Industrialization in a global economy

Important partners of Lebanon, such as the European Union and the United Nations, have long advocated sustainable expansion of industrial capacity as a core requirement for Lebanon’s economic development. Past and present collaborative projects such as ELCIM (Euro-Lebanese Center for Industrial Modernization) and the interaction with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) are testimony to the value that multilateral stakeholders attach to proper industrial growth. A new phase of interaction with UNIDO started to shape up in 2014 and to find out more, Executive sat down with Cristiano Pasini, UNIDO representative and director for Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.   What is UNIDO’s role when it comes to working with Lebanon’s industrial sector? In Lebanon we have four ongoing programs. One is the Community Empowerment and Livelihoods Enhancement Project (CELEP), which is in its third phase now after supporting small companies and agriculture cooperatives. We launched this [third phase in