CRDP is directly linked to the Minister of Education and Higher Education.
Coordination between CRDP and the educational administration takes place through an advisory board composed of Heads of Units directly linked to the Minister of Education and Higher Education and headed by the Minister or someone he/she assigns.

Work that must be presented to the Advisory Board:
    School curricula
    Draft educational plans
    Regulations of textbooks, publications and other educational tools to be adopted
    Production of textbooks, publications and educational tools
    Technical and health conditions and specifications to be met in school buildings
    The conditions required for candidates to work in all stages and fields of education except for university education
    The general standards for setting Official Exams questions
    Educational training projects (except for training CRDP’s staff, employees and corresponding units)

Work Subject to the Approval of the Council of Ministers:

    Participating in scientific and cultural conferences outside Lebanon
    Sending the various staff of CRDP on training, informational or specialized tasks
    Providing educational services and consultancy to international institutions or governments
    Developing school curricula
    Accepting or rejecting donations from the non-Lebanese 
    Designing draft educational plans
    Setting the conditions required for candidates to work in all stages and fields of education except for university education

Work Subject to the Approval of the Minister:

    CRDP rules of procedure and the regulations of its work or in the units associated with it
    Leases
    Transactions of work and supplies worth more than 35,000,000 L.L.
    Accepting or rejecting donations from the Lebanese
    Educational services and consultancy to be provided to national public and private institutions
    Regulations of adopted textbooks, publications and other educational tools 
    Production of textbooks, publications and educational tools
    Technical and health conditions and specifications to be met in school buildings
    Reconciliations
    The general standards for setting Official Exams questions
    Educational training projects (except for training CRDP’s staff, employees and corresponding units)