ExportEase Hub – Empowering Women Entrepreneurs for Global Expansion Economic Development and Employment Ongoing Grant scheme projects Context and objectives In East Jerusalem, women-led SMEs face limited digital skills, constrained market access due to movement restrictions, scarce financing options, and high business turnover linked to gaps in planning and product development. ExportEase responds by offeringRead more
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E-Fair: Promotion of an inclusive digital economic ecosystem in the Southern Mediterranean region Economic Development and Employment Ongoing Grant scheme projects Context and objectives Across the Southern Mediterranean, women entrepreneurs, cooperatives and social and solidarity economy (SSE) enterprises face significant barriers in accessing e-commerce opportunities. These include gaps in digital literacy, limited financial resources, restrictiveRead more
WE-TRAIN Economic Development and Employment Ongoing Grant scheme projects Context and objectives Across the Euro-Mediterranean region, women continue to face barriers that prevent them from fully participating in the labour market and entrepreneurial ecosystem. These barriers include skills gaps in fast-growing digital sectors, unequal access to training opportunities, and limited networks to support professional development.Read more
Empowering Women-Led enterprises for Digital Transformation and e-commerce in Palestine Economic Development and Employment Ongoing Grant scheme projects Context and objectives Palestine faces significant challenges in women’s economic participation. Female labour force participation is around 19%, compared to 71% for men, and women own only about 10% of businesses, mostly small-scale and informal. Access toRead more
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
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
