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Lebanon: supporting CAS

START DATE: FEBRUARY 2018
DURATION: JUNE 2023
BUDGET: € 508.686

The project focuses on the following topics:

  • Institutional development
  • Improvement of IT Department performance
  • SDMX training and introduction
  • Introduction of new methodologies of GIS for statistics
  • Introduction of digitalization processes and corporate planning for the administrative work
  • Improved social statistics

Project activities are formally suspended from October 2019 due to the socio-economic critical situation in the Country. Currently, the suspension period has been extended until June 30th 2023.

 
 
 

Overall objective. Contribute to the enhancement of the statistical system in Lebanon by supporting the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) in its official statistics production and dissemination.

Specific objective. Providing the CAS with IT equipment, introducing statistical and technical standards, training on new tools, supporting in specific production processes, modernising its administrative infrastructure, with a view to further promoting its role within the Lebanese society.

The direct beneficiary is the CAS of Lebanon. Other beneficiaries will be the institutional users of the statistical information provided by the CAS (i.e. Ministries, Government and local bodies, Universities, and the International community). In a wider perspective, the whole country will benefit from the project, as government policies based on reliable statistical data would allow to better guide and evaluate the development processes of the country.

Graziella Sanna – Project Manager
e-mail grsanna@istat.it
ph. +39 06 4673 2501

Francesco Rizzo – Coordinator component 3
e-mail rizzo@istat.it
ph. +39 06 4673 2652

Pina Grazia Ticca – Coordinator component 4
e-mail ticca@istat.it
ph. +39 06 4673 4890

Maria Pia Sorvillo – Coordinator component 6
e-mail sorvillo@istat.it
ph. +39 06 4673 7255