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Publications
SUNY/CLD has developed a number of publications including reference and system
user guides for municipal staff, as well as citizen guides to municipal
services.
The Personnel and Payroll Systems' User Guide
The Municipal Guide
The Budget Preparation and Execution Principles-Decree 5595
The Budget Preparation and Execution Principles-General Accounting
Law
The Municipal Budget System User Guide
The Municipal Revenue System User Guide
The Municipal Citizen Guide
The Transactions Guide for Jounieh
The Transactions Guide for Choueifat
The Transactions Guide for Tripoli
The Transactions Guide for Saida
The Transactions Guide for Beit Meri
Media's Role in Shaping Public Policy
The Personnel and Payroll Systems' User Guide December 2004,
was developed to provide staff with a practical reference tool for use with the
Personnel Management System and the Personnel Payroll System.
Detailed instructions are provided for the following: development of organizational charts
and job descriptions, maintenance of personal data files, preparation of payroll,
and establishment of procedures for departmental and agency exchange of information.
Each form is explained with essential points and main functions highlighted.
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The Municipal Guide contains information
regarding the municipal processes, applications, documents required, and fees.
It also outlines the decisions made by the municipal council and president.
Three thousand copies have been published and distributed to
municipalities in Lebanon.
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The Budget Preparation and Execution Principles-Decree 5595
is an important reference guide written to enable municipalities to improve the
effectiveness and quality of their work. It standardizes (in accordance with
the Decree #5595/82) the administrative and financial procedures for municipal
budget preparation and implementation. Background information and principles on
budgeting are provided, as well as detailed instructions, legal definitions,
guidelines for managerial supervision, and samples of financial,
administrative, and municipal forms.
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The Budget Preparation and Execution Principles-General Accounting Law
is an important reference guide written to enable large municipalities to
improve the effectiveness and quality of their work. It standardizes (in
accordance with the General Accounting Law) the administrative and financial
procedures for municipal budget preparation and implementation. Background
information and principles on budgeting are provided, as well as detailed
instructions, legal definitions, guidelines for managerial supervision, and
samples of financial, administrative, and municipal forms.
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The Municipal Budget System
User Guides are
detailed compilations of forms and instructions for use with the systems
developed by the Center for municipalities subject to the accounting principles
of Decree # 82/5595 and for those subject to the General Accounting
Law. Designed to increase municipal awareness of the budget
processes and procedures, it provides a step-by-step approach to the many
components of the application and instructions on using the system to prepare
the budget. Three thousand copies have been distributed to
municipalities in Lebanon.
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The Municipal Revenue System
User Guide was
published to assist municipal employees with the operation of the Municipal
Revenue System. It provides a step-by-step approach to the many components of
the system and detailed instructions on the completion of forms utilized by
municipalities.
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The Municipal Citizen Guide was published by
SUNY/CLD to increase citizen awareness regarding municipal procedures,
application forms, fees, documents required, processing time, and the complaint
process. Thirty-five thousand copies have been published and distributed to
the municipalities to be made available to the public at the Citizen Reception
Offices.
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Transactions Guides for Jounieh, Choueifat, Tripoli, Saida
and Beit Meri
In response to the particular municipal rules and procedures in several large
municipalities five separate guides were developed. In addition to general
information regarding municipal work, transaction forms and instructions, and
the documents, fees and processing time for each type of municipal transaction
are included in these publications. The guides were designed to increase
citizens' awareness of municipal processes and fees, and to enhance citizen
relations with the municipal administrations.
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Media's Role in Shaping Public
Policy was published as a summary of two seminars,
one in November 2002 and another in February 2003, conducted
at the Library of the Lebanese Parliament. Funded by USAID,
the seminars were organized by SUNY/CLD, the Lebanese
Parliament, and the Forum for Parliamentary Dialogue to
increase awareness of the importance of citizen
participation in the legislative process and to facilitate
communication amongst Parliament, the media, and the public.
The publication includes an overview of the major issues
addressed in the two seminars, transcripts of speeches, as
well as a summary of participant recommendations for
improving citizen participation in the legislative process,
and is a useful reference for identifying concerns from both
the civil society and legislative perspectives.
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