NNA - Caretaker Minister of Industry, George Boujikian, in his capacity as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Industrial Research Achievements Association - Lebanon IRALEB, signed a cooperation agreement with President of BERYTECH, Engineer Maroun Chammas, in the latter’s capacity as head of the consortium implementing a program titled “Stimulating the Innovation Ecosystem in Lebanon”, known as Lebanon Innovate, funded by the European Union. The consortium includes BERYTECH, ANIMA, ebn, ELCIM, IRALEB, and LEITAT.

In addition to the Ministry of Industry, the IRALEB Association includes the National Council for Scientific Research, and the Association of Lebanese Industrialists. It supervises linking cooperation between the productive and industrial fields, and the academic-university fields. 

The project funded by the European Union stimulates the innovation system in Lebanon.

Minister Boujikian had earlier met with delegation from the World Bank, which included Salim Rouhana and Zina Khoury. Talks focused on programs that will be funded through soft loans or grants to modernize and develop the food industry sector.

=============R.H.