DETAILS OF THE RECOMMENDED PARTICIPATIVE RESEARCH AND DRAFTING PROCEDURE FOR THE L.N.D.P.

THE L.N.D.P. PROJECT (2015-2018)

DETAILS OF THE RECOMMENDED PARTICIPATIVE PROCEDURE FOR THE DRAFTING OF SEVEN  SECTOR PLANS

For all those who wish to join us in drafting and elaborating any of the seven Sector Plans listed below, we recommend a simple procedure to assist them in their research work. However if any participant prefers to approach the problem differently, he/she should inform us accordingly. We have no objections, as long as the right information is obtained and the right results are achieved.

A.    THE Sector Plans concerned:

1)    Plan 3.- Social Services

2)    Plan 4.- Social Security

3)    Plan 8.- Commerce

4)    Plan 9.- Telecoms

5)    Plan 12.- Roads

6)    Plan 13.- Public Transport

7)    Plan 18.- Diaspora relationships

B.     The problems and their solutions

1)    We seek to identify the main problems encountered within each sector and ascertain the appropriate solution/s.

2)    From our experience in studying the seven sector plans that were drawn up in the past by the Ministries concerned, we have ascertained that each of these plans deals, on average, with some seventy to a hundred main problems altogether. We can therefore logically assume that, on average, the same number of problems will be encountered in each of the above seven plans.

3)    Each solution should provide an adequate answer to the following eight questions:

                                                                                                              i.      Why do we seek a solution to this problem?

                                                                                                            ii.      How shall we solve it?

                                                                                                          iii.      How long will it take to solve it?

                                                                                                         iv.      When should we start?

                                                                                                           v.      Who will be responsible for solving it?

                                                                                                         vi.      How much will it cost to solve it?

                                                                                                       vii.      How shall we get funded?

                                                                                                     viii.      Who will monitor the implementation of the solution?

C.     A broad description of the procedure that we recommend to follow

A.    The participant selects the sector that he/she wishes to study and informs the center accordingly

B.     The Center forwards to the participant all the information in their possession regarding that sector

C.     At the same time the name of the participant is entered into the registration records at the center.

D.    The participant studies the material received and requests any additional info that he/she  may need

E.     The participant forwards every week the result of his/her studies to the center

F.     The information received at the center is examined. The center forwards to the participant a list of any additional details that may be required.

G.    Once the study is completed, the Center forwards to the participant a statement acknowledging receipt of all the information provided by the participant.

H.    Ultimately the name of the participant and the extent of his/her participation will be acknowledged and recorded in the Preface to the published text of the Plan that will be distributed nationwide.

D.    Additional remarks

A.    Kindly inform us, upon receipt of this note, if you require any additional information.

TAKE PART IN REBUILDING YOUR COUNTRY

WE ARE PROGRESSING, MY FRIENDS.   L.N.D.P. WILL SOON BE READY!

OUT OF EIGHTEEN SECTOR PLANS:

·         SEVEN PLANS ARE READY TO BE REAPPRAISED AND UPDATED (The yellow colored plans on the chart below)

·         FOUR PLANS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY VOLUNTEER EXPERTS  IN LEBANON AND ABROAD (the grey colored plans on the chart below)

·         WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE IN DRAFTING THE SEVEN REMAINING PLANS (the blue colored plans on the chart below).

THE COMPLETE LEBANESE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (L.N.D.P.) FOR THE YEARS 2015 TO 2018 WILL BE READY BY END 2014, INCH”ALLAH!

THAT ESSENTIAL DOCUMENT WILL ILLUSTRATE, IN FACTS AND IN FIGURES, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR YOUNG COUNTRY, A COMPREHENSIVE LIST  OF THE NEEDS AND THE DEMANDS OF ALL ITS CITIZENS, BE THEY SUNNIS, CHIITES, DRUZES, OR CHRISTIANS, WEALTHY OR POOR, PRO-SYRIANS, PRO-IRANIANS, PRO-AMERICANS, OR SIMPLY 100% LEBANESE.

WE EXPECT THE L.N.D.P. TO BE READY ON TIME FOR THE NEXT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.

WE ALSO SINCERELY HOPE THAT ITS PUBLICATION WILL ENTICE ALL THE POLITICAL PARTIES, IN THIS COUNTRY, TO DRAW UP THEIR OWN PLANS FOR THE NEXT PARLIAMENTARY MANDATE, THUS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATING TO THEIR PARTISANS, AND TO THE VOTERS, IN FACTS AND IN FIGURES, INSTEAD OF MERE WORDS, THEIR FIRM INTENTION TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY FAITHFULLY.

TO ALL CITIZENS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING TO PARTICIPATE IN DRAWING UP THE REMAINING SEVEN SECTOR PLANS WE SAY: “DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY THE TASK AHEAD. WHATEVER YOUR QUALIFICATIONS, YOUR EXPERIENCE, OR YOUR DIPLOMAS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING VALUABLE TO YOUR COUNTRY. IT WILL NOT MATTER WHETHER YOU DEVOTE THIRTY MINUTES OR THREE HOURS A DAY, YOUR PARTICIPATION WILL SERVE A GOOD CAUSE.

ONCE THE EIGHTEEN SECTOR PLANS ARE COMPLETED, THE READERS WILL ACQUIRE A CLEAR AND COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE INITIATIVES THAT OUGHT TO BE TAKEN, DURING THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE UPON THE PRESENT CONDITIONS IN LEBANON, WITHIN THE EIGHTEEN MAIN SECTORS OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY.

IT  IS HOPED THAT THE L.N.D.P. WILL CONTRIBUTE IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO WORK, HAND IN HAND, DURING THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, IN ORDER TO REACH THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP IN THE PLAN.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE L.N.D.P. WILL ENABLE ALL CONCERNED (THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND THE COUNTRY'S CREDITORS) TO MEASURE AND EVALUATE, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THE PROGRESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE L.N.D.P.

WRITE US AT: George@cpi-lebanon.org FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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