MedGeneration to link local initiatives with established businesses of immigrant Lebanese people

A workshop on the MedGeneration programme was held yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Beirut and Mount Lebanon. The event was attended by a delegation of 12 Lebanese business people working in Europe. This programme which is implemented by the Chamber with EU funding includes Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine and seeks to link local initiatives with successful established businesses owned by major Lebanese business people in Europe so as to learn from their experiences in leading these initiatives to success.
The member of the Chamber, Naji Mounther, noted that the Chamber is striving through this programme to mobilize resources abroad to support young talents through strengthening linkages between emerging companies in Lebanon and well established companies owned by Lebanese business people abroad.  This will cultivate a culture of entrepreneurship as well as productivity with the creation of companies that are able to innovate and compete.  The programme’s director, Hadi al Assad, spoke about the objectives of the programme and the progress done so far.  To be noted that a delegation of Lebanese business people used this opportunity to tour the Ministries of Economy and Foreign Affairs as well as IDAL, Berytech, and Kafalat and met with a number of presidents of economic institutions.
Source: Al-Diyar 10 December 2014