The Lebanese Transparency Association (LTA) implements activities geared toward the private sector, including:

• Organizing awareness conferences to introduce and receive feedback on the draft laws from private sector stakeholders;
• Generating written commitments from private-sector leaders, opinion-makers, and heads of business associations to support the Network as it prepares to lobby for the passage of the draft laws.

The first awareness conference was held on May 26, 2009, at the Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel, in collaboration with Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the American Bar Association (ABA), Lebanon Corporate Goverance Task Force (LCGTF), and the Network. The presentations given at the conference are below.

Download the following documents:

• Agenda (English)
• Opening remarks, Mr. Gérard Zovighian, LTA's Vice Chairman (English)
• Speech, Mr. Fadi Saab, LTA's Secretary General (Arabic)
• Presentation: Access to Information and the Private Sector, Ms. Gaëlle Kibranian, LTA's Programs' Director (English)
• Presentation: TRA’s Consultation and Access to Information, Mr. Kamal Shehadi, LTA Member (English)
• Report and Recommendations (English)

The press release and newspaper clippings are available under Press Releases and Press Coverage in the Press Room.

The second awareness workshop was held on October 20, 2009, at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Beirut, to discuss the impact of Access to Information and Whistleblowers' Protection legislation on the private sector.

Download the following documents:

• Agenda: Arabic | English
• Opening remarks: Mr. Fadi Saab, Member of the Network's Steering Committee (Arabic)
• Opening remarks:  Mr. Fadi Abboud, President, Lebanese Industrialists Association (Arabic)
• Opening remarks: Mr. Ghazi Kraytem, President, Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture, Beirut & Mount Lebanon (Arabic)
• Opening remarks: H.E. Mr. Mohammad Safadi, Minister of Economy and Trade (Arabic)
• Presentation: Importance of Proposed Laws to the Private Sector, Badri El-Meouchi, LTA's Executive Director (English)
• Presentation: Importance of Proposed Laws to the Private Sector, Me. André Nader, Member of the Network's Legal Working Group (Arabic)
• Presentation: Access to Information Draft Law, Dr. Georgette Salameh, Legal Consultant (English)
• Presentation: Whislteblowers' Protection Draft Law, Me. Adel Yammine, Member of the Network's Legal Working Group (Arabic)
• Report and Recommendations