Civic Institutions
After the reconstruction, the city center regained its role as the focus of civic life in Lebanon. Several key institutions have relocated there including the Parliament and its related offices, the Government's headquarters, and the Beirut Municipality. The BCD also has a dense concentration of public agencies, important ministries, and governmental offices, some of which are:
- Ministry of Culture and Higher Education
- Ministry of the Displaced
- Lebanese Customs
- Investment Development Authority (IDAL)
- National Economic and Social Council
- Council of Reconstruction and Development (CDR)
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Transportation
- National Statistics Bureau
- Post and Telecommunications
- Ministry of State of Administrative Reform
- Public Audit Court
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