Lebanon

Projects Database / UNDP ARTGOLD LEBANON

Project ID
00053003

Background
The ‘ART GOLD’ Lebanon project, financed by the Government of Italy through UNDP, is part of several country projects undertaken in the framework of the ART GOLD global initiative, and which is facilitated and coordinated by UNDP’s Hub for Innovative Partnerships (HIP), Geneva.

The ART GOLD Initiative has been designed as a key programme instrument in support of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) achievement, by focusing on building capacity for Local Governance and Decentralized, Participatory Development Management in programme countries (the local dimension), and by facilitating and strengthening strategic partnerships and cooperative arrangements between different local development actors and between municipalities of the North and the South in support of local development (the international dimension). The Initiative also provides support to the establishment of an effective national mechanism and enabling environment to underpin and further deepen decentralization processes, as well as to strengthen national coordination of external assistance programmes in this area (the national dimension).

All three above dimensions will be addressed and covered under the Lebanon ART GOLD initiative, and the attached project document provides a succinct overview of the rationale, the objectives, the strategy, the activities and the budget of the Lebanon project.

The designed intervention becomes even more relevant in the post July-August 2006 context. The three envisaged dimensions can add to the overall recovery efforts preparing the terrain for long-term sustainable reconstruction at both national and local level, at the same time enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of international cooperation.

The main objectives of the project are:

1. Support National government and local target communities in achieving the MDGs, by utilizing participatory methodologies.
2. Support local communities in internationalizing the local human development through Decentralized Cooperation.
3. Support local governments in providing services to population.
4. Support local communities in providing the most vulnerable groups with sustainable job.


Achievements & Expected Results
1. A number of Local Working Groups (LWGs) set up within the target areas.
2. Decentralized Cooperation partnerships established with Catalan, Monaco Principality and Italian local communities.
3. Local Working Groups proposed as focal point for recovery and development activities carried out by different executing agencies.
Major activities for 2007:
1. Set up of the Working Groups at various levels; municipal, regional and national in addition to the thematic working groups.
2. Training and strengthening the capacities of WGs.
3. Implementation of quick impact projects and activities.
4. Setting up of the Local Economic Development Agencies.
5. Strengthening the links between Lebanese target communities and ART international networks.

Downloads Progress Report - July 08 (218 KB) Project Document ACCD (804 KB) Project Document (921 KB)

Relevant News UNDP ART GOLD Lebanon establishes a public irrigation network in Dhour el Minnieh, North Lebanon UNDP hosted a field visit to inaugurate development projects in Hermel UNDP ART GOLD Lebanon inaugurates two water maintenance centers in Bint Jbeil and Nabatieh UNDP ART GOLD Lebanon inaugurates commercial and touristic kiosks in Baalbeck UNDP ART GOLD Lebanon inaugurates the Social & Cultural Center and the Public Library in Rashaya UNDP ART GOLD Lebanon hosts the Belgian Decentralized Cooperation Delegation ART GOLD hosts the Spanish Decentralized Cooperation Delegation ART GOLD Lebanon inaugurates an audiovisual room in El Tebbeneh intermediate school ART GOLD Lebanon activates the Belgian Contribution