Together with our local partners Agricultural Development Association (PARC) and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and with the financial support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), we have launched a new project to support young Palestinians in acquiring quality professional skills and thus facilitate their access to the labour market.
With this initiative, we will work to promote the development of agricultural businesses that meet the needs of the local labor market and help young people enter it. In this way, the technical and professional training of youth will be strengthened, taking advantage of the knowledge acquired in past experiences in this sector and in the processes of business incubation and acceleration.
The Palestinian labour market is in a state of chronic weakness, aggravated by the current situation of instability, which leads to a situation of job losses and declining incomes, which in turn causes an increase in poverty and even an increase in food insecurity.
Youth job creation
To address the reality of extreme vulnerability faced by Palestinian youth, this project aims to promote economic activities that stimulate youth employment (self-employment and salaried work) and economic development. The initiative will be implemented in the rural and peri-urban areas of Jerusalem and Ramallah through vocational training programs that promote quality employability with an innovative approach in the agricultural sector.
In this way, the goal is not only to stimulate youth employment but also to develop the ability to address food needs that may arise due to the current complex situation.
Lines of action
To support young people in improving their economic resilience through access to employability and entrepreneurship, we will focus on three key areas of action.
The first of these aims to increase the capabilities of young people, establishing two paths: one for those who wish to start a business, and another for those who prefer to seek employment.
The second focus area will focus on training participants who want to develop their own business. To support them, it will be based on previous experiences and will follow a training itinerary already tested and based on the Business Canvas Model methodology.
Finally, the third focus area includes support for business initiatives through a process of business incubation and acceleration that can serve as a catalyst to help participants be employed by these entities.