The "Youth Economic Empowerment in Palestine" (YEP) project, funded by the European Union (5 million €) and implemented by Enabel, pursues the specific objective of enhancing the employability and economic inclusion of young Palestinians. Its activities are structured around three major results: the deployment of the First Employment Facility (FEF), the development of Work-Based Learning (WBL), and support for entrepreneurship and cooperatives. This project operates within a constrained political and economic context, characterized by movement restrictions, fiscal leakage, and limited political sovereignty, structural factors that affect private sector dynamism and labor market stability.

The framework of this final evaluation responds to a dual purpose of accountability and learning, aiming to inform stakeholders about the project's performance and guide the future design of youth employment programs in fragile contexts. The analysis covers the implementation period from 2022 to June 2025. It is structured around the DAC criteria, with aparticular attention to effectiveness, coherence, sustainability and efficiency, and integrates the analysis of cross-cutting themes such as decent work, gender equality, and the inclusion of vulnerable groups .It also examines the appropriateness of the grant modalities used.