Like all other fields of activity, the pursuit of knowledge in Lebanon has suffered under the turbulences of spring 2005. A Beirut trade show on education and professional training options had to be cancelled in February and attendance at continued education programs dropped. But providers say that interest is back and programs are running at speed. As new challenges await job seekers, employees and companies in the Lebanese economy, the time is actually highly suited to check out current qualification options that augment the classical university education path. This spectrum was widened considerably over the past few years and extends today to a dazzling range of training choices. Locally, providers of continued education come from both the traditional university track of academia and more business-centric commercial training companies. As the field of providers is getting stronger and ever more capable, however, institutions in both these realms have adopted increasingly similar
