The SAWA II project “Enhance Resilience of Micro-Businesses and Create Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip – Phase II”, is a €6 million project funded by the EU and will be implemented over the period 2024-2027. The SAWA II project was initially designed as an extension and scale-up of the SAWA I EU-funded project, “Enhance the resilience of micro-businesses and create sustainable livelihood opportunities in the Gaza Strip” (2019-2022). However, following the outbreak of war on 7 October 2023, in Gaza, the project was revised and reallocated to the West Bank, while maintaining the flexibility to resume specific activities in Gaza if conditions allow during the project’s implementation.
The overall objective of the project is: “To contribute to enhancing economic resilience in Palestine”. The specific objective is: “To enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.”
These objectives will be achieved through two key results:
• Result 1: Improved sustainable productive capacities of MSEs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and
• Result 2: Enabling frameworks for the green and circular economy (GCE) are established and promoted in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Result 1 focuses on supporting MSEs affected by the war, by providing tailored business development packages aimed at improving their performance. These business support include both financial support and an integrated package of non-financial services. Result 2 aims to promote the adoption of green and circular economy (GCE) practices in the industrial sector and among entrepreneurs, academics, and the wider community. This Call for Proposal falls within the Result 1. The aim of this result is to improve sustainable productive capacities of MSEs in the West Bank, as MSEs play a key role in employment creation and income generation for low-income groups.
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