TheSMEs center in the Arab Planning Institute in Kuwait held a training program incooperation with Azm and Saade Association during the period 24-28/7/2023. The programis titled “Your Small Business …. From the Idea to Operation & Development“in Lebanon. The program aims to present stages of the life cycle of smallbusiness starting from choosing the business idea to operation and development.It also includes practical applications on how to conduct the market and marketinganalysis, technical studies, environmental analysis, and finally the financialstudy and the investment decision. It also helps preparing business plans forSMEs.