UfM GRANT SCHEME:
Tackling the COVID-19 Employment crisis
in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Location: Morocco and Tunisia

Beneficiaries:

• 30 existing social enterprises and MSMEs (with an estimated 120 employees).
• 40 Social Enterprise Support Organisations (SESOs) (with an estimated 200 technical staff)
• 100 young aspiring entrepreneurs

Expected results:

• National gendered needs assessments of local economy actors facing the COVID-19 crisis in Morocco and Tunisia
• 50 internships for young entrepreneurs in wellestablished national companies.
• Good practices of successful MSMEs and SEs overcoming the economic and health crisis collected and disseminated at national and international levels.

Location: Morocco and Tunisia

Beneficiaries:

• At least 300 members of women’s production groups
• At least 20 young coaches (10 in Tunisia and 10 in Morocco)

Expected results:

• Increased empowerment and socio-economic resilience of women working in rural areas in Tunisia and Morocco, with access to new market opportunities both nationally and online.
• Increased sustainability of women’s production groups in terms of governance, production processes and protection measures for workers

Location: Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon

Beneficiaries:

• Local technical institutions and MSMEs in the agro-food sector (Tunisia and Jordan)
• Energy Service Companies (ESCOs), renewable energy/energy efficiency technology providers and MSMEs in the energy efficiency sector (Lebanon)
• 81 young people who are graduated or are enrolled in relevant postgraduate courses
• 40 young people and/or farmers from rural areas in Tunisia and Jordan who want to start or expand an entrepreneurial activity
• Family members of entrepreneurs, their employees or new young professionals
• Rural populations in Tunisia and Jordan

Expected results:

• Unemployed people are able create and manage new businesses in the agro-food sector: they are informed and on entrepreneur opportunities, supported in the development business plans, and trained in basic technical and management skills, agricultural production and techniques, business development, processing and marketing, water-efficient and energy-saving solutions and technologies related to the agricultural/agro-food sector.
• MSMEs in Tunisia, Lebanon and Jordan in the agriculture and energy efficiency sectors are more efficient and effective in their markets.

Location: Greece, Italy, Malta, Tunisia, Morocco

Beneficiaries:

• Tourism entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs.
• Job seekers and employers of the tourism sector.
• Public authorities, local governments, NGOs, training institutions and other entities for the promotion of sustainable tourism.

Expected results:

• New, more sustainable tourism ideas brought to the market, including rural tourism projects, wellbeing programmes for different target groups, cultural and heritage tourism offers, and biodiversity experiences.
• Tourism entrepreneurs supported in renewing their own businesses, looking at new forms of hospitality, marketing and communication strategies based on quality, attention to local heritage, natural resources, local food production, and adoption of COVID-19 mitigation measures