The Review “Citizens’ Voice in Lebanon” was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV), under the leadership of its Director, Elsa Pilichowski. It was produced by the Open and Innovative Government Division (OIG) under the strategic direction of Alessandro Bellantoni, Head of the Open Government Unit. This work is part of a longstanding collaboration with Lebanon on open government, within the framework of the MENA-OECD Governance Programme.
The Secretariat wishes to express its gratitude to all those who made this review possible, and in particular the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR) of Lebanon and to Minister of State Dimyanos Kattar. The OECD would also like to thank Amal Haouet, Senior Campaign Manager, and Shamima Yasmine, former Project Lead in Lebanon, Government Communication Service International, United Kingdom; Erminio Englaro, Head of 6th Section Press Office, Office of the Minister of Defense, Italy; and Lothar Freischlader, Head of Division, Foreign, Security, and Development Policy, Press and Information Office of the Federal Government of Germany, for their valuable support as peer reviewers throughout this process.
This report was co-ordinated by Karine Badr, drafted by Carlotta Alfonsi with contributions from Tarek Bou Chahine, Rebecca Kachmar and Tala Khanji. Khalil Gebara, Senior Policy Fellow at Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, contributed to the research for the report. Meral Gedik prepared the manuscript for publication and ensured its overall quality. Sophie Le Corre and Elena Martin Gomez-Tembleque provided administrative support throughout the development of the publication.
Finally, the OECD would like to thank the German Federal Foreign Office for its financial support for this project.