IFES will support the Lebanese Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (MOIM) ahead of the 2010 municipal elections. IFES will work with the MOIM to support measures related to transparency and training.
The memorandum of understanding between the United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Lebanese MOIM that enables IFES to provide this technical assistance was signed on Friday, February 5, 2010 by Interior Minister Ziad Baroud and USAID Mission Director Denise Herbol. U.S. Ambassador Michele Sison attended the signing.
This work will build upon IFES' previous technical support for the 2009 parliamentary elections. IFES has helped the Ministry to launch its first dedicated website for elections (www.elections.gov.lb). In 2009, IFES also assisted the Ministry in the production of a polling and counting handbook that was distributed to all polling officials and election observers. http://elections.gov.lb/Polling-Officials-Corner/Polling-Manual.aspx