NARP.
The objectives of the Project are to:
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Rehabilitate the public agencies and the public administration and enhance their capacities to study, plan, formulate policies, and identify and manage activities and projects.
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Provide the necessary basic ICT infrastructure (PCs, servers, networks, printers and other peripherals), as well as specialized equipments and other basic office equipment.
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Develop and upgrade human capacity by: training, supporting new recruitment, reorganising structures and streamlining procedures, and supporting these activities through technical assistance, advisory services, and comprehensive master plans.
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Establish basic information technology applications and management information systems that have institutional and economic impact and provide the basis for a more efficient administration.
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Improve the responsiveness of the public administration to the needs of the general public.
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Promote information exchange and co-ordination of resources among the various agencies to avoid duplication of efforts and improve delivery of services.
Progress in 2003:
The demand-driven approach for the identification of new projects, which was adopted in 2001, continued to be the main drive for identifying new projects under of the Arab Fund loan. This approach gave the beneficiaries the chance to recommend their priority projects while effectively taking into account their level of readiness. This demand-driven approach follows strict selection criteria which emphasizes, among other things, the projects’ impact degree on the quality of rendered public services.
The charts below show the status of the loan program categorized according to the stage of progress of the various projects.
Projects in the pipe-Line are in the process of being contracted.
