Links

• Cisco Systems, Inc. (http://www.cisco.com/)
  Cisco enables people to make powerful connections—whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible—providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time.
  
  
• Partnership for Lebanon (http://www.lebanonpartnership.org/)
  Established in September of 2006, the Partnership for Lebanon was formed to raise awareness and engage in action-oriented efforts to aid in the rebuilding, and create public-private and private-private partnerships designed to help the people of Lebanon find the path to long-term stability and sustainable economic growth. 
  
  
• Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (http://www.idal.com.lb/) 
  IDAL was established in 1994 by a decree from the Lebanese Council of Ministers to spearhead Lebanon's investment promotion efforts.
  
  
• KAFALAT (http://www.kafalat.com.lb/) 
  Kafalat is a Lebanese financial company with a public concern that assists small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to access commercial bank funding. Kafalat helps SMEs by providing loan guarantees based on business plans / feasibility studies that show the viability of the proposed business activity. It processes guarantee applications for loans that are to be provided by Lebanese banks to SMEs operating throughout Lebanon.
  
  
• AmCham Lebanon (http://www.amcham.org.lb/)
  The American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization that strives to develop business and trade relations between Lebanon and the United States.
  
  
• American University of Beirut (http://www.aub.edu.lb/)
  Since its founding, AUB has set standards in higher education worldwide. The University provides a rigorous curriculum in the American liberal arts tradition and the language of instruction is English. Academic programs are offered in undergraduate, graduate, medical, and professional education.
  
  
• Near East Consulting Group (http://www.necg.com.lb/)
  NECG is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Lebanon-based counterpart for the Partnership for Lebanon, Private Sector Initiative.
  
  
• United States Embassy in Lebanon (http://beirut.usembassy.gov/)
  
  
• USAID Lebanon (http://lebanon.usaid.gov/)
  The United States has a long history of extending a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster or striving to live in a free and democratic country. It is this caring that stands as a hallmark of the United States around the world -- and shows the world our true character as a nation.  On August 21, President Bush announced over $230 million in humanitarian reconstruction and security assistance to Lebanon. The aim of this assistance is to strengthen Lebanon's sovereign, democratic government, help the Lebanese people rebuild, and ensure a lasting peace.