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
MAST – Mediterranean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism post COVID Economic Development and Employment Completed Grant scheme projects Context and objectives According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), tourism is one of the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. International tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2020 were a fraction of what they wereRead more
FLOWER – Fostering Local market Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment and Resilience Social & Civil Affairs Completed Grant scheme projects Context and objectives 6.5 million women in Morocco work in rural food production, and 1.8 million in Tunisia; more than half of these women are informal workers without a contract, and therefore without access to socialRead more
SEARChED – Strengthening Employment and entrepreneurial Activities to Recover COVID-19 Epidemic Damages Economic Development and Employment Completed Grant scheme projects Context and objectives The SEARChED project aims to promote the economic growth of enterprises and improve the business environment by developing resources and services for MSMEs, focusing on the agri-food sector in Tunisia and Jordan, andRead more
RISE – Resilience and Innovation through Strengthened Entrepreneurship Economic Development and Employment Completed Grant scheme projects Context and objectives The RISE project aims to increase economic resilience and employment opportunities for vulnerable groups in Morocco and Tunisia by improving institutional, technical, social and economic conditions for innovative entrepreneurial activity, inclusive growth and job creation. ItRead more
