Tuesday we celebrated the final day of the women entrepreneurship training program in Gaza!

In collaboration with the Belgian Development Agency (BTC), Palestine Education for Employment (PEFE) launched a 12 day entrepreneurship training in the context of their Creating Employment Opportunities for Women in the West Bank and Gaza Program. 

BTC nominated more than 100 female trainees and graduates who participated in BTC’s Work-Based Learning programme, which strives for a better integration between TVET and the labour market and which offers trainees the opportunity to practice their skills in the private sector in an organised and structured way, for the training. The women were specialized in a variety of fields, including urban agriculture, cell phone maintenance, hairdressing, sewing, photography and montage, mobile applications, graphic design and rabbit farming.

Eventually 24 underprivileged unemployed young women, with a background in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), were selected to follow the training. The women were between 18 and 35 years old and they came from different areas in the Gaza Strip.  

The training addressed several topics related to entrepreneurship, including social engagement, capacity building, the generating of business ideas, promotion of entrepreneurship and small enterprises and the economic and social empowerment of women.

Over the course of 12 days, the 24 female participants learned how to write business plans and defend their ideas. Yesterday, the committee chose the best projects which will be further developed and financially supported.

The entrepreneurship training program will provide each participant with a toolkit worth up to 300 dollars, adapted to their business idea, the sector they’re operating in and their need for support.

Stay tuned and follow the stories of these talented female entrepreneurs next week during Global Entrepreneurship week.