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Women graduate from woodwork training in Tripoli
18-10-2017
Under the patronage of the industry minister, Hussein Haj Hassan, and the presence of labor minister, Mohamad Kabbara, a graduation ceremony was held in Tripoli on Wednesday for trainees who completed courses in woodworking. On the occasion, UNIDO representative in Lebanon, Cristiano Pasini, spoke of helping hundreds of carpenters and training of dozens of students who built up their own woodworks, including women. The initiative is ongoing, Pasini said, and “we constantly provide young people with manufacturing machines.” The Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon, Matahiro Yamaguchi, said that the provision of upgrading and skills training enables graduates to find jobs. For his part, the representative of the education minister, director general of Vocational and Technical Training, Ahmad Diab, applauded the participation of women in the project, noting the role of higher education in economic development. Diab also announced the transformation of the Carpentry Vocational Center in Zgharta to an investment aimed at marketing the carpentry production to benefit participants. Haj Hassan, in turn, said: “We, in the government, are fully aware that foreign products are competing with the national industry inside our markets and abroad.” However, he mentioned a comprehensive strategy to protect domestic production from dumping and from raising imports, and at the same time, increasing exports through reducing the income tax on exporting, and supporting exhibitions abroad. To note, the workshops are implemented by the ministry of industry and UNIDO, in cooperation with the General Directorate of the Vocational and Technical Education and with funding from the Japanese government.
(Al Mustaqbal, 12 October 2017)
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