Challenge Mercados EMI in consortium with Rafik El-Khoury & Partners has been awarded the project for the reform of Electricité du Liban (EdL). The national electricity company with over 9,000 employees vertically integrated requires the unbundling of its business in several units to be privatized in order to create an independent and efficient electricity market able to ensure the electricity supply throughout the country.

The project is funded by the world bank

Mercados EMI and Rafik El-Khoury & Partners have appointed Business Unlimited to act as local Organization & Human Resources experts.

Proposal

Business Unlimited scope of work for this Project was to Review existing, adapt, and communicate;

Review actual internal situation of the Organization Structure, HR, Review Job Descriptions and analyze and adapt to actual requirement. Positions and staff profiling. Design a remuneration system; compensation and benefits scheme. Review the local laws for the smooth transfer of staff from “EDL” to “New EDL”

Outcome

Business Unlimited:

PHASE I

• Review current situation of EdL and previous studies

• International experience and key restructuring issues

• Guidelines for performance standards

• Establish boundaries of NBUs

• Organisation structure for each NBU

• Governance, criteria for selecting Board and Management

PHASE II

• Set up task force from EdL to assist w/ restructuring process

• Implementation charters

• Strategic support to new EdL resources

• Readiness assessment of organisation for launch

• Transfer of employees to new EdL

• Assessment of capacity building required in NBUs

• Proposal of training plan