The Skills, Training, and Education Program (STEP) partners are pleased to announce this call for proposals (CfP). STEP Strategic Partners include: the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD), Spark, International Islamic Charity Organization (ICCO), Qatar Charity, Al Awn Foundation for Development, Jusoor, and Shaikh Abdullah Al Nouri Charity Society.
STEP is derived from the operational strategy and five-year action plan of the IsDB's fragility and resilience policy, aimed at reducing poverty and improving livelihoods through supporting refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and host communities in IsDB member countries.
STEP is designed to address the needs of refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and host communities in IsDB member countries that are hosting large forced displaced populations exceeding one million (1 million), these countries are (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chad, Cameroon, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Türkiye, Palestine, Uganda, and Yemen). The program's development goal is to contribute to reducing poverty in IsDB member countries focusing on supporting young refugees, IDPs, and vulnerable hosting communities. More specifically, STEP will contribute to:
- Increasing access to education, focusing on smart education.
- Providing skills development and entrepreneurship incubators; and
- Creating green jobs for the beneficiaries.
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