UN Women: Strategy, Budget Oversight and Executive Learning Consultant, Beirut, Lebanon - National Consultant

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN Women’s mandate includes supporting inclusive governance for Member States. Globally, UN Women is a partner of choice for the provision of technical support, capacity building, research and data and facilitates platforms to convene stakeholders around inclusive governance issues. UN Women supports governments and national institutions in strengthening inclusive governance systems that promote accountability, participation, transparency and equality. Through its work on women's leadership, gender-responsive public administration, institutional transformation and governance reform, UN Women contributes to building public institutions that are representative, responsive and capable of delivering equitable public services.

Recognizing that governance excellence and inclusion are mutually reinforcing, UN Women promotes governance systems that integrate gender equality, women's leadership, disability inclusion, ethical leadership, integrity and citizen-centred approaches into institutional policies, systems and decision-making processes.

UN Women’s approach is grounded on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), particularly SDG 16:
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, particularly goal 16.6 Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.

Strengthening effective, accountable, transparent and inclusive public institutions remains central to Lebanon's governance reform agenda. In line with ongoing efforts to strengthen public sector governance and institutional performance, the Government of Lebanon, through the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (OMSAR), has established the flagship National Governance Program for Public Boards and Leadership (NGP). The programme responds to the recent appointment of more than 140 public officials across public boards, regulatory authorities, first-grade positions and other public institutions, recognizing the need to equip newly appointed and existing public leaders with the competencies required to effectively discharge their governance responsibilities.

The NGP seeks to establish a common governance foundation across Lebanon's public institutions by strengthening the leadership, oversight and governance capacities of board members and senior public officials. The programme contributes to improving institutional effectiveness, accountability, transparency, integrity and public trust by promoting sound governance practices, ethical leadership and evidence-informed decision-making across the public sector. Designed as a sustainable executive learning programme, the initiative is intended to become an institutionalized induction programme for current and future public board members and senior public officials.

The programme consists of ten integrated executive learning modules covering key governance themes, including public administration, board governance, strategic oversight, risk management, procurement governance, integrity, digital transformation, institutional oversight, public value and innovation, culminating in a governance simulation laboratory. Module 3:
Strategy and Budget Oversight focuses on strengthening the capacity of public board members and senior public leaders to provide strategic direction, oversee institutional planning, monitor organizational performance, and exercise effective oversight of institutional budgets and financial…