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Improving water governance in Lebanon’s Kalb River Basin

Governance and policy support: Policy brief

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 6p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

Synopsis (short abstract) This policy brief provides a summary of water governance analysis undertaken in collaboration with national stakeholders. These include the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) and the Beirut and Mount Lebanon Water Establishment (BMLWE), as part of the project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Water Efficiency/Productivity and Water Sustainability in NENA Countries” under the FAO Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity in the Near East and funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The analysis, which will be summarized in a report (Gharios and Tanios, forthcoming), followed the governance framework described in the FAO paper “Focus on governance for more effective policy and technical support.” The data and information were collected from a literature review, interviews with key stakeholders, and consultation workshops with key actors in 2021–2022.

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FAO. 2024. Improving water governance in Lebanon’s Kalb River Basin – Governance and policy support: Policy brief. Rome. 


https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9358en

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