Second trade expo in Akkar to link graduates with the labour market

The Development and Welfare Forum Association launched last Saturday its second employment fair in Akkar at the campus of the Lebanese International University with the  sponsorship of the Ministry of Economy and Trade and in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Tripoli and the North. In his opening word, the University Director Khaldoon Ayoob stressed the significance of complementarity and integration between various economic, academic and educational institutions in the country in order to bring about the long sought change and renaissance in impoverished area. The President of the Federation of Municipalities of Satwan River, Omar Hayek, described the trade exhibition as an “anchor of hope for many graduates who cannot find jobs”. For his part, Abdel Rahman Obeid, representing the Chamber’s President Tawfic Dabbussi lauded the positive contribution of such an event to the development of commercial products in the region and to connecting it with the labor market through attracting the required professional human resources. (Al Mustaqbal, September 7, 2015)