Administration development project: Strategic planning for the Government of Lebanon Technical Assistance

The specific objectives of the project were:

• Increase awareness of and commitment among Lebanese Public Sector stakeholders to strategic planning to support national development and improved service delivery.
• Develop a standardized mechanism and guidelines to support strategic planning.
• Ensure a coordinated and coherent approach to the planning, development and deployment of resources.
• Identify the detailed outcomes, indicators of success, activities, schedule, personnel requirements, monitoring and evaluation procedures.

The scope of work included:

• Comprehensive review of all relevant government guidance, legislations and documents related to Planning.
• Identify current strategic planning practices in the Lebanese Public Administration.
• Research International Best Practices and draw lessons learned.
• Carryout PESTEL/SWOT/ stakeholders analysis of the strategic planning at each Ministry.
• Outlining the standards, methodologies and guidelines for instituting strategic planning practices.
• Creating an operational strategic Planning Unit at the 7 Ministries.
• Delivering several workshops to the strategic teams, within the seven ministries, on Strategic Planning Methodology Implementation.