00:00 In July 2021, Lebanon became a unified law for public procurement that aims to implement
00:08 a series of necessary structural reforms to guarantee a sound financial system, enhance
00:14 economic recovery and improve liquidity and transparency.
00:18 However, until April 2024, only 33% of it was implemented, according to the International
00:25 Transparency Organization, which explains the size of the institutional and administrative
00:30 gap in the public sector.
00:31 "As an independent organization, this is part of our work, part of our work and our
00:35 mission, especially today, public procurement, which is a strategic, very important and reforming
00:39 issue.
00:40 We can discuss with them, first of all, to present our observations on the shortcomings,
00:43 how we want to move forward towards a path of reforms that really contribute to the
00:47 construction of the Lebanese state."
00:48 And confirm the data of the project, which is being implemented in the region.
00:51 The reform of the public procurement system is one of the most important structural reforms
00:56 required after the energy and justice sectors to enhance financial governance and transparency,
01:00 as 57% of the world's corruption is directly linked to public procurement deals.
01:04 This indicates the need to implement the general reforms that the Lebanese government has
01:10 committed to in the Sadr conference.
01:12 "The law of public procurement is a very important and important reform, and it is
01:17 one of the main goals, to try to eliminate corruption as much as possible and to isolate
01:23 it from this society and from this environment that is related to public procurement, which
01:29 has always been suffering.
01:31 So we need to implement this law.
01:34 The implementation of this law can be done by improving the training of the Shari'a
01:38 bodies and Shari'a bodies, and by implementing the law of public procurement.
01:42 These reforms are necessary to eliminate the obstacles in front of it and to achieve
01:48 its goals."
01:49 The general procurement represents 20% of the total public spending and 6.5% of the
01:54 total local output at the central level, and from its shared structure and information
01:59 distribution, so that the Lebanese citizen, the public opinion and the civil society are
02:05 clear and consistent with the public procurement.
02:08 The law of public procurement is supported by the European Union, which is a large part
02:14 of the reform of the Lebanese administration, and a large part of it is to reform the general
02:20 procurement bodies and to enable the general procurement body to perform its role in the
02:26 Lebanese society.
02:27 "The general procurement body is a very important and important project, and it is
02:32 a project that is supported by the European Union, and it is a project that is supported
02:38 by the European Union, and it is a project that is supported by the European Union, and
02:43 it is a project that is supported by the European Union, and it is a project that is supported
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