اﻟﻤﺮﻛﺰ اﻟﻠﺒﻨﺎﻧﻲ ﻟﻠﺪراﺳﺎت The Lebanese Center LCPS for Policy Studies The role of regional administrations in the context of decentralization August 2012 Roundtable report series LCPS The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies www.polypod.com.lb Sadat Tower, Tenth floor, P.O.B 55-215, Leon Street, Ras Beirut, Lebanon T: + 961 1 799301 F: + 961 1 799302 Polypod
[email protected] www.lcps-lebanon.org Copyright 2012. The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies © Design by Dolly Harouny by Executed Roundtable report series The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) is an independent, non-profit think tank that aims to produce independent, high quality research relevant to policymaking and to promote active reform through advocacy and raising public awareness. The roundtable and conference report series is a synthesis of the discussion and debate that LCPS organizes with key scholars, experts, journalists, and decision makers on pertinent and timely issues affecting Lebanon and the region. The purpose of the meeting is to provide a forum for an open and constructive exchange amongst the stakeholders in order to gain a better understanding of unfolding events and issues and to also initiate policy ideas and recommendation. This report synthesizes the main ideas and issues that were discussed in a conference on decentralization co-organized by LCPS and the Embassy of Switzerland, on 19 December 2011, at the Monroe Hotel in Beirut. The report was drafted by Sami Atallah, LCPS’ Executive Director, with the assistance of Diana Kallas, and was reviewed by Rania Abi-Habib, Development and Communications Officer. The role of regional administrations in the context of decentralization Forward The present publication is the final result of a fruitful in Beirut to hear more about it and to see if some cooperation between the Embassy of Switzerland elements could be of relevance to Lebanon.