Tripoli strengthen Lebanese-Syrian business partnership

The president of the Chamber of Commerce for the North, Tufic Dabbussi, sponsored the distribution of checks to beneficiaries of the Syrian-Lebanese Partnership Support of the Small and Medium Enterprises Program in Tripoli, Zghorta al Zawiyya regions. Present at the ceremony, were the director general of the Business Incubation Association in Tripoli (BIAT) Fawaz H7amedi and the Coordinator of the Partnership Program, in addition to representatives of donor parties, including the Danish Refugee Council DRC and the Danish International Development Agency. On the occasion, Dabbussi stressed the “significance of strengthening ties between innovative Syrian and Lebanese talents amidst the present harsh circumstances prevailing in neighboring Syria which we hope will quickly come to an end,” as he said. Dabbussi also praised the constructive role of Danish funding organizations in offering continuous support for small and micro enterprises. It should be noted, that BIAT received some 128 applications, of which 42 were short-listed. The selected candidates underwent a 3-day training course that included orientation on how to prepare a feasibility study and on assessment of the viability of the submitted project. After being evaluated, nine projects were approved for funding on the basis of the defined standards and criteria. (An Nahar, Al Diyar, Al Mustaqbal, As Safir, February 22, 2016)