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Lebanon to take part in EU science funding initiative

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New member for the EU’s Mediterranean research and innovation partnerships

Lebanon has joined the EU’s Mediterranean public-private partnership for research and innovation funding, following a ceremony this week.

The head of unit for international cooperation at the Directorate General of Research and Innovation, Nienke Buisman, met with the Lebanese ambassador to the EU, Fadi Haj Ali, and Tamara Elzein, the secretary-general of the French national research funder, CNRS, at the event on 22 July. There they signed an agreement on Lebanon joining the EU’s Partnership on Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (Prima), according to a statement from the European Commission.

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