Lebanon

Under the leadership of Abboud and Associates, the legal clinic will provide entrepreneurs in Lebanon with valuable free legal advice to help them:

• Resolve legal issues for start-ups and SMEs that do not have current legal support
• Answer legal questions about starting a business, registering companies, related taxation issues, etc.
• Receive personalized legal guidance and consultation

Upon submitting an application, each entrepreneur would be assigned an attorney specialized in the field of the specific inquiry.

This workshop is customized to empower people who want to launch a new business or who are already operating one in the MENA region. Successful business ownership needs more than a great idea, product or service. Business success also needs an entrepreneurial mindset, understanding strategic and business planning, finance and accounting, legal requirements, management, sales and marketing, as well as key success factors and avoidable mistakes.

Amideast is recruiting 20 unemployed young men and women, aged 18 - 30, for a nine-month intensive training program that will enable them to find a job.
Participants will benefit from more than 200 hours of training, divided into three phases.

Phase 1 - Personal & Professional Skills

This training focuses on critical personal and professional skills relevant to most career paths:

Overview

The Kennedy‐Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program provides scholarships for high school students to study for one academic year in the United States. YES students live with a host family, attend an American high school, acquire leadership skills, and engage in activities to learn about U.S. society and values; they also help educate Americans about their home country and culture. The program supports students with disabilities and encourages their participation.