Lamia Moubayed Bissat

Lamia Moubayed Bissat
BornMarch 27, 1967
Beirut, Lebanon
NationalityLebanese
OccupationPresident of Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan

Lamia Moubayed Bissat (born March 27, 1967) is a Lebanese public servant. She has been serving as President of the Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan since 2000.[1] In 2018, the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) selected Moubayed to be one of 24 experts to guide CEPA members on the agenda of 2030.[2]

Early life and education

Lamia Moubayed Bissat was born on March 27, 1967, in Beirut, Lebanon.[3] Moubayed graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1988 with an engineering degree in agriculture and in 1990 with her master's degree in Agricultural Economics and Development. In 1991, Moubayed co-founded Green line, the first non-governmental organization in Lebanon addressing environmental and agricultural development.[4] In 1998, she began studying at l'Ecole Supérieure des Affaires in Beirut to pursue a master's in business administration.[4]

Career

Moubayed began her career in 1992, as a researcher for the Consultation and Research Institute in Lebanon, a firm specialized in business consultation and quantitative and qualitative field studies regarding social and economic development in Lebanon and the MENA region.[4] In 1995, Lamia Moubayed joined the United Nations Development Program in Beirut as a program officer.[4] In July 1999, Moubayed joined the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).[5]

In 2000, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance selected and appointed Moubayed to become head and director of the Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan in Lebanon.[6] Moubayed lectures public management at the Institute of Political Sciences of Université Saint Joseph in Beirut.[7]

In 2018, she was nominated by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to serve a four-year term as one of 24 experts on the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration and was approved in 2021 by ECOSOC to serve the position starting August 1st, 2021.[8] Moubayed supports enhancing capacity building in the public procurement unit.[9] In 2020, she took part in the launch of the 2020 United Nations E-Government Survey organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.[10][11]

Moubayed is a founding and a secretariat member through the Institute of Finance, of the GIFT-MENA network of civil service training schools in the Middle East and North Africa, established in 2006 and currently based in Beirut.[12][13][14] She also contributed to founding the MENAPAR network of research in public administration, currently based in Bahrain.[15]

Moubayed inaugurated a public library that includes more than twenty-three thousand references accessible to the public and initiated a series of citizen guides to increase awareness on public financial management issues and facilitate citizen transactions entitled "Fiscal and Financial Awareness Series".[16][17]

Memberships

Starting in 2016, Moubayed became the representative of Lebanon and MENA countries on the board of the “International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration:[18]

  • Founding member – Green line, (1991 - Present).[5]
  • Member – American University of Beirut Alumni Association, (1996 - Present).[4]
  • Member – Engineers and Architects Syndicate, (1996 - Present).[4]
  • Member – Network for Innovators in Governance in the Mediterranean Region, (2003 - Present).[19]
  • Chair – Governance of Public Finance component of OECD-MENA initiative, (2009 - Present).[20]
  • Founding member – Roads for Life "The Talal Kassem Fund for Post-Accident Care", (2011 - Present).[21]
  • Member – World Bank Group Regional Committee of Experts on Public Procurement, (April 2013 - Present).[5]

Awards and recognition

Publications

  • "L'Institut des Finances, 20 ans de cooperation administrative franco-libanaise", L. Moubayed.[25]
  • "Un réseau des écoles de la fonction publique en méditérranée peut-il servir l'agenda de la gouvernance publique?", L. Moubayed.[26]
  • “L’avenir de l’Action Publique: Regards croisées autour de la méditerranée”, L. Moubayed, V. Potier & AB. Yakhlef.[27]
  • “From Government to Governance: How Will the Arab Region Meet the Goals of Sustainable Development in the Post 2015 Period?”.[28]
  • “Building capacities in public financial management in a post-conflict country: A practice from the Ministry of Finance and the Institute of Finance of Lebanon”, I. Ghandour, S. Hatem, L. Moubayed Bissat & C. Rihan.[29]
  • “Lebanon’s Experiment with Installing Competitive Recruitment”, L. Moubayed Bissat, S. Hatem & C. Rihan.[30]
  • “Why Civil Service Reform is Inevitable in Times of Crisis”, L. Moubayed Bissat.[31]
  • “Introducing a Gender-Driven Approach to Performance Budgeting: Austria”, L. Moubayed Bissat & M. Bsaibes.[32]
  • “Measuring the Public Sector Wage Bill”, L. Moubayed Bissat & I. Ghandour.[33]
  • "The role of civil society in Rural Community Development: Two case studies from Lebanon”.[34]
  • “Rural Community Development through Strengthening Institution Building: Two Case Studies from Lebanon”.[35]
  • "Citizen Budget 2018", Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan.[36]
  • "Citizen Budget 2019", Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan.[37]
  • "Citizen Budget 2020", Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan.[38]
  • "The Economic Cost of Policy Action against the Outbreak Scenarios of Covid-19 in Lebanon", Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan.[39]
  • "The economic and fiscal policies in the Era of Riad El Solh", Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan.[40]
  • "L'approche par competences peut-elle changer l’avenir de la Fonction Publique Libanaise?"[41]

References

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  10. ^ Eren, Yusuf (July 8, 2020). "Global launch of the 2020 UN E-Government Survey". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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  21. ^ "Roads For Life | Our Members". Roads For Life – the Talal Kassem Fund for Post Accident Care. Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  22. ^ Henoud, Carla (2017-05-11). "Lamia Moubayed Bissat, " désespérément déterminée " - Carla Henoud". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  23. ^ l'Information, Agence Nationale de. "Cérémonie de remise des insignes de la Légion d'Honneur à la Résidence des Pins". Agence Nationale de l'Information. Archived from the original on 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  24. ^ "Lamia Mubayed Bsat's pioneering career". WEEPortal. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  25. ^ Moubayed, Lamia (2017). "L'Institut des Finances, 20 ans de cooperation administrative franco-libanaise". Gestion et Finances Publiques. 3 (3): 104–108. doi:10.3166/gfp.2017.00057.
  26. ^ "GIFT-MENA | Un réseau des écoles de la fonction publique en Méditérranée peut-il servir l'agenda de la gouvernance publique?". www.gift-mena.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  27. ^ Moubayed, Potier and Ben Yakhlef, Lamia, Vincent and Adel (September 26, 2016). L'avenir de l'action publique: Regards croisés autour de la méditerranée. France: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA FONCTION PUBLIQUE TERRITORIALE.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ Moubayed, Lamia (March 20, 2015). "From Government to Governance: How Will the Arab Region Meet the Goals of Sustainable Development in the Post 2015 Period?" (PDF). United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019 – via ESCWA.
  29. ^ Moubayed, Ghandour, Hatem, Rihan, Lamia, Ibrahim, Sabine, Carl (June 2014). "Building Capacities in Public Financial Management in a Post-Conflict Country: A practice from the Ministry of Finance and the Institute of Finance of Lebanon" (PDF). Institut des Finances - Ministry of Finance Lebanon: 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2019-08-09.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  30. ^ Moubayed, Hatem, Rihan, Lamia, Sabine, Carl (October 2013). "Lebanon's Experiment with Installing Competitive Recruitment". Assadissa: 48.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ Moubayed, Lamia (October 2013). "Why Civil Service Reform in an Inevitable Choice in times of crisis". Assadissa: Journal of Public Finance and State Building: 9.
  32. ^ Moubayed and Bsaibes, Lamia and Maya (December 2012). "Introducing a Gender-Driven Approach to Performance Budgeting: Austria (Written in Arabic)". Assadissa: Journal of Public Finance and State Building: 8.
  33. ^ Moubayed, Lamia (December 2011). "Measuring the Public Sector Wage Bill" (PDF). Assadissa: Journal of Public Finance and State Building: 8.
  34. ^ Moubayed, Lamia (June 2002). "The Role of Civil Society in Rural Community Development: Two Case Studies from Lebanon". ESCWA: 25. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.115.2356.
  35. ^ Moubayed, Lamia (1999). "Rural community development through strengthening institution building : two case studies from Lebanon". Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.
  36. ^ "Citizen Budget 2018". IOF. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  37. ^ "Citizen Budget 2019". IOF. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  38. ^ "Citizen Budget 2020". IOF. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  39. ^ "The Economic Cost of Policy Action against the Outbreak Scenarios of Covid-19 in Lebanon". IOF. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  40. ^ "الرؤية الاقتصادية والمالية في عهد دولة الرئيس رياض الصلح". IOF. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  41. ^ "L'approche par compétences peut-elle modifier l'avenir de la fonction publique libanaise?". IOF. Retrieved 2020-10-07.

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