Graduation of 100 new SME entrepreneurs

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO sponsored in collaboration with the Federation of the Lebanese Chambers the graduation yesterday of a new group of men and women entrepreneurs (one hundred in total), beneficiaries of programs for the orientation and development of entrepreneurs and the establishment of small and medium enterprises. The Resident Representative of UNIDO in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, Christino Passini, spoke at the ceremony which was held at the premises of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Beirut and Mount Lebanon, noting the significant role of entrepreneurs in achieving economic growth as well as in creating employment opportunities. He emphasised the supportive contribution of the UNIDO program, in generating new initiatives across the various economic sectors that in turn generate job prospects for the Lebanese youth. Similarly, the Chief of UNIDO’s Technology and Investment Promotion Bureau in Bahrain, Hashem Hussein, indicated that another 100-person group will graduate early next October. Hussein further clarified that the program aims at attracting small emerging enterprises in all industries, training their partakers on ways of developing plans and work strategies, linking them with technology and assisting them in securing the necessary funding. As for the existing enterprises, Hussein explained, the program will help them to grow and to expand their foreign markets, especially within GCC countries. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, 18 August 2015)