Project of “Start Your Business” to Provide Young Entrepreneurs with Technical and Legal Consultations to Improve their Enterprises
Hebron-West Bank-ActionAid Palestine (AAP) implemented mentoring sessions and individual and group consultations concerning the legal and technical issues of entrepreneurial enterprises. Those sessions targeted more than 28 young entrepreneurs in governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron that “Start Your Business” project that AAP implements in partnership with Bethlehem Business Incubator (BBI) and the Yunus Social Business Center (YSBC) and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) through International Voluntary Service for Development (VIS).
The individual consultations focused on means of developing business skills that young entrepreneurs need to run their enterprises. However, the group sessions provided participants with detailed consultations on the importance of how to utilize social media for marketing products. Legal issues related to registering enterprises in the Palestinian ministry of National Economy were also addressed during those sessions. They were also introduced to Palestinian Labor Law.
Those consultations and mentorship aim to support young entrepreneurs to develop their ideas and link them to technical areas. They also seek to build their capacities in freelance work and improve the most important skills they need. Consultations were provided by experts and specialists.
It is worth mentioning that “Start Your Business” project is a project that aims to promote economic empowerment to young people in Palestine by developing and creating emerging social and traditional enterprises as well as creating an attractive environment for emerging enterprises in areas of Bethlehem, East Jerusalem,Hebron ,Ramallah,Tulkarem,Jenin and Jericho.
Background Information
ActionAid in Palestine (AAP) is a part of global federation working for social justice and gender equality and eradicate poverty in more than 45 countries around the world. AAP started its work in Palestine in 2007 to strengthen the resilience of Palestinian People as ActionAid believes that they should enjoy their rights to freedom, justice and self-determination. AAP implements a number of programs through its engagement with communities and women and youth groups seeking to empower them and enhance their influential civil and political participation to understand their rights and undertake collective activism to address the protracted rights violations resulting from the prolonged occupation of Palestine. AAP works simultaneously to enhance their leadership capacity and knowledge to practice their citizenship in holding authorities and other duty bearers to account.
For more information, please contact
Riham Jafari
Coordinator of Advocacy and Communication in Palestine
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