Lobbying through MPs Analysis of the Budget of Administrations Related to SLM § Detailed analysis of budget preparation processes was conducted § Budget is divided into two parts: § Part I = expenditure budget § Part II = investment budget § Analysis of 5-year budget of key administrations was conducted (MoA, MoE, DGUP, MoEW and MoSA) Example: MoA budget and cutoff Description (LBP M) 2000 2001 20. [...] Cut Off Part 2 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Budget Allocation Part 1 (LBP M) Budget Cut Off Part 1 (LBP M) Lebanon Budget Analysis Results § Problems with the budget * Investment budget is very modest (e.g. [...] 10% of MoA budget; the rest is expenditure) * Inability to spend the allocated budget within specified period: budgets are never spent within the term of the program law * Budget allocation is not based on well defined priorities * Budget allocation is rigid § Program laws can be used as entry points to a public source of funding if they are targeted by ministers and backed up by a well developed. [...] § Legislation has been prepared for its activation but has yet to be endorsed § Once activated, the NEF can be used as a direct source of funding for SLM activities Analysis of Other Domestic Sources § Commercial enterprises § Commercial banks § Credit unions § NGOs § Philanthropic organizations § Professional organizations § Cooperatives § Individuals / investors Entry points for increasing mobil. [...] § Pro-environment MPs should lobby at level of Parliamentary committees to assign higher importance to environmental issued on national agenda Timeline Stage Entry Point End of May Line ministry sends proposed budget to MoF 1st stage of negotiations between line ministries and MoF Before CoM reviews the proposed Budget Law Project 2nd stage of negotiations through political lobbying September 1 by.
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