On May 27, 2016, NEEDS had participated in the “Forum Capital Competences” event, organized by the French Institut, in partnership with Basil Fuleihan Finances Institut, ESA and Partnership program Hubert Curien CEDRE (PHC CEDRE). This event is one of the 3 events organized within the Franco-Lebanese cooperation Forum Festival "20 years of cooperation for Capital Skills", in the presence of major French and Lebanese personalities. The event took place at ‘ESA - Ecole Supérieure des Affaires’, Beirut.