Budget Transparency Film  - تعزيز الشفافية المالية

It will take over a generation for countries to reach even moderate levels of budget transparency, the average score for the 117 countries included in the OBS2019 being 45/100, much below the required average of 60/100. 

Learn more about budget transparency and why it is important for Lebanon that scored only 6/100. Collective action is needed now more than ever.

جائحة كوفيد 19 وانعكاساتها على أسواق العمل: التحديات والحلول -اليوم الثالث

هذه الدورة المنظمة بالتعاون مع المعهد العربي للتخطيط في الكويت تهدف إلى التعريف بأهم المعارف والمهارات المتعلّقة بأسواق العمل وانعكاسات جائحة كورونا السلبية على التشغيل في الدول العربية.

اليوم الثالث: تجارب وتطبيقات دولية في رسم سياسات وبرامج التشغيل بالتركيز على سياسات التعافي.

Conférence de lancement: Publication de l'étude sur la contribution économique des industries culturelles et créatives

Persuadé que ces industries méritent d’être accompagnées par des politiques publiques adaptées à leur spécificité, leur réalité et besoins spécifiques, l’Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan s’est lancé dans une étude portant sur “La Contribution Economique des Industries Culturelles et Créatives Au Liban”.

Digitizing Public Procurement & the Power of Open Data: Towards a strategic vision for Lebanon

The Public Procurement Law no. 244/2021 created the foundation for a gradual transformation of PP into a digitized process. IoF, in partnership with WFD, the World Bank, and the Central Tender Board, organized this workshop that brought together key reform stakeholders from the public sector, private sector, civil society & representatives of international partners to: 1) get introduced to the strategic vision for digitized procurement & open data, 2) engage in a discussion on best scenarios in light of international standards & good practices. 

IoF_Talk with Arthur Germond

To know about the Agence Française de Développement new strategy, its priority areas, coordination mechanisms, partners and beneficiaries in Lebanon watch this IoF_Talk with Arthur Germond - AFD Country Director.

IOF Talks - Fiscal Responses in Times of crisis

Lebanon is facing the worst economic and financial crisis of its recent history, driven by major macro-fiscal and financial imbalances. Currency deprecation, hyperinflation, depletion of foreign currency reserves, banking sector impairment and twin deficits continue to hamper prospects for economic recovery. - What are the experiences and good practices of countries that have faced comparable challenges? - How Public Financial Management systems and instruments such as assessments, fiscal rules, budgeting, and others, can play a role in mitigating and later exiting the crisis and pave a sustainable way forward? Natalie Jaresko, Former Ukraine's Minister of Finance and Yomna Akram Khattab, Former Deputy Minister of Finance for Fiscal Policies in Egypt share their respective countries, experiences in responding to financial crisis and tackle with Alia Moubayed the role of PFM systems and instruments in mitigating and exiting crisis.