Women and Youth Driving Sustainable Transformation Economic Development and Employment Ongoing Grant scheme projects Context and objectives The MENA region is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, where drought, heatwaves, and extreme weather threaten water and food security and increase the risk of forced displacement and violent conflict. Economies in the region are facing aRead more
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Youth Employability and Entrepreneurship Booster (YEEB) in Egypt Economic Development and Employment Ongoing Grant scheme projects Context and objectives The project Youth Employability and Entrepreneurship Booster (YEEB), based in Egypt, focuses on supporting green entrepreneurship or ecopreneurship, with the goal to foster a green entrepreneurial spirit and sustainable employment creation. It provides sustainable assistance toRead more
Women on the Green Path (WGP) Economic Development and Employment Ongoing Grant scheme projects Context and objectives The project Women on the Green Path’s main goal is to empower women by promoting their employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the green circular economy in Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia. The initiative aims at improving economic opportunities forRead more
GREENSTEP – GREEN Skills development for green transitions in Tunisia, Lebanon, and Jordan Economic Development and Employment Ongoing Grant scheme projects Context and objectives Climate change can have deep consequences for the socioeconomic development of our societies. In Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, unsustainable practices, together with high levels of youth and women unemployment, insufficientRead more
GREEN&FAIR: employability and entrepreneurial capacities in ecologically relevant sectors for women and youth in Egypt Lebanon and Palestine Economic Development and Employment Ongoing Grant scheme projects Context and objectives The Mediterranean region stands out as a highly vulnerable area to climate change. Water scarcity appears as a pressing challenge which, together with rising temperatures andRead more
Get into Green Economic Development and Employment Ongoing Grant scheme projects Context and objectives The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is one of the most climate-sensitive areas in the world. These countries experience exacerbated impacts of climate change, which weaken the sustainability and resilience of their ecosystems, societies, and economies, on which manyRead more
WEFE Nexus for Sustainable Development in MENA Water, Environment & Blue Economy Ongoing Context and objectives Human demand for resources continues to rise as populations and economies grow. This continuous rise in demand, under conditions of limited resources, undermines socio-economic sustainability. Additionally, the negative environmental impacts of human activities threaten the environmental sustainability of manyRead more
MENA Water Matchmaker 2: Making Water Cooperation Happen in the Middle East and North Africa – Piloting Tangibles Water, Environment & Blue Economy Ongoing Context and objectives Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are influenced by distinctive geographical, ecological, geopolitical, and cultural factors. The region grapples with challenges such as water scarcity, demographic shifts, youthRead more
TouMaLi (Tourism Marine Litter) – Sustainable waste management systems in the tourism sector Water, Environment & Blue Economy Ongoing Labelled projects Context and objectives International tourism generates an estimated 4.8 million tons of solid waste annually, with single-use goods and packaging posing significant environmental challenges. In the Mediterranean, solid waste in MENA coastal tourist destinations isRead more
LIFE Integrated Project: Optimising the implementation of the 2nd RBMP in the Malta River Basin District Water, Environment & Blue Economy Ongoing Labelled projects Context and objectives The main aim of the LIFE-IP RBMP-MALTA project is to support the implementation of the second River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) through the establishment of an integrated framework forRead more
