In collaboration with the ministry of administrative development and the Lebanese Industrialists Association (LIA), the industry ministry yesterday launched the electronic platform (uicp.industry.gov.lb). Funded by the EU and implemented by the British-based firm Crown Agents, the initiative brings together industrialists, universities, vocational education institutions and students. It seeks to network higher education institutions and manufacturers on the one hand, and to connect students and trainees with the platform, on the other. Recalling, that the ministry of industry is the main broker which monitors and supervises in order to ensure the precision of the registered data. On the occasion, the caretaker minister of industry, Imad Hoballah, said the main purpose of the platform is to pull together talents and aptitudes in various disciplines, primarily in research, in addition to providing training and jobs for students. (Al Diyar, October 15, 2020)