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Project Name:
Stable Institutional Structure for Protected Areas Management (SISPAM)

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Budget

455500 €


Funders

EUROPEAN COMMISSION/ LIFE Third Countries Programme

Ministry of Environment / MOE - Lebanon


Start Date

January 2004


Duration

31 months


Extensions


Project Resource


Project Manager

Carla Khater. Ph.D


Project Focal Point (Department)

Service of protection of Urban Environment


Aim

Protected areas in Lebanon are continuously increasing, from three in 1996 to ten in 2002, with continuous requests submitted to the Ministry of Environment (MoE) for the declaration of new sites. The revised MoE organigramme comprises a Protected Areas Unit within the service of Nature Conservation. Stakeholders involved in protected areas management include the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Municipalities and Rural Affairs, municipalities, non-governmental organizations, scientific institutions and the local communities. This large set of stakeholders and increase in protected sites is lengthening the procedures and slowing reaction time. Financial government contributions to the protected areas need to be redefined annually and the allocation procedure entails lengthy bureaucratic procedures. This project aims at identifying and institutionalising proper and approved structure for the management of protected areas at both the macro and micro levels. The legal, structural, financial and human aspects will be tackled to end – up with a comprehensive and integrated management model.


Objectives

This project will review the current management structures in such a way as to identify and create a stable and efficient structure overlooking site-specific issues to concentrate on the national identity of Protected Areas. Staff and stakeholders involved in the Protected Areas management will contribute their views, perspectives and expectations to this project and to the resulting structure. This structure will ensure the development, implementation and monitoring of management structures, national plans (such as interpretation plans, fund-raising, etc...).

This project was built on the previous experiences and projects and has taken forward the sustainable management of protected areas in Lebanon.


 
 
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