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Projects (Detailed Description)

Donor

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)

Implementing Agency

 

Title of Project

Assisting Women's Small Scale Enterprises (SSE) by Promoting Technical and Marketing Skills

Objectives of Project

Upgrading women's cooperatives in technical and marketing areas

Fayoum: textile production for all women

Noweiba: Bedouin products for all women

Upper Egypt: shoe manufacturing for men and women

Type of Project

Action oriented

Activities of the Project/ Method of Implementation

The past activities of the project included training, workshops, consulting for marketing and design, establishment of a training center and establishment of a service center

Duration

1989 - 1992 for the Fayoum project, 

1990-1992 for the Noweiba and Upper Egypt projects

Target Beneficiaries

Children, girls, women (wives, mothers, widows, divorced, illiterate, professional and unemployed)

Area of Implementation

1. Governorate: El Fayoum, Assyut, Sohag and South Sinai governorates. 2. Region: Rural

   
 

Donor

Social Fund for Development

Implementing Agency

Caritas Agency/Egypt

Title of Project

Credits for Income Generation Project

Objectives of Project

Encouraging success of male and female students in literacy classes 1) to enable students to take out loans from the project, which is not applicable except through banks whose conditions do not suit the needs of poor people, and 2) to raise the economic level of families

Type of Project

Action oriented

Activities of the Project/

Method of Implementation

The past and current activities of the project include credits and loans, workshops, increasing people's awareness about loans and credits and investigating and researching the suitable projects for the environment's conditions

Duration

1994-ongoing

Target Beneficiaries

Women, youth and poor people who do not have the legal documents to enable them to take out loans from the banks

Area of Implementation

1. Governorate: Alexandria, Menya, Sohag and Assyut governorates

2. Region: Urban

 
 

Donor

Social Fund for Development

Implementing Agency

Holy Book Friends Association

Title of Project

Employment and Production in Shoes Manufacturing and Cleaning Utensils Industries

Objectives of Project

Employment and production in shoes and cleaning utensils industries

Type of Project

Action oriented

Activities of the Project/

Method of Implementation

The past and current activities of the project include employment opportunities.

Duration

1996-ongoing

Target Beneficiaries

Women in SME's Projects

Area of Implementation

1. Governorate: Alexandria Governorate

2. Region: Urban

   

Donor

 

Implementing Agency

Foundation for International Training (FIT) and Social Fund for Development

Title of Project

Small and Medium Enterprise Development in Upper Egypt (SMEDUP) Phase I

Objectives of the Project

To strengthen the Egyptian capacity to manage and coordinate credit programs for small and medium businesses

Type of Project

Action oriented

Activities of the Project/ Method of Implementation

The past, current and planned activities of the project include credits and loans, training, management and coordination and technical assistance

Duration

1995-1997

Target Beneficiaries

Unemployed, women, youth, those who are not qualified for credit

Area of Implementation

  1. Governorate: The poorest districts of Upper Egypt in Assyut, Sohag, Aswan, North Sinai, South Sinai, Red Sea and El Wadi el Gadid Governorates

  2. Region: Urban and rural

   

Donor 

USAID and the National Bank for Development

Implementing Agency

 

 

Title of Project

Small Enterprise Credit (SEC)

Objectives of Project

To increase the small entrepreneurs access to credit and other banking services

Type of Project

Action Oriented

Activities of the Project/ Method of Implementation

The past activities of the project include credit and loans

Duration

The starting date of the project was  1991 while its ending date is 2000

Target Beneficiaries

Generally small entrepreneurs in the Greater Cairo area with less than five employees and less than L.E. 25,000 in fixed assets excluding land and building

Area of Implementation

 

1. Governorate: Cairo, El Kalyoubia and Giza Governorates

2. Region: Urban

   

Donor

Social Fund for Development

Implementing Agency

Social Fund for Development

Title of Project

Supporting Productive Families

Objectives of the Project

Giving loans to productive families and providing skills training for improving product quality

Type of Project

Action oriented

Activities of the Project/

Method of Implementation

The past and current activities of the project include credits and loans, employment opportunities, handicraft and training

Duration

N.A

Target Beneficiaries

Productive Families

Area of Implementation

1. Governorate: All governorates
2. Region: Urban and rural

   

Donor

 

Implementing Agency

Mahrousa Center for Economic Consultancy

Title of Project

Vocational Training for Women in Qena Governorate

Objectives of Project

Empowerment of women in running small scale projects and simplifying economic concepts

Type of Project

Research and action oriented

Activities of the Project/

Method of Implementation

The past, current and planned activities of the project include data collection and analysis, credits and loans, job opportunities, services, training, workshops and provision of material supplies

Duration

1990-ongoing

Target Beneficiaries

Girls, illiterate and unemployed women and youth

Area of Implementation

1. Governorate: Cairo and Qena governorates

2. Region: Urban and rural

   

Donor

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) 

Implementing Agency

Foundation for International Training (Canada)

Title of Project

Women's Initiative Fund

Objectives of Project

To assist low income rural women to establish new business ventures through the provision of credit, training and technical assistance

Type of Project

Action oriented

Activities of the Project/ Method of Implementation

The past, current and planned activities of the project included credits and loans, training and technical assistance provision

Duration

1991-1995

Target Beneficiaries

Women and families who do not  qualify for credit

Area of Implementation

1. Governorate: Qena and Aswan Governorates

2. Region: Rural

   

Donor

 

Implementing Agency

Mahrousa Center for Economic Consultancy

Title of Project

Women's Initiatives Project

Objectives of the Project

Funding small scale projects owned by women in Qena governorate

Type of Project

Research and action oriented

Activities of the Project/

Method of Implementation

The past activities of the project included data collection and analysis, credits and loans, job opportunities, training, workshops and provision of material supplies

Duration

1992-1995

Target Beneficiaries

Girls and women (wives, mothers, widows, divorced, illiterate, unemployed and professional)

Area of Implementation

1. Governorate: Qena governorate

2. Region: Urban and rural

 
   
   
   
   
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