The Royal Scientific Society \/ National Energy Research Centre organized an event at Park Innovation, Lebanon from 2-3 of August 2022 titled a \u201cHigh-Level Policy Dialogue\u201d at municipal level, in cooperation with As-Semqaneyyeh and Jdaidet el Chouf municipalities, and the presence of GIZ and United Nations in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event focused on empowering and catalyzing the municipalities\u2019 role to run environmental projects within the nexus framework through a decentralized scheme; allowing municipalities to generate funds in compliance with the local legislations so that to enhance livelihood in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event enabled the participants representing various entities, local government, NGOs, and UN from Lebanon to acquire information and knowledge on access to finance and the nexus approach from a variety of local\/regional experts and to engage in enriching discussions that facilitate the sharing of experiences and initiatives both from a national and a regional perspective. These covered the challenges currently being faced by municipalities, the lessons learned from previous experiences and projects, and recommended solutions and suggestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event concluded that municipalities in Lebanon currently do not play a core role in the management and governance of water, food \/ agriculture and energy. This role is restricted to providing services to their communities such as transportation, waste collection, licensing buildings, managing public parks, street lighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MINARET II initiative is implemented in the context of the Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme, which is implemented by RSS on behalf of GIZ, and co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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