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Projects

Highlighted initiative: Arab Spring – Partnership with Tunisia

Supporting the Swiss Government’s job creation programme in Kasserine, Sidi Bouzid , Medenine & Le Kef.

This programme has created over 10’000 new jobs in these outlying areas . As of December 2015 11’000 jobs had been created. Links to the three components can be found to the right.

Elora Finance was involved in the development, negociations and launch of this programme over a period of almost 5 years. It was the biggest job creation programme of it’s kind in Tunisia using financial products to unlock entrepreneurship.

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Highlights in the past years:

2013-19: Backstopping and final Evaluation of PMDP.  This successful private sector development programme in Palestine was run by DAI and funded by DFID and EU. The monitoring and Evaluation was carried out through GDSI

2011-16: Design/backstopping of new private sector programme for SDC in Tunisia following the Arab Spring. Over 20'000 jobs created through the partners ENDA (microfinance) and BFPME.  In the case of ENDA the Bidaya startup product still exists 10 years after the start of the programme.  The Swiss programme also helped to create discussion platforms after the Arab-Srping between private sector/civil society and the government.

2012: Design Backstopping of the ASAP-M  programme in Morocco working to support associations to become more efficient