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Civil society discusses entrepreneurship in Lebanon
13-12-2017
As part of Empowering Lebanese Entrepreneurs project (ELE), the Middle East Partnership Initiative Alumni Lebanon Association MEPI LAA organized yesterday a panel discussion on entrepreneurship in Lebanon in the presence of representatives of universities and civil society groups. On the occasion, Rawi Abu Zeid, administrative board member, pointed out that 53 young men and women (aged 20-40) from all the Lebanese regions have benefited from the project. This included entrepreneurial training skills, proposal writing as well as networking with owners of startups, experts and bankers. Maya Baroud, director of the US Embassy Beirut Local Grants Program, underlined the significance of promoting entrepreneurship among the Lebanese youth. The first panel discussion, tackled the role of universities in orienting young people to entrepreneurship through including similar topics within its curricula in order to reduce brain drain and raise the awareness of the Lebanese society, educationally and academically, on successful undertakings. The participating universities (AUB, La Sagesse and ESA) stressed their continued work in this direction. The second panel discussion was devoted to the work of civil society bodies, with emphasis on the impact of field work for the welfare of the community and for improving the socio-economic situation in various Lebanese regions. (Al Diyar, December 13, 2017)
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