UfM Grant Scheme for employment promotion – Regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic-MENA countries

With the Grant Scheme for employment promotion – Regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Union for the Mediterranean is actively supporting organizations in the Mediterranean that work to give people opportunities in view of the COVID-19-induced economic crisis. It focuses on projects that enable people to find jobs, continue to gain a living and improve their work and living conditions.

The priorities of the call are: 

• Priority 1: Improving the economic resilience of citizens, especially vulnerable demographic groups, through employment- related capacity development.
• Priority 2: Promoting new channels of training and skills attainment in order to foster employability and economic activity.
• Priority 3: Supporting entrepreneurial activity and building the capacities of MSMEs to enable income generation and job creation.

Legal persons (non-governmental organization, public sector operator, local authority) and non-profit organizations established in the Union for the Mediterranean’s region can apply.

Geographical areas: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia.

For more information, please see https://ufmsecretariat.org/grant-scheme-2020/