The Lebanese Development Network (LDN), project partner of the EU-funded project MYSEA, has concluded the implementation of the workshops pertaining to the transversal skills’ module.

Two hundred participants distributed into eight groups of 25 people each benefited from the seminars conducted in hybrid mode between November 2022 and March 2023 and facilitated by more than 26 trainers.

The training centers that cooperated in the project, spread over the Lebanese territory, were as follows:
- Ajwad Education Center (North);
- Chekka Development Council – CDC (North);
- Labora Training Center (Metn);
- Jezzine Hub (South);
- Notre Dame De La Tour - Deir El Ahmar (Bekaa).

The trainees learned about teamwork, management skills and the secrets to cultivating leadership and decision-making; discovered ways to optimize their experience in a curriculum vitae and the little tricks to better handle a job interview; developed critical thinking and experienced the most effective ways to resolve conflicts; ventured into the world of marketing and project management; and learned the best ways to manage time. Finally, they applied all this knowledge by simulating possible scenarios in the emerging business sectors of agri-food and waste management.

Following this first course on soft skills, the trainees will follow the one on digital skills and the one on basic fundamentals of the Blue & Green Economy. Finally, a number of them will attend an additional advanced course on self-entrepreneurship, which will provide the necessary foundation for creating a sustainable start-up company.

For MYSEA, these activities are at the heart of the project: giving young people and women useful tools to stand on their own two feet. The hope is that by acquiring these skills, Lebanese young people are now more prepared, confident and aware of their abilities, and can therefore face the labor markets with more consciousness and with a great desire for change.