The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) at the request of governments and in support of its areas of focus, assists in building capacity for good governance, popular participation, private and public sector development and growth with equity, stressing that national plans and priorities constitute the only viable frame of reference for the national programming of operational activities for development. Governance for human development and poverty eradication is the central focus, within which UNDP assistance is geared to building institutional capacities to formulate and operationalise policy, and likely involving social, political and economic dimensions. The UNDP is a long-term and committed strategic partner to the Ministry of Economy & Trade (MOET) and the Government of Lebanon.

More information: http://www.finance.gov.lb
 

The MIT Entrepreneurship Center inspires and nurtures the men and women who make high tech start-up companies successful. To that end, it offer educational programs to inspire, train, and coach new generations of entrepreneurs from all parts of MIT. To support this mission, MIT's entrepreneurship professors and staff conduct basic research to enhance the center's fundamental understanding of the dynamic process of high tech venture development. The MIT Entrepreneurship Center team provides content, context, and contacts that enable entrepreneurs to design and launch successful new ventures based on innovative technologies. It assists MIT students, alumni, and colleagues to access an array of educational programs, networking opportunities, technologies, and resources, both at MIT and around the world. Members of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center community form a global network to actively advise and assist each other for mutual benefit, enabling them to set and meet their highest expectations and achieve their full potential.

More information: http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu
 

The Lebanese Club @ MIT (LCM) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan MIT-based organization established in the late 1980s to foster a sense of community among the Lebanese students at MIT and to promote Lebanese culture and concerns at the Institute and the Boston area at large. Events organized by the club range from cultural outings, get-togethers, and movie series, to mega theatrical productions, international conferences, and high-profile speaker series, attracting multiple 500+ person audiences a year in events budgeting over $100K. The club and its members have been featured and interviewed in major media outlets like Kalam El Nas (LBCI), the Boston Globe, Future TV, Annahar, the Daily Star, Dar Al Hayat, Profile News, Tech Talk, the Eagle Tribute, the Tech, among others. The LCM has been cited by the Mayors of Boston and Cambridge in their Official Proclamations of Gibran Day in both cities in honoring the LCM’s production of ElAchkar’s A Child of Life monodrama, and has also received MIT’s Best Program of the Year Award in 2003 for Libanissimo III. The LCM has co-founded the Harvard-MIT Lebanese Affairs Think Tank (LATT) in October 2005 with a group of nonpartisan Boston-based students and professionals in response to the series of historical developments sweeping Lebanon at the time. Transcending the boundaries of MIT and the student community, the club's current membership also enjoys active non-students, non-MIT affiliates, and non-Lebanese nationals/expatriates.

More information: http://web.mit.edu/lebanon
 

The International Network of Lebanese Entrepreneurs & Technologists (INLET) is a global nonprofit, nonpartisan organization established to facilitate technology and business development through networking, knowledge exchange, and mentoring among Lebanese entrepreneurs and technologists worldwide. INLET aims to accelerate economic and social advancement within Lebanon and Lebanese communities worldwide through fostering technological entrepreneurship and leveraging the collective knowledge and contributions of its members. INLET constitutes three membership grades: Student Members, Voting Members, and Chartered Members. INLET is governed by a Board of Directors and managed by a President and Executive Committee. INLET provides its members with a number of physical and electronic networking forums. INLET uses LinkedIn to offer its members advanced search and collaboration features online. INLET is projected for official launch at TECHLEB|06.

More information: http://www.inlet-lebanon.org
 

The American Lebanese Engineering Society, Inc. (ALES) was founded in Orlando, Florida, in 1991 by a group of engineers as a non-profit organization to form a national organization of professional engineers to serve as role models in the American Lebanese community. ALES aims to: 1) Advance the science and the profession of engineering, 2)Unite the engineering resources and facilitate the potential of American-Lebanese professionals, 3) Promote the advancement of engineers and scientists in employment and education, 4) Facilitate the flow of information between members, 5) Maintain interaction and association with national and international engineering societies, and 6) Provide scholarships and educational grants to qualified students

More information: http://www.ales-usa.com