Prime Minister of Lebanon, Salim al-Huss, delivered his government’s policy statement on 14 December 1998. One of his policy statements was related to administrative decentralization and was listed as number 10 in his outline of national goals. He was prioritizing an approval of a bill for the administrative decentralization.¹ But a bill on decentralization was not introduced in the assembly in 1998.

No developments observed this year.

No developments observed this year.

There had been various proposals presented for discussions since 1995, but they lack a clear distinction between the central government and the decentralized units. “The only area where the decentralization has been applied is at municipalities. The Taif Agreement calls for another higher level of decentralization than that of Qadaa (district), but a decentralization law is still pending.”[fn]”Lebanon: Local governance in Complex Environments- Project Assessment,” UNDP, 2010, accessed April 5, 2011, http://www.undp.org, accessed 5 April 2011.[/efn_note] Taif agreement calls for the model that combines aspects of decentralization at the level of the eight governorates and 25 districts (Qudaa) with administrative decentralization at the municipal level.

No developments observed this year.

No developments observed this year.

No developments observed this year.

No developments observed this year.

No developments observed this year.

Administrative decentralization as agreed in the Taif accord was not initiated and no draft law on administration decentralization was introduced in the parliament.