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Berytech participates in ESCWA Expert Group Meeting |
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 An Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on promoting the Digital Arabic Content Industry organized by the Information and Communication Technology Division (ICTD) of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) was held on April 29 and 30 2008 in Beirut. This event was organized within the framework of a project titled “Promoting Digital Arabic Content Industry through Incubation”.
The objectives of the Expert Group Meeting was to accelerate the development of the Digital Arabic Content industry in the ESCWA region by presenting and discussing several studies that were prepared by ESCWA for the promotion of the digital Arabic content industry; by setting the framework for cooperation and partnership with incubators in the ESCWA region and finally by launching the incubation preparatory process with various ICT incubators in the region.
On April 30th, Dr. Nicolas Rouhana presented to the panel Berytech’s experience in digital incubation within a session titled “Incubator Experiences in the ESCWA region”. This session featured as well presentations from Syria’s ICT incubator and Egypt’s R&D Centers of Excellence & Incubation Programs.
Participants included representatives of incubators as well as selected experts from research centres, academic institutions and enterprises which are engaged in the development of digital Arabic content.
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