LARP conference to boost growth and work prospects

The Lebanese-American Renaissance Partnership (LARP) in cooperation with the Lebanese-American Chamber of Commerce organized a conference on Lebanon’s political neutrality as well as other economic and development topics. The event held in Beirut is the third of its kind bringing American business people of Lebanese origin with the purpose of enhancing networking between Lebanese-American companies and Lebanon. The event also aimed at developing work prospects between companies in Lebanon and their US counterparts as well as motivating both the public and private sectors to launce initiatives that will stimulate economic growth. Furthermore, the conference sought to secure grants to government-run institutions as well as to non-government organizations. During the conference, an in-kind donation (uniform collection) to the Lebanese Civil Defense Service was announced and several seminars and interventions organized involving some 15 Lebanese and American government officials and economic experts. (An Nahar, 27 June 2015)