Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Comoros have been identified as non-cooperating third countries under the EU's regulation to fight and deter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, while Liberia has been pre-identified.
On the occasion of the “Beirut Design Week” held in Beirut, the European-Union funded Private Sector Development (PSD) Programme implemented by Expertise France, organised a discussion session on 22 May on the "Design and the traditional furniture sector in Lebanon: History of a challenge for integrating cultural heritage, innovation and economic performance".
Presentations were made by Mr Julien Schmitt and Mr Bassem Hanna from Expertise France and Ms Sarah Ghanimeh from Markits Consulting.