The National Observatory for Women in Agriculture and Rural Areas – NOWARA – has organized a three-day bookkeeping training program for small businesses, on the 11^th, 12^th February and 18^th March 2014, at the Ministry of Agriculture Regional Extension in Zahle-Bekaa.

The training was held by Mr. Mazen Fakhreddine, a business consultant who addressed several subjects aiming at enhancing small businesses such as women entrepreneurship skills, vouchers, bookkeeping and schedules, calculation of the product cost, profit and loss. 21 women entrepreneurs from different areas in the Bekaa region have attended the course, which was accompanied by analysis, practices and exercises on bookkeeping and, during the last day of the training, an award was granted to the best bookkeeping performed by participants.

This activity is held in the framework of the project “Socio-economic development of the rural population of southern Lebanon”, implemented by NOWARA and the Italian NGO CTM Onlus, in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, and co-funded by the Italian Development Cooperation.