{"id":18731,"date":"2017-04-05T11:45:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T09:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidos.local\/?post_type=project&p=18731"},"modified":"2022-01-02T12:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T11:49:48","slug":"palestine-greening-the-palestinian-economy-support-to-civil-society-organizations","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/aidos.it\/en\/project\/palestine-greening-the-palestinian-economy-support-to-civil-society-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"PALESTINE – Greening the Palestinian Economy: support to civil society organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 \u2013\u00a02020\u00a0Economic empowerment \/ Training<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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WHERE<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Palestine – West Bank (WB) and Gaza Strip (GS) governatorates<\/p>\n

PARTNERS<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Agricultural Development Association (PARC) Lead Applicant; AIDOS Co-applicant<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Despite progress in recent years, the composting industry in Palestine is in a difficult situation. Few industries in the sector are able to compete with products of high standards. The Palestinian economy has deteriorated over the past 15 years<\/strong>, with an average GDP growth rate of 4.5% from 2001 to 2013, with rising unemployment,<\/strong> especially among young people and rising cost of living<\/strong>. The agricultural sector, which is at the heart of the economic growth in Palestine, is in crisis<\/strong> mainly due to the consequences of the Israeli occupation and the continuous wars that have damaged farmers, increasing poverty, restrictions on movement and free trade. The initiatives that promote composting face many challenges and the market is flooded with more competitive Israeli products. The sector currently contributes only 3.9% of global GDP and employs only 8.10% of the Palestinian workforce,<\/strong> with a low percentage of young people and the consequent lack of use of new technologies. Women, who make up 32.9% of agricultural workers, have low wages,<\/strong> are involved in informal activities, are victims of a conservative culture, with the consequence that their work is not recognized when measuring national economic growth. Although knowledge on organic farming, \u201cgreen energy\u201d, reuse and recycling of solid waste is quite widespread, it is not able to bring real and sustainable change.<\/p>\n

GOALS<\/strong>.<\/span>
\nOverall goal<\/span>: to contribute in leveraging the composting industry in Palestine<\/strong> as a driver for the Palestinian economy
\nSpecific goal<\/span>: to strengthen the capacities of 4 composting plants<\/strong> in target CBOs\/company who have different levels of experience, production and selling powers, through forming a composting coalition with standardized, highly competitive products. This coalition is aimed to be transformed into a Palestinian composting company,<\/p>\n

MAIN ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>More specifically, the project goals will be pursued through these activities:<\/p>\n

Raise awareness about solid waste recycling and reuse<\/strong>, organic agriculture, and green energy<\/strong><\/span> through sensitization activities targeting farmer groups, women groups and school students on composting, organic agriculture, urban gardens, green points\/women\u2019s gardens; annual missions of Italian experts for the assessment, design, establishment and quality control of composting facilities;\u00a0 study visit to Italy for 11 Palestinian participants to model compost facilities\/projects, urban gardens to exchange on their respective experience and to establish linkages with compost facilities, associations and cooperatives
\nEnhance the organizational and managerial capacities of 4 composting plants<\/strong><\/span> through: practical capacity-building activities including training in good governance, gender mainstreaming, strategic management, financial management; learning visits to Italy for composting plants\u2019 staffs; development and implementation of strategic and business plans for each of the 4 composting plants
\nIncrease the market share of the Palestinian compost<\/strong> t<\/span><\/span>h<\/span>rough: 2 training sessions in 6 main modules (Good Governance, Inclusive business and green economy, SMEs management, Social enterprise and responsibilities, marketing and consumer behaviour and responsible consumption), 6 training courses on business management for cooperative; 2 market research and studies; 3 annual publications for experience dissemination (brochures, pamphlets, TV spot, based evident success stories). The activity will target mainly school students, women, farmers, nurseries, and decision makers; 2 \u201cBuy Local Compost\u201d promotion campaigns; marketing channels in rural areas through distribution points; pilot demonstrations in 8 sites for local composting; 6 semi-annual meetings for decision makers and key stakeholders for developing national standards for composting.<\/p>\n

AIDOS ACTIVITIES<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>AIDOS will: coordinate the capacity building component regarding public gardens and green points; organize technical assistance missions in composting, urban gardens \u2013 women\u2019s economic empowerment; organize visits to Italy and advocacy and information activities; produce a video. AIDOS will participate in all other activities of this proposed action under its responsibility as co-applicant<\/p>\n

BENEFICIAIRES<\/strong><\/span>
\nDirect beneficiaries<\/span>: <\/strong>3 composting cooperatives and 1 community based organization specialized in composting and organic farming. The action is also aimed directly at students, women- headed households, farmers.
\nIndirect beneficiaries<\/strong><\/span>: local universities, the Palestinian Standards Institution \u2013 PSI and related ministries (Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Environmental Quality Authority) nurseries and municipalities.
\nFinal beneficiaries<\/span>: <\/strong>a total of about 4,000 individuals: students (1,800), groups of women (900 women), groups of farmers (900 farmers), schools (30), families (60) and 156 members of the targeted cooperatives (including 15 women).<\/p>\n

WHEN<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>1\/03\/2017 \u2013 31\/01\/2020<\/p>\n

COST OF THE PROJECT<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>1.827.000 \u20ac<\/p>\n

WHO IS FINANCING<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>European Commission (1.497.567,00 \u20ac); PARC;\u00a0AIDOS 5xmille<\/p>\n

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