The Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE ) @ Beirut Arab University has announced the starting of North Lebanon Start Up Week End Competition on Friday 26th of April 2013; this was done to help the youth in the region to present their ideas, & their Projects to  a specialized committee.
150 students participated in the competition, all coming from different universities& High Schools in the District, 40 of them displayed their ideas for voting, benefiting from their colleagues’ support and  Supervising Team comments, lead by Dr. Leila Abboud; Director of CFE at University.
The competition ceremony opening was attended by the Minister of Economy and Trade Nicolas Nahas represented by the Economist Dr. Roger Melki, President of Mina Municipality; Mohammed Issa,  former president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Beirut; Ghazi Quraytem, and a number of directors and heads of universities and schools in the north. The President of the University; Prof. Amr Galal El-Adawi, Vice President for Tripoli Campus Affairs; Prof. Khalid Al-Baghdadi, University’s Secretary-General; Mr. Issam Houry, deans, faculty members and university managers in addition to the massive participation of students, their  parents and interested parties.
After the national& BAU anthem, Dr. Leila Abboud welcomed  attendees and thanked Minister Nahas for sponsoring  the competition. Dr. Abboud recalled in her message the role and objectives of the CFE,  emphasizing  on the importance of  the competition on the Lebanese economic level and the involvement of student projects in the labor market.
Dr. Abboud expressed her indignation that such a rich and abundant part of Lebanon like the north – famous for its seven districts – to be having this grave problem: the migration of the youth. The minds of those youths ought to be used in Lebanon and not everywhere else. Thus the reason of the competition – the development of the projects to achieve the ambitions at home and not abroad.
President Prof. Amr Galal El-Adawi emphasized on the guidance and support that will be offered to all contestants participating today in their projects for these to become a viable reality, adding up that Beirut Arab University, believes in the innovational skills& capabilities of Youth and So The Center For Entrepreneurship at the university in its mission to hire those ideas for helping  youth in building their future careers.

Dr. Roger Melki mentioned in his speech that this specific kind of competition is helpful to the youth and the future of the Lebanese economy, focusing on the importance of the ideas and projects represented by students incubated by the CFE and in presence of a lot of supporting institutions. Further to that Melki added that the initiative of such projects is linked to creativity and focus on successful projects which will help  in enlarging the size of Other economies.

The Competition extended over 54 hours-three days, during which many recreational activities were executed in Campus for helping students in developing their ideas for displaying their projects professionally in front of the jury on the final Day of Competition.