As an innovator in the field of Public Health, Boecker® organized a public health conference at Hotel Le Royal Dbayeh for the mayors and members of municipal councils from Keserwan-Jbeil, North Metn District, Bekaa, Baalbak and Mount Lebanon region governorates. Open discussions were held to listen to and discuss appropriate ways of developing public health services and offer innovative solutions in pest management and food safety monitoring. CEO Michel Bayoud explained, “These initiatives come in light of the growing role that Lebanon’s municipalities are playing with the expanding powers they have been granted to enforce the laws protecting citizens’ health from various environmental and food safety threats. We already started working with Beirut, Byblos and Dekwaneh municipalities to protect the citizens of these communities from specific threats such as the mounting garbage problem and the related effects it has. This demands small decisions and big changes that municipalities can implement. In the end, a municipality can engage in functions that it deems necessary based on its residents. This comes as a result of the growing role that Lebanon’s municipalities are playing with the expanding powers they have been granted to enforce the laws that best resolve the threats faced.”