Lebanon in crisis: is there an exit? Caabu online panel discussion
The statue was offered by the young artist Ahlam Al Nazer from the remains of shattered glass, in the occasion of the first year of the revolution and commemorating the victims of the port explosion. The Beirut Blast of August 4 is the manifestation of the major governance failure of the state institutions. Both Corruption and negligence disabled the main agencies from doing their job properly; even the reaction and the response of the state agencies indicated the extent to which the public institutions are paralyzed and dysfunctional, there was no coordination, weak responsiveness and lack of a clear vision. Thanks to the local and international civil society and global agencies and the coordination led by the UN agencies, people managed to get the minimum required needs and recovery. It is worth mentioning, that the bar association with other syndicates (contractors, engineers, auditors, etc.) managed also to play a coordination role, mainly in assessing th...