New attempts to revive the waning economic situation in Tripoli and the North

In an attempt to readdress the declining economic conditions in the northern capital, the economic and civil groups in Tripoli and the North have carried out a number of initiatives and activities to this effect. On the subject, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Tripoli and the North, Tufic Dabbussi, revealed the setting-up of an investment firm which is currently scoping and studying the conditions of the public facilities in the area. Some 32 economic figures from all over Lebanon, Dabbussi said, are contributing in the search for new and success bound investment opportunities that could create jobs for the young generation and generate profits and accelerate the economic cycle. Meanwhile, Dabbussi is following up the alignment of all details of an operable groundwork for implementing the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) program for development of the workforce skills and enhancing the products of the furniture sector in Tripoli and North Lebanon. In the same vein, and in collaboration with the European Union, the municipality of Tripoli organized a workshop entitled ‘promoting local development and governance in the localities of Tabbaneh, Jabal Mohsen and Al Goraba2. The purpose of the workshop is to review ‘improving local development and governance of the municipality of Tripoli’ project aimed at enhancing the health services provided by the existing health care centers and targeting mainly women, children and senior citizens of the above three localities. Similarly, the municipality of Ehden-Zghorta organized a training session for a number of Ehden hotels in collaboration with the Syndicate of Hotel Owners in Lebanon. This comes as part of the preparation and development of entrepreneurs and the creation of small and medium enterprises program implemented by UNIDO. The workshop was held on 6th and 7th of September and covered sessions focusing on hospitality management, marketing and sales techniques and human resources management. (Al Diyar, September 3 and 9, 2016)