Ten Libyan universities gathered in Tunis on Thursday to launch their Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centers, in the presence of EU officials, EU Member states representatives, Libyan officials, presidents of the participating universities and directors of university start-up Labs (USUL).
This launch is part of the European Union financed project ''Support to Libya for Economic Integration, Diversification and Sustainable employment (SLEIDSE)'' of 7.6 million EUR.
The project aims to support the private sector and develop the Libyan business environment by aiding projects and creating jobs to enable the building of a diversified and sustainable economy.
After the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in June 2017 with 10 Libyan universities (Al-Margheb, Benghazi, Gharyan, Misrata, Sabha, Sirte, Tobruk, Tripoli, Zawia and Aljufra), SLEIDSE has provided the Directors of USUL with more than 300 hours of training, in parallel with organising several study visits to business incubators and accelerators in France, Lebanon and Tunisia.
