MoU between Tripoli Chamber and Merci Corps in support of SMEs

The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Tripoli and the North, represented by its President, Tawfic Dabbussi, inked yesterday a memorandum of understanding with the Mercy Corps director of the Lebanon Office, regional programs consultant, George Antun. The MoU comes as part of the 6-month project, ‘Production’, which is financially supported by the British Department for International Development. The MoU aims at organizing training sessions to upgrade practical skills in the labor market. Accordingly, the new project will target some 400 members of the workforce; will provide support to viable small and medium enterprises through the provision of specialized technical assistance and specific in-kind donations; connecting SMEs to other support institutions; and finally will build up the capacities and enhance the effectiveness and performance of the solid waste management and recycling industry sector.

Al Diyar, Al Mustaqbal, January 8, 2016