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Table of Contents

PHASE I: Pilot Municipalities Review

  1. Introduction
  2. Study Framework
  3. The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
    • Law 197: The Establishment of the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
    • MOMRA’s Administration
    • Finances of the MOMRA
    • MOMRA's Projects
    • Long Term View of the MOMRA’s Administration:
  4. Pilot Municipalities Review
    • Beit Mery
    • Broumana
    • Jounieh
    • Nabatiyyeh
    • Roumieh
    • Tripoli
    • Comparative Revenues and Expenditures for the 6 municipalities

PHASE II: Local Government Framework

  1. Introduction
  2. Legal Framework
    • Historical Overview
    • Current Administrative Structure in Lebanon
  3. Legal Instruments for Change
  4. Framework for Expenditure Assignment
  5. Legal and Administrative Framework Relating to Subnational Revenue Authority
    • Municipal tariffs and fees collected directly by the Municipality
    • Surtaxes Collected By The State, Public Administrations, or Private Concerns on Behalf of Particular Municipalities
    • Surtaxes collected by the State on behalf of all municipalities
    • Aids, loans and grant source of Revenues
  6. System of Financial Accounts
  7. Data Assessment
  8. Intergovernmental Systems
    • Revenues
    • Expenditures
    • Budget Nomenclature
  9. Problem Areas and Recommendations Regarding Local Government Framework
  10. Mission Statement

Annexes:

Annex II-1. Decree 1917, April 6th, 1979: Basis for the Distribution of the Independent Municipal Fund.

Annex II-2. Decree 5595, September 22nd, 1982: Accounting Principles for Municipalities and Municipal Federations that are not subjected to the General Accounting Laws.

Annex II-3. Law 60, August 12th, 1988: Municipal Tariffs and Fees.

PHASE III: Recommendations, Municipal Observatory, and Municipalities’ Pictures

  1. Project Recommendations
    • Revenue Enhancement
    • Management
    • Service Delivery
    • For MOMRA
    • Recommendation Matrix by Priority and Function
  2. Estimated Costs of Recommendations
  3. Recommendations: Cluster Analysis
  4. Municipal Observatory
    • Management Structure of the Municipal Observatory
    • Municipal Observatory Organizational Structure
    • Data Gathered by the Municipal Observatory
    • Activities of the Municipal Observatory
    • Areas of Research and Analysis
    • Dissemination
  5. Municipalities’ Pictures