The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Tripoli and the North, sponsored last Sunday a scientific seminar outlining the basic pillars of Al Mashghal/ Labor Market Observatory aimed at creating a link between fresh graduates and the labor market needs. The outfit acts as a reference and database for the needs of the private and public sector companies through a complete partnership between the Chamber, Beirut Arab University, Al Jinan University, Lebanese International University, Beyond Reform and Development and the Italian NGO COSV which supports the project. On the occasion, the Chamber president, Tufic Dabbusi, underlined the importance of partnership and cooperation between academic institutions and the private sector firms in the search for employment opportunities. For his part, the trainer from Beyond, Omar Abdel Samad, expounded the general scheme of Al Mashghal to provide required services for university students, higher education institutions, business community and NGOs. Thus, Abdel Samad explained, it works to gather the largest amount of statistics resulting from the joint work between universities and private sector companies, as well as, studies the labor market requirements and facilitates the lookout for prospects for innovative entrepreneurs. (Al Mustaqbal, February 26, 2018)