Project Overview

UNDP’s Lebanon Public Administrative Reform and Digitalization Project (L-PARDP) aims to support the Government of Lebanon in implementing priority reforms, while linking traditional public administration, civil service, and policy reforms with a digital transformation process, to reestablish the social contract between the Government and citizens in terms of rights and obligations.

Project Objective

• Re-activate core administration functions within the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), Ministry of Finance (MoF), and OMSAR.
• Develop and implement Digital Service Delivery Models (DSDMs) to transition toward paperless, user-centric public services.
• Establish a unified National Vision for Public Administrative Reform and Digitalization.
• Accelerate comprehensive reforms in essential sectors, including health, education, social protection, and WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene).
• Establish a Priority Reform and Digitalization Unit and a "Guiding Coalition" to drive change management and mutual accountability.
   

Achievements & Key Figures

• Contributed to the reactivation of core economic government functions and decision-making processes within the Office of the Prime Minister (OPCM/PMO), Ministry of Finance (MoF), Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), Ministry of Environment (MoET), and OMSAR, among others.
• Supported the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) in undertaking a comprehensive functional and business process review, covering human resources and governance, financial management, procurement, project supervision, and institutional digital readiness.
• Supported OMSAR in restoring basic institutional functionality and advancing digital transformation, including strengthened digital governance, improved IT resilience, and enhanced digital security as part of the restoration of the national digital ecosystem.
• Supported the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to strengthen recovery planning and policy coordination capacities, contributing to improved aid effectiveness and inter-institutional alignment.
• Supported the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) in bridging critical macro-economic data gaps through the production of national accounts for 2022, 2023, and 2024, improving the availability and reliability of official economic statistics.
• Supported CAS in migrating the Consumer Price Index (CPI) application to a new platform, ensuring system sustainability, improved performance, and compatibility with the OGERO cloud infrastructure.
• Supported the Ministry of Agriculture through a joint UNDP–WFP–FAO initiative assessing the impact of the conflict on the agriculture sector to inform evidence-based recovery and resilience interventions.
• Conducted the Lebanon MSME Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (SEIA) to assess the effects of the 2024 conflict on micro, small, and medium enterprises, providing evidence to guide livelihood recovery and private-sector support measures.
• Collaborated with ESCWA, UNICEF, and ILO to produce a comprehensive Socio-Economic Impact Analysis of the conflict in Lebanon, supporting coordinated policy dialogue and recovery planning.
   

GESI Component (Gender Equality and Social Inclusion)

The project is designated with a GEN2 gender marker, indicating a significant focus on gender equality. The initiative ensures that public administrative reforms are gender- and age-sensitive. Specific GESI measures include:

• Ensuring women's participation in decision-making at national and local levels.
• Developing digital outreach and training specifically for women and youth to prevent "unbalanced appropriation" of technology by men.
• Prioritizing digital services that impact social protection and essential services used by vulnerable and marginalized populations.
•  Adhering to the "Leaving No One Behind" (LNOB) principle in the design of all new digital service delivery models.