Evaluation for Reform: Two Reports That Chart Lebanon's Path to Accountability

Taken from the USJ website

Lebanon faces a governance crisis.

Citizens demand transparency.

Institutions struggle with fragmentation.

Trust is broken.

Yet two new reports offer a way forward.

Released on November 10, 2025, during the high-profile national conference Evaluation for Reform: Lebanon's Pathway to a National Evaluation System, held at USJ under the patronage of the President of the Council of Ministers, His Excellency Mr. Nawaf Salam, these publications map the institutional architecture needed to rebuild accountability.

• Mapping Lebanon's National Evaluation Stakeholders identifies the actors essential to building a sustainable evaluation system. It classifies institutions across six strategic tiers and provides a framework for engagement, capacity building, and reform ownership.
• Analyzing Lebanon's National Evaluation Ecosystem delivers a clear diagnosis: Lebanon's evaluation system is not weak. It does not exist. Through consultations with ministries, oversight bodies, Parliament, and regional governors, the report maps gaps in legal frameworks, institutional mechanisms, organizational capacities, and the enabling environment. It then offers a sequenced roadmap to transform evaluation into a governance function that restores policy credibility and rebuilds public trust.

Produced by the Observatory on Public Service and Good Governance at Saint Joseph University of Beirut, with support from UNICEF Lebanon and in collaboration with Socially Responsible Management, these reports are more than research. They are a national commitment to evidence, accountability, and reform.

Download. Read. Discuss. Act.

Lebanon deserves policies backed by proof, not promises.

Analyzing Lebanons National Evaluation Ecosystem
Mapping Lebanons National Evaluation Stakeholders