Khalil Harley _PAD_PAD_PAD
President of the municipality of jazzin
President of the federation of municipalities of the region region

He is young active, passionate, determined and open; these are the main qualifiers of the president of the municipality of jazzin and president of the federation of municipalities of the region region, Mr. Khalil Harfouche. Qualifiers that make all the difference, on the ground, in everyday life, in the daily lives of the inhabitants of jazzin. Faithful to its mission to promote effective work, the Lebanese municipal agenda is pleased to draw up and illuminate a well-filled mission in its pages. A Real example to follow, Mr. Khalil Harfouche continues to activate for his city and for the entire region region. A febrile activity that is spreading both locally and internationally. Its opening is not just a question of words and speech, encouragement and promises, it carries out achievements, concrete, whose impact is immediately felt on the ground.

Listening to citizens

In a purely administrative framework, thanks to the efforts of Mr. Harfouche, jazzin is now the first "smart" Lebanese municipality; following the insertion of the baladiyati application, all the painful and administrative efforts of the citizen have been reduced to a few clicks on the net. Finish online expectations and lost time. In an approach to transparency and facilitation of administrative processes, the municipality of jazzin makes available to its inhabitants an online service, easy to access and complete; whether for a licence application, to know the amount of their taxes , or for any complaint, a downloadable mobile phone application is now within reach. Through this application, the citizen can follow all stages of his application directly online. And this application also allows the mayor of the city to follow the work of public administration employees, for greater efficiency in the service of citizens.
At local and national level, Mr. Harfouche makes a point of honour to develop all the capacities of the city of jazzin at all levels by strengthening tourism, culture, arts and Sports, addressing the needs of everyone. In the agricultural industry, for example, always listening to farmers in the region, it looks carefully at their needs, making every effort to facilitate their daily work in all the details of this industry, Access to water for watering, ecological or biological approaches or the construction of refrigerators to store apples.
Thanks to Mr. Harfouche, jazzin is regularly engaged in cultural, artistic and sports activities involving all age groups, all generations, from the smallest to the older, from students to students to ordinary citizens. But also men and women, because gender equity is one of the fights of the president of the city, in order to ensure a more important role for women in the development of jazzin and the country.
Between Art and culture, the craft and know-how of jazzin is encouraged and honoured: in the last edition of Beirut Design Fair, a special stand was devoted to the artisans of jazzin, including the cutlery signed by Label Label, that even prime minister saad hariri had the opportunity to visit, as part of his tour of the fair, where he was hosted by the mayor of the city. Not to mention the annual jazzin festival that welcomes tourists and visitors from all regions of the country and abroad.

For an international opening

In an increasingly globalized world, openness must also be international, and Mr. Harfouche makes every effort to register its city on the map of international tourism and development, to register the municipality and the federation within a broad global network, with Ngos and international institutions, in particular through collaboration between the Network of euromed cities and UNESCO, jazzin has hosted, in its pine forest, a camp bringing together young people from different lebanese regions, baalbeck, jdeideh, zgharta etc... a camp that aims to bring youth together Lebanese around common interests and away from violence and addiction.
It should also be mentioned that Mr. Harfouche personally follows the collaboration with the European Union delegation around financing projects, such as the cultural centre and the tourist office, jazzin hub, or the wood recycling plant. Recently, he took part in the though meeting, held in Barcelona, bringing together the cited cities. His speech focused on sustainable development and responsible tourism. A meeting at which a fund to promote tourism in the jazzin region was decided.
A thousand and a fighting, all in the name of the interest of jazzin, and of the region, concerned with the well-being of the citizen, the public mission of m Khalil Harfouche is a very good example to follow, and a journey that the Lebanese municipal agenda had to enlighten.