UNITED NATIONS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (UNSF) LEBANON 2017-2020 1 SIGNATURE PAGE Through the present United Nations Strategic Framework (UNSF), the United Nations System in Lebanon pledges to work in support to the Government of Lebanon to meet the country’s security, political, human rights, humanitarian and developmental priorities for the period starting January 2017 to December 2020. In implementing the United Nations Strategic Framework, the United Nations system in Lebanon reaffirms its commitment to leverage its resource and capacities in a coherent and integrated manner to improve the lives of the Lebanese people and all those Lebanon seeks to protect. The United Nations Strategic Framework is the result of consultations carried out by the various members of the UN family in Lebanon with various national authorities to ensure it reflects national priorities. By signing the below, the Government of Lebanon and the United Nations system in Lebanon approve this United Nations Strategic Framework as the basis of cooperation between the two entities for the 2017-2020 period and express their engagement to the realization of its objectives. _________________________ ___________________________ Fouad Fleifel Philippe Lazzarini Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Deputy Special Coordinator Government of Lebanon UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon 2 UN AFP signatures _________________________ ___________________________ Iyad Abumoghli Fawzi Al-Zioud UNEP Director and Regional Representative IOM Country Representative _________________________ ___________________________ Tanya Chapuisat Johan Peleman UNICEF Representative UNSCOL Chief of Staff _________________________ ___________________________ Mireille Girard Hamed Al Hammami UNHCR Representative Representative of UNESCO to Lebanon and Syria, Director of UNESCO Beirut ________________________ ___________________________ Dominik Heinrich Ruba Jaradat WFP Representative ILO Regional Director _________________________ ___________________________ Bana Kaloti Masood Karimipour UNOPS Director UNODC Regional Representative for the Middle East & North Africa ________________________ ___________________________ Asma Kurdahi Mohammad Naciri UNFPA Assistant Representative UN Women Regional Director _________________________ ___________________________ Tarek Osseiran Cristiano Pasini UN-Habitat Programme Manager UNIDO Representative to Lebanon, Jordan and Syria ________________________ ___________________________ Major General Michael Beary Luca Renda UNIFIL Force Commander UNDP Country Director _________________________ ___________________________ Dr. Gabriele Riedner Maurice Saade Acting WHO Representative FAO Representative _________________________ ___________________________ Hakam Shahwan Abdel Salam Sidahmed Acting Director of UNRWA Affairs, Lebanon OHCHR Regional Representative 3 Abbreviations ALI Association of Lebanese Industries MOD Ministry of Defense CAS Central Administration of Statistics MOE Ministry of Environment CBO Community Based Organizations MOET Ministry of Economy and Trade CDR Council for Development and MOEW Ministry of Energy and Water Reconstruction MOF Ministry of Finance CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all MOFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Forms of Discrimination Against Women MOI Ministry of Industry CERD Committee on the Elimination of Racial MOIM Ministry of Interior and Municipalities Discrimination MOJ Ministry of Justice CNRS National Council of Scientific Research MOL Ministry of Labour CP Child Protection MOPH Ministry of Public Health CPD Country Development Plan MOSA Ministry of Social Affairs CRC Convention for the Rights of the Child MOYS Ministry of Youth and Sports CSO Civil Society Organization MTS Medium Term Strategy CT Countering Terrorism NCLW National Commission for Lebanese CVE Countering Violent Extremism Women ECOSOC Economic and Social Council of Lebanon NEEAP National Energy Efficiency Action Plan ESCWA United Nations Economic and Social NGO Non-Governmental Organization Commission for Western Asia NHRI National Human Rights Institute FAO The Food and Agriculture Organization NPM National Preventive Mechanism FBO Field Based Organizations NPTP National Poverty Targeting Program FSMS Food Safety Management System NREAP National Renewable Energy Action Plan GBV Gender-Based Violence NSSF National Social Security Fund GDP Gross Domestic Product NTTO National Technology Transfer Office GEWE Gender Equality and Women OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Empowerment Commissioner for Human Rights GoL Government of Lebanon OMSAR Office of the Minister of State for GSO General Directorate of General Security Administrative Reform HCC Higher Council for Childhood PCHR Palestinian Center for Human Rights ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, PCM Presidency of the Council of Ministers Social and Cultural Rights PHC Primary Health Care ICT Information and Communications PMO Prime Minister’s Office Technologies PMT Programme Management Team IHRS International Human Rights System POP Persistent Organic Pollutants ILO The International Labour Organization POW Programme of Work IMS Information Management System PSD Personal Status Department IOM International Organization for Migration PVE Preventing Violent Extremism IRI Industrial Research Institute RACE Reaching All Children with Education in ISF Internal Security Forces Lebanon ISG International Support Group for Lebanon RCO Resident Coordinator's Office LAF Lebanese Armed Forces RPTA Railway and Public Transport Authority LCPC Lebanese Cleaner Production Center SCR Security Council Resolution LCRP Lebanon Crisis Response Plan SDG Sustainable Development Goals M&E Monitoring and Evaluation SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprises MEHE Ministry of Education and Higher SOP Standard Operating Procedures Education SPF Social Protection Floor MOA Ministry of Agriculture 4 UN Habitat United Nations Human Settlements UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Programme Organization UN Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality UNIFIL UN Interim Force in Lebanon and the Empowerment of Women UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and UNCT United Nations Country Team Crime UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services Framework UNRC/HC United Nations Resident UNDP United Nations Development Programme Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator UNEG UN Evaluation Group UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNEP United Nations Environment Programme for Palestine Refugees UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific UNSCOL Office of the UN Special Coordinator for and Cultural Organization Lebanon UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention UNSF United Nations Strategic Framework on Climate Change UPR Universal Periodic Review UNFPA United Nations Population Fund WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for WB World Bank Refugees WFP World Food Programme UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund WHO World Health Organisation 2 Contents 1. Executive summary ................................................................................................................. 3 2. Situation analysis .................................................................................................................... 5 3. Normative framework of the UNSF ........................................................................................ 9 4. Strategic objectives ............................................................................................................... 12 Core priority 1: All people in Lebanon enjoy peace and security ............................................. 12 Key challenges to be addressed ............................................................................................ 13 Strategy of engagement ....................................................................................................... 14 Core priority 2: Lebanon enjoys domestic stability and practices effective governance ......... 16 Key challenges to be addressed ............................................................................................ 16 Strategy of engagement ....................................................................................................... 18 Core priority 3: Lebanon reduces poverty and promotes sustainable development while addressing immediate needs in a human rights/gender-sensitive manner. ............................ 21 Key challenges to be addressed ............................................................................................ 21 Strategy of engagement ....................................................................................................... 25 5. Principles of partnership ....................................................................................................... 33 6. Coordination and management ............................................................................................ 35 7. Monitoring and evaluation ................................................................................................... 38 8. UNSF Results matrix .............................................................................................................. 39 Annex I: Summary of UNSF Consultation Process ................................................................... 56 Annex II: List of international human rights instruments ratified by Lebanon and reporting periods. ....................................................................................................................................