To build cooperation links

Tour of m. Bernard Masabo, Secretary-General of the euromed cities network, to the presidents of municipalities of cities recently become members of the network.

Mr. Bernard Masabo, Secretary-General of the euromed cities network, was in Lebanon for a few days, as part of a dual mission; the first for municipal police training, in partnership with the city technical office (Btvl), and Focusing on four Lebanese cities, and the second on camp in jazzin, in partnership with the UNESCO NATIONAL COMMISSION.
Ms. Abir El Khoury jbeily took the opportunity to organize meetings between Mr. Masabo and the mayors of Lebanese cities, the one of which mrs jbeily holds international relations and has ensured their accession to the cities network. Following the invitation of Mr. Fadi Martinos, and at the instigation of Mrs. Jbeily the visit of Mr. Masabo was started by his participation in the carnival carnival he enjoyed. And we already mention the possibility of a partnership between the carnival of qartaba and the nice carnival!

Mr.'s tour. Masabo with the presidents of the municipalities took place over two days of intensive meetings and work.

 

In the heart of furn-El-chebbak

First stop, Monday, 3 September, at the municipality of furn-El-Chebbak-ain el remmaneh el nahr, where he met with the mayor of furn el-Chebbak, and president of the federation of South-Matn, Mr. Raymond Semaan, in the presence of Mr. Rizkallah Semaan, and Mrs. Abir El Khoury jbeily. After a detailed introduction of the activities of the municipality and geographical areas, discussions focused on the possibility of establishing cooperation and establishing relations between the municipality of furn-El-Chebbak and the euromed cities network. Mr Mayor stressed the presence and participation of the municipal youth council, whose members are from the municipalities of the federation of South-Matn, like the municipalities of hazmieh, chiyah, sin el-fil.. Young people participate in discussions and exchanges of ideas, proposals and initiatives, which are then discussed with the presidents of municipalities in a spirit of continuous collaboration. This idea had a very favourable echo with Mr. Masabo, who has hastened to mention the possibility that young members will take part in the euromed camp in partnership with unesco next year, or to find a new formula with the euromed which will be fully devoted to them.
Another cooperation project was also put on the table as soon as mr. Masabo was aware of the presence of 90 police officers in the municipality of furn-El-Chebbak, in the form of a training agreement for these police officers to assist them in more effective work with citizens. . At the end of this fruitful meeting, both parties agreed on the need for follow-up of all the projects mentioned, to establish the modalities of cooperation agreements.

 

The call of the city sun

For his second visit, on Monday, 3 September, direction, where the Secretary-General of the euromed cities network was received by general hussein lakis, Mayor of the municipality of baalbeck. The tour was started by a visit to the sports stadium and the souks of the city where m. Masabo had to stop and ask the craftsmen about their work and their works. After a welcome lunch, a visit was carried out at the International Symposium of baalbeck where the work sites were buzzing, and the exhibitions of crafts, pictorial works, and sculptures, organized by miss dima raad and in the presence of the president of the federation Of municipalities, Mr. Nasri Osman.
At the end of this visit, Mr. Nasri told Mr. Masabo of his will to join the euromed cities network as president of the federation of the municipalities of baalbeck. Followed a visit to douriss, where mr. Masabo, accompanied by general lakis, was received by the mayor of the city, general nazih njeim, in the presence of Mr. Shafik Kassem Shehadi and city officials. The discussions focused on projects of common interest between the federation of the municipalities of baalbeck and the euromed network.

 

Between Qartaba and Federation of municipalities of the caza of jbeil

On Tuesday, 4 September, the second stage of the tour of Mr. Masabo who started with a long meeting with Mr. Fadi Martinos, Mayor of the municipality of qartaba and president of the federation of the municipalities of the caza of byblos, in the presence of Ms. Abir El Khoury jbeily and Mr. Edguard El Hajj. In addition, Mr. Masabo welcomed the request of the municipality of qartaba and the federation of the municipalities of the caza of jbeil to join the euromed cities network.
Mr. Martinos stated that as president of the federation of the municipalities of the caza of jbeil, he worked to work in the interest of all cities of the caza of jbeil, whether or not they were members of the Federation. It is through this unifying work that it hopes to gather all the municipalities of the caza in the Federation, in order to position it as the centre of action in which cooperation and training agreements are developed, with particular emphasis on training in the Municipal Police.
Other gatherers projects were also mentioned at the the federation level, like the implementation of a comprehensive tourism study that would define all tourist potential sites in all villages. A project that Mr. Martinos is particularly at heart in the development of tourism at the caza of jbeil. The policy of Mr. Martinos is focused on an even greater openness to the international, and on the other hand, more national participation, such as the possibility of funding for waste management and treatment. The active participation of young people in the business of the city in general, and of the region in particular, is also at the heart of Mr. Martinos; a subject to which mr. Masabo has given great interest, a sign of the agreement that reigned at the heart of the meeting.
Qartaba Carnival, to which mr. Masabo participated, at the invitation of the mayor of the city, to the discussion menu. And the possibility of a partnership between the carnival of qartaba and the nice carnival was clarified, since it was decided to invite Mr. Martinos to take part in the first day of the nice carnival in February, waiting to define the collaboration that could result from it.
At the end of the meeting, an exchange of memories was held as part of this official visit: Masabo presented to the mayor a book around the city of nice, and Mr. Martinos, on his side, presented a stone to the effigy of a fish, one of the symbols of jbeil-Byblos.

 

The L ' ombre of jeita

The last stop of Mr. Masabo took place at kesrouan in a meeting with the mayor of the municipality, Mr. Walid Baroud, and in the presence of Ms. Abir El Khoury Jbeily., Mr. Baroud had to present to Mr. Masabo an overview of the projects since 2016, such as the construction of the fast road linking nahr el kalb to the highway motorway, the development of the road road and the project of mini football and basketball fields.
It is essential for Mr. Baroud to place even more on the international map, where the strengthening of its relations. In this context, Mr. Baroud said he was ready to embark on any cooperation project that would benefit the city and its citoyens., Mr Masabo assured that all the cities of the network will be invited to participate in the next euromed cities Congress, this time - in tunis and not in nice, pending the final agreement of the municipality of tunis and the European commission.
In its policy of opening up to the international and tourist promotion of the cave of jeita, m. Baroud is studying a wide range of cultural activities that would take place inside the cave, without harming its natural characteristics. In particular, he cites games of lights that attract more tourists and visitors, as is happening in foreign cities with natural caves. Ideas Welcomed by Mr. In the hope of achieving partnerships between the cities of the euromed network. Mr.'s tour. Masabo in jeita, accompanied by Ms. Mirna Seaibi and Mr. Abdou baroud ended with a visit of its two interconnected karst caves that host more than 500 visitors a year.

After these two long days of visits and fruitful meetings, the Secretary-General of the euromed cities network, Mr. Bernard Masabo was able to meet the exceptional content of his meetings with the presidents of the municipalities visited, as well as the excellent quality of the organization of this tour, thought by Ms. Abir El Khoury jbeily in its smallest detail.