Tripoli Chamber, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh to Implement 'Tripoli: the Capital of Lebanon’s Knowledge Economy' Initiative

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Published January 21st, 2018 - 12:32 GMT
Dr.Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Dr.Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh and President of Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Tripoli and North Lebanon Mr. Tawfiq Daboussi signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a Lebanon- level partnership for the implementation of the initiative “Tripoli: the Capital of Lebanon’s Knowledge Economy”. 

The two parties discussed the significance of this initiative for the country underlining key strategic strengths of Tripoli, and means of cooperation with Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) for preparing strategic plans to boost Lebanon’s economy starting with Tripoli.

Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh extended his gratitude to Daboussi for the invitation to visit the City, affirming that all of  TAG-Org’s resources will be at Daboussi’s disposal and noting that this initiative does not entail competition between Beirut and Tripoli, as Beirut is the political and administrative capital of Lebanon while Tripoli is Lebanon’s knowledge economy capital.

 “We are all set to prepare the Chamber to become the headquarters for the management of creative and innovative training projects,” Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh said, noting that "knowledge entrepreneurship doesn’t need a political will or administrative decision as it only depends on knowledge and creative thinking”, pointing out that TAG-Org's own Internet service line will provide Lebanon with internet services initiating from Tripoli.  

Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh pointed out that selecting Tripoli to become Lebanon’s economic and knowledge capital motivates us to benefit from the enormous potentials that exist in this city, particularly in the field of information and communication technology, not to mention the existence of an appropriate environment beneficial to achieving this goal.

For his part, Daboussi noted that Tripoli has become a local, regional and international destination thanks to its public organizations, facilities and the many other preferential and competitive advantages it enjoys. There is no other historical, integrated city like Tripoli and we aim at benefiting from the leading standing of TAG-Org to collaborate in preparing strategic plans to enhance Lebanon’s economy with Tripoli as a starting point.

He thanked Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh saying that our ambition is the partnership with your Organization and we highly appreciate your support in initiating a comprehensive strategic plan based on practical and doable projects.

It’s of noteworthy to mention that the signing ceremony of the memorandum took place at the Chamber’s headquarters in the presence of President of Tripoli Bar Association Mr. Abdullah Al Shami, members of the Chamber, President of Al Jinan University Prof. Dr. Bassam Barake, President of the Lebanese-French University Dr. Mohammad Salhab, Vice President of University of Balamand Dr. Michel Najjar, Director of the Center for University Studies of Northern Lebanon Ms. Fadia Alam Abu Joudeh, in addition to TAG-Org Executive Director Mr. Waref Kumayha. 

Background Information

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization

The Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global) is the largest global group of professional service firms in the fields of Accounting , External Audit, Internal Audit, Corporate Governance, Taxation, Educational Consultancy, Economic and Strategic Studies, Management Advisory Services, Professional and Technical Training, Technology Transfer Project Management, Real Estate Management, Investors and Business Advisory Services, Human Resources and Recruitment Services, E-Government, E-Commerce, E-Education, IT and Security Audit, Web Design, Professional Interpretation and Translation, Website Arabization, Domain Names Registration, ICT Strategic Planning, ERP Consulting Services, IT and Internet Skills Training and Examinations, Intellectual Property News Agency, IP Business and Asset Valuation and Branding Services, IP Registration and Protection, Intellectual Property Renewals, IPR Protection and Management, Legal Services, and Public Offering.

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