In collaboration with the Lebanese Development Network (LDN), the Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) held over a two-day workshop the first EBSOMED Academy on “Strategic Planning for Business Support Organizations (BSOs)” at Louis V Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon.
The workshop was attended by CAWTAR Executive Director Dr. Soukeina Bouraoui, BUSINESSMED Program Manager and EBSOMED Regional Project Coordinator Marco Cunetto, LDN President Amin Nehme, LDN Secretary General Samer Aoun, and Project Manager at CAWTAR Hedi Bchir.
Training expert Houda Ghozzi delivered the content with the participation of a number of business leaders representing a set of prominent regional institutions from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon who demonstrated a high level of interaction.
The vivid discussions were enriched by a group work through which the members were able to explore unique competitive situations, and elaborate new ideas and plans.
The EBSOMED Academy #1 aims at strengthening the capacity of BSOs in strategic planning so they can refine their visions and orientations by taking into consideration possible synergies with the 2030 SDGs, Horizon 2020 and the Gender and Human Rights Approach (GHRA).
It offered as well an open platform for the improvement of innovative processes among the participants who showed enthusiasm and elation regarding the development of their common future projects.
EBSOMED Academies are training programmes for BSOs aiming at improving their overall capacity and management as well as the quality of services provided to their members. The Academies offer informal, stimulating and international environment favorable to further develop networking between BSOs and to exchange experience and best practices.
EBSOMED is a 4-year project (2018-2022) funded at 80% by the European Union for a global amount of EUR 6,25 Million. It is co-funded and coordinated by BUSINESSMED (The Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises) in the framework of the EBSOMED consortium which consists of 6 members: GACIC (German-Arab Chamber of Commerce), ASCAME (Association of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce), ANIMA Investment Network, EUROCHAMBRES (Association of European Chambers of Commerce), CAWTAR (Center of Arab Women for Training and Research).
