Caretaker Minister of Social Affairs, Pierre Bou Assi, and Italy's Ambassador to Lebanon, Massimo Marotti, signed an agreement this Tuesday to extend the "Mosaic" project for child-friendly cities, within the framework of the program "Strengthening Lebanese Institutions and Supporting the Most Marginalized Groups at the Local Level", executed by the Ministry of Social Affairs, funded by the Italian Development Agency, in partnership with the municipalities of Chiah, Jdeideh-Bouchrieh-Al-sedd, Ajaltoun, Bebnin, Rashaya and Tyre.
Through the project, children's municipal councils were established to ensure their integration in their communities.
The meeting was attended by the director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Lebanon, Donatella Proseci, Heads of the participating municipalities and the children participating in the municipal councils.
"This initiative has several dimensions and it was implemented upon the contribution of the Italian people by paying taxes in their country to implement this project in Lebanon, so we have to invest this program in the best possible way," said Minister Bou Assi.
"The participating children are a 'Mosaic' from Lebanon because they are from different sects and regions of Lebanon, what gave the project richness. It brings together a wider range of humanity and common values that combine the components of the society and preserve its continuity," he added.
"Respect for the human being, his dignity, his freedom, his life and his well-being are a red line. He has the right to express his opinion and make the right decisions, but he is also entitled to pursuing happiness, and this is the goal of this program," Bou Assi maintained.
Ambassador Marotti, in turn, stressed that "the Italian aid policy is centered around the individual and his rights, which helps the Mosaic project to create good citizens and to strengthen the potential of the Ministry of Social Affairs to implement its social development plan in support of the spread of Lebanese human capital."
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