Habitat III National Report Final Report
Government of Lebanon Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) Grand Serail – Beirut - Lebanon January 2016 Habitat III National Report Final Report Acknowledgments The Council for Development and Reconstruction would like to thank all those who supported the preparation, review, and the provision of information related to the issues outlined in the report especially: Core Research Team: Mrs. Oula Aoun, Faculty Lecturer in Urban Planning, Lebanese University Ms. Marwa Boustani, Urban Planner & Researcher, UN-Habitat Lebanon Mr. Jihad Farah, Assistant Professor in Urban Planning, Lebanese University Ms. Hayat Gebara, Research Assistant, UN-Habitat Lebanon Ms. Gabriella Romanos, Editing Support Mr. Leon Telvizian, Lead Urban Planning Consultant Technical Committee Mrs. Mona Bitar, Engineer, DGUP Mr. Habib El-rayyes, Engineer, DGUP Mr. Sami Feghali, Head of Private Land Pooling & Subdivision Unit, CDR Mr. Tarek Osseiran, Project Officer, UN-Habitat Lebanon Steering Committee Mr. Ziad Abdullah, Central Administration of Statistics Dr. Thanaa Abou Ghida, Ministry of Economy and Trade Ms. Dona El Turk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms. Mariam Mghames, Ministry of Social Affairs Dr. Lamia Mansour, Ministry of Environment Ms. Zahra Ramadan, Directorate General of Urban Planning We would like to thank the various interviewees whose input has been of great value to the report including: Mr. Mazen Halawi at the Banque du Liban; Fadi Matar, Ms. Amal Karaki and, Ms. Samira Souaidan at the Council for Development and Reconstruction; Ms. Mariam Mghames from the Ministry of Social Affairs. We are also very grateful to the experts who took the time to review the Habitat III draft report. These include: Dr. Ibrahim Chahrour, Dr.
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