Abdel Samad visits Qattar to discuss criteria for second screening phase for Tele Liban General Director post

Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, met this Tuesday with Minister of State for Administrative Development, Demianos Qattar, whom she visited at his ministerial office to discuss the criteria for the second phase of screening to involve the candidates for the position of general manager / Chairman of the Board of Directors of State-run Tele Liban.

The second evaluation phase will begin tomorrow, in cooperation with the Office of the Minister of State for Development Affairs, which took over the first screening process, which resulted in 75 candidates out of 139 qualifying to the next level.

The two ministries have been mostly keen on maintaining the highest standards of transparency in the first screening phase, whereby the names of candidates, their regional and sectarian affiliations, and all their personal information were withheld.

At the end of said phase, the Ministry of Information was handed over a list revealing only the names that did not succeed, with an explanation of the reasons for their dismissal.

The second phase, which will begin tomorrow, will be undertaken by a joint committee from the Ministry of Information and the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Development, while maintaining the principle of withholding the applicants’ personal information. The candidates will be evaluated based on the preference given to certificates and additional skills, and those who prove more suitable for the post will thus qualify for the third evaluation stage.

NNA