The LCPS, is participating in a two-year global project on "Civil Society and Good Governance". The project is funded by the Ford Foundation, and managed by the Institute for Development Studies at Sussex University. The project involves 22 countries from around the world. Representing the Arab world is the LCPS in Lebanon, the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies in Egypt, the New Jordan Research Center in Jordan, and two independent researchers in Palestine.

The project aims to research the ways in which civil society organizations and the state interact. The idea is to investigate the ways in which civil society can become more effective; and pinpoint the ways in which civil society can contribute more to promoting good governance. The project will involve case studies from the different participating countries in which civil society engaged state institutions on an issue of public importance.

LCPS' contribution includes the preparation of seven case studies that include the following:

• The Role of a National Civil Society Coalition in Pushing the State to Hold Local Elections
• Civil Society Organization on Behalf of the "Disappeared" During and After the Lebanese Civil War
• The Role of NGOs in Protecting the Lebanese Coast
• Civil Society Activism and the State in the Area of Disability
• Business and Economic Associations versus the State
• The Role of Civil Society Activism in Protecting the Environment: Case Study on the Quarries in the Village of A'itat.
• Civil Society and Corruption