The economic organizations, led by former Minister Mohammad Choucair, held a meeting on Wednesday with the Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Abou Haidar. The meeting was dedicated to presenting the new electronic services recently launched by the Ministry’s Consumer Protection Directorate. The prospects for cooperation between the two parties regarding the digitization of various services provided by the Ministry were also discussed, to facilitate the work of businesses and citizens in transactions under the Ministry of Economy’s jurisdiction.
Choucair considered that what has been achieved represents the beginning of the desired reform for the public sector, emphasizing the economic organizations’ support for these reform projects. These projects will lead to the restructuring and development of the public sector, the automation of transactions, increased productivity and easier procedures for citizens.
For his part, Abou Haidar praised the cooperation with economic organizations on various levels, calling for more collaboration to complete the digitization process of the Ministry of Economy and its transactions. He specified that such reform and development work would restore citizens’ trust in the public sector and the Lebanese state. He expressed his aspiration for the Ministry of Economy and Trade to become fully automated by 2025.
