“How to start your own business as a woman?”, a training workshop in Baalebek

The Social Training Center, in collaboration with the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation, organized last week  a 4-day training session for empowering women entrepreneurs entitled ‘how can you start your own business?” The workshop which was held at the Center for Development Services-Baalbek, Bekaa, was attended by some 20 women from the city and neighboring villages. The main purpose of the training course was to help those women develop their skills, their social communication  and marketing talents. One participant, Iman Issa, told An Nahar that 2 weeks after completion of the workshop, she was able to sell her homemade products through the mouneh initiative and to better invest in her enterprise. For her part, the Development Center director, Huda Saeed, explained that the course is based on the rationale of ‘building the capacities of women in forming a team of trainees’ program that enables the smooth transfer of knowledge and expertise to the local communities. Elaborating on the issue, the head of the Social Affairs Department in Baalbek, Walid Assaf, said, “There are three groups of women who received the training: firstly, those who aspire to empower themselves in the management of their households ventures; secondly, women who like to enhance their businesses properly and methodically, and finally, the women planning to set up their own enterprises.” )An Nahar, November 13, 2015 2015(