The Lebanon Export Academy (LEA) has successfully graduated its first two batches of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the agriculture and agri-food sectors, with a focus on women-led businesses. The LEA offers comprehensive training in export-readiness tools with top-tier professionals, aimed at supporting MSMEs, cooperatives, and social enterprises to become export-ready and access international markets. Now open for its third cycle, the program is part of the Productive Sectors Development Programme (#PSDP), generously funded by the Government of Canada under the joint UN – Productive Sectors Development Programme, which prioritizes women and female youth in disadvantaged areas.

The Lebanon Export Academy has onboarded the first batch of 21 companies from the agriculture and agri-food sectors, offering them a well-rounded programme in export readiness tools with top notch experts in multiple relevant fields.

The Lebanon Export Academy is implemented by UNIDO and UNDP in partnership with Berytech, and is part of the Productive Sectors Development Program, a 3-year program funded through the generous contribution of the Government of Canada