Economic & Social Fund for Development - ESFD

🌿 Empowering Local Cooperatives Along the Litani River Basin 🇱🇧

As part of the EU-funded Local Development Programme along the Litani River Basin (LRB), implemented by the Economic and Social Fund for Development (ESFD), impactful support has reached dozens of local cooperatives.

Through a specialized component, Funded by the EU and contracted by the ESFD to Landell Mills and the American University of Beirut (AUB), cooperatives have benefited from:
✅ Targeted training
✅ Tailored coaching
✅ Market-access tools

These efforts aim to strengthen livelihoods, enhance sustainability, and promote resilient agricultural practices in communities across the LRB.

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انجز صندوق التنمية الاقتصادية والاجتماعية جميع الاشغال العائدة لمشروع تركيب انظمة الطاقة الشمسية لثلاث مضخات في محطة نبع شمسين بقدرة 250 kwp، 250 kwp، و200 kwp ، وتغذي هذه المضخات بلدات شرقي زحلة وجزء من بلدات البقاع الاوسط والبقاع الغربي، وتعتبر من اكبر مصادر المياه لبلدات البقاع، وكانت هذه الاعمال قد بدأت في بداية 2022. ولهذه الغاية، قام فريق من الصندوق بتنظيم زيارة ميدانيّة لتسليم محطة الطاقة الشمسية الجديدة الى مؤسسة مياه البقاع التي ستقوم بالتشغيل والصيانة، بحضور ممثلين عن مؤسسة مياه البقاع والمفوضيّة الأوروبية في بيروت.
تندرج هذه المشاريع ضمن سلسلة المشاريع التنموية التي ينفذها الصندوق ضمن إطار "برنامج التنمية المحلية على إمتداد حوض نهر الليطاني" الممول من الاتحاد الاوروبي. وسوف تساهم هذه المشاريع في توفير كلفة إنتاج الطاقة لتشغيل المنشآت.

The ESFD completed all the work related to the project of installing solar-powered systems for three pumps at the Chamsine Spring station with a capacity of 250 kwp, 250 kwp, and 200 kwp, where implementation work began at the beginning of 2022. These pumps feed the communities of East of Zahle and part of the Central Bekaa and the West Bekaa communities by potable water. The Chamsine Spring is considered one of the largest water sources for the Bekaa Valley villages.
In this regard, the ESFD team has organized a field visit to hand over the new solar-powered station to the Bekaa Water Establishment, which will operate and maintain it, in the presence of representatives of the Bekaa Water Establishment and the European Commission in Beirut, ,
These projects fall under a series of development projects that are being implemented by the ESFD within the framework of the EU-funded "Local Development Programme along the Litani River Basin- LRB", aiming at reducing the operation cost of water facilities.