For Immediate Release
November 30, 2004

Training Program Provides New Skills to Middle Eastern Entrepreneurs
Fact of the Day

Business owners and executives from 15 Middle Eastern countries are gaining new skills to help increase economic opportunity in the region. Some 35 business leaders -- 40 percent of whom are women -- are learning business development, job creation, and management. The Middle East Entrepreneurship Training Program, a project of the U.S. Government's Middle East Partnership Initiative, is sponsoring this training program in Silicon Valley, California.

Source: U.S. Department of State