Building a Rule of Law Society
Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP) elaborated a project titled: “Building a rule of law society: to enhance bases of Democratic Governance and Rule of law” to support the Ministry of Economy and trade and ministry of Health through series of inter-related activities.
The main objective of this project is to assist and positively advocate the targeted Lebanese ministries to issue the implementing decrees of the laws that have been previously adopted by the Parliament. Thus, by improving the efficiency of the law making process in Lebanon, this project, is promoting good governance.
The project will address 3 adopted laws for which implementing decrees are needed:
1) The law on the Mechanism to Protect Confidentiality of Citizens’ DNA Information,
2) The food safety law,
3) The Law of Measurement and Scaling System in Lebanon (Metrology).
The project activities are mainly the following:
1. Drafting of the implementing decrees:
The project supported the ministry of health and ministry of economy by the technical and legal expertise to draft the implementing decrees for the three selected laws.
-The law of Protection of Confidential DNA Information for Lebanese Citizens: to elaborate on the mechanisms and institutional frameworks and processes to protect confidential information pertaining to Lebanese citizens’ DNA from private or public intrusion.
-Food safety law: to cover food processing, packaging, distribution, storing and cooling until food is handed over to the consumer.
-The Law of Measurements and Scaling System in Lebanon (Metrology): to provide scientific bases for measurement and scaling in Lebanon.
2. National discussion groups:
LFPCP organized 3 national discussions groups / workshops. Each workshop discussed one of the targeted laws to raise awareness and advocate for good governance and the rule of law to policy-makers.
3. Awareness raising campaign:
LFPCP produced three short video spots in order to raise public awareness on the topics tackled by the project. These video spots have been broadcasted on social media as well as national TV stations.
In addition to other related and complementary activities.
Project duration: One year Project (June 2017 - June 2018).
The project is within the framework of USAID-funded project Building Alliance for Local Advancement Development and Investment-Capacity Building (BALADI CAP).
Related activities
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Final Conference of the Project “Building a Rule of Law Society"
Jun 12, 2018
On Tuesday the 12th of June 2018 a final conference of the project: “Building a Rule of Law Society: to enhance bases of democratic governance and rule of law” took place at the Lebanese Parliament in Beirut.Read more... -
Fifth Steering Committee Meeting of the Project “Building a Rule of Law Society"
Mar 29, 2018
Within the framework of Baladi Cap’s Civic Engagement Initiative (CEI), the Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP) conducted its fifth steering committee meeting of the project " building the rule of law society" on March 29, 2018 at the Lebanese parliament to discuss with the project achievements so far and to agree on the coming phase.Read more... -
Food Safety in Lebanon: Needs, Governance, and Enforcement
Mar 27, 2018
On Tuesday the 27th of March 2018 a workshop took place at the Grand Serail in Beirut under the title “Food Safety in Lebanon: Needs, Governance, and Enforcement”.Read more... -
Workshop on Genetic Testing and Human Health
Feb 6, 2018
On Tuesday the 6th of February 2018 a workshop took place at the conference room at the ministry of public health in Beirut under the title “Genetic Testing and Human Health”.Read more... -
Fourth Steering Committee Meeting of the project “Building a rule of law society"
Feb 1, 2018
Within the framework the USAID-funded “Building Alliances for Local Advancement, Development and Investment –Capacity Building (BALADI CAP)” project, the Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP) conducted its Fourth high level steering committee meeting on the 1st of February 2018 to discuss with the project partners and stakeholders the steps that were achieved so far, and to agree on the coming phase.Read more... -
Third Steering Committee Meeting of the Project: "Building a Rule of Law Society"
Dec 6, 2017
Within the framework of Baladi Cap’s Civic Engagement Initiative (CEI), the Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP) conducted its third steering committee meeting on December 6, 2017 at the Lebanese parliament meeting room to discuss with the project partners and stakeholders the steps that were achieved so far, and to agree on the coming phase.Read more... -
Workshop on Metrology System in Lebanon
Nov 29, 2017
On Wednesday 29th of November 2017 a workshop took place at the conference room at the ministry of Economy and Trade in Beirut under the title “Metrology System in Lebanon”.Read more... -
Second Steering Committee Meeting of the Project:"Building a Rule of Law Society"
Oct 2, 2017
Within the framework of Baladi Cap’s Civic Engagement Initiative (CEI), the Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP) conducted its second steering committee meeting on October 2, 2017 to discuss with the project partners and stakeholders the steps that were achieved so far, and to agree on the coming phase.Read more... -
First Steering Committee Meeting of the Project:"Building the Rule of Law Society"
Jul 20, 2017
Within the framework of Baladi Cap’s Civic Engagement Initiative (CEI), the Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP) conducted its first steering committee meeting at July 20, 2017 to introduce the project to their partners and stakeholders, and to agree on general guidelines.Read more...