The Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association (“SYEA”) has launched, in cooperation with Total Exploration and Products, the “Eastern Entrepreneurs” program, which is aimed at motivating young Syrian entrepreneurs in the three Eastern Syrian provinces (Deir Azour, Al-Hasakeh, and Raqqa) to implement their small and medium-sized projects through providing them with the basic tools for transforming their project ideas into effective institutions in the economic market.

The Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association (“SYEA”) has concluded a series of lectures aiming to train and qualify those entrepreneurs participating in “SYEA Ventures 2009”. The free lectures, attended by dozens of entrepreneurs accepted into the Ventures programmeme and by a number of interested young people, include discussion about the importance of entrepreneurship, a business plan, management strategy, a marketing plan, financial planning, pricing, the art of selling, among other things.

President of the Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association (“SYEA”), Abdulsalam Hayal, conducted an open meeting with students from the University of Qalamoun, discussing some thoughts on the causes which lead young people to success or failure, in addition to discussing ideas about entrepreneurship and management.

As part of its striving to spread an entrepreneurial culture amongst Syrian youth, the Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association (“SYEA”) has organised a series of free lectures that seeks to training and qualify entrepreneurs participating in the 2009 Ventures program.