This policy guidance note proposes policy recommendations to practically introduce gender-responsive public procurement in Lebanon. It is intended as a guidance and advocacy tool presenting standards and good practices applied globally. 

It is addressed to policy and decision makers in Lebanon, in both the public and private spheres and to the executive branch of government and particularly the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) whose mission is to oversee and regulate the public procurement system and design and put into effects procurement policies as per the Public Procurement Law no. 244/2021. 

This policy guidance note is commissioned by UN Women, with the support of the Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan.