Date: Sunday, December 13, 2009, 4:48 AM
Attention Mr. Fady Saab
Chairman of BLBG
Dear Mr. Saab,
On the eve of the conference on Transparency, Accountability and Development, allow me to cite and highlight below some extracts from the web site on good governance that can be reached at:http://www.gdrc.org/u-gov/doc- jica_gg.html
PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
· The objective of economic and social development in developing countries is to set in motion a process of self-reliant and sustainable growth through which social justice can be achieved.
· For this to be achieved the central focus of development is not necessarily to boost production of material goods; instead, it should be to foster and enhance people’s capability to have a role in their society’s development.
· Involving the citizens is needed both as a tool and a goal of development.
Note from CPI, The Lebanese Center for Public Information:
Citizens must be adequately informed if they wish to have a role in their society’s development. That is the reason why our Center has adopted the motto: “Inform before you Reform!”
We believe that our government should concentrate on getting the citizens involved in the following way:
1. Somebody should explain to the citizens how the national budget resources are currently collected.
2. Explain how these resources are currently spent.
3. Describe to the citizens the benefits of building a Five Year National Economic, Social and Financial Plan to optimize the use of the national resources.
4. Call on the citizens to participate actively in the creation of that Plan and set up a system to make such participation possible.
5. Provide the citizens with a procedure to periodically monitor the implementation of the Plan by the Authorities.
I hope that the presenters of the practical case studies will consider including these remarks in their presentation.
George Sabat (Founder and Director)
CPI The Lebanese Center for Public Information
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