PPU holds youth empowerment and employability initiatives through partnerships with local and international institutions to fight poverty; such as UNDP, TIPH, Action Aid Australia, The Palestinian Ministry for Social Development, Save the Children, CARE International, and many more. PPU has been providing employability and youth empowerment services to thousands of beneficiaries, especially in marginalized areas. Poverty-fighting initiatives and projects are still taking place by PPU, especially after the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic causing the economy to slow down. Initiatives are being held and developed around the year in partnership with economical actors such as the Palestinian Businessmen Forum, Hebron Chamber for Commerce and Industry, various unions of local industries, in addition to governmental and non-governmental organizations as well.
Examples of the poverty alleviating projects at PPU are:
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Enhancing Livelihoods of Youth in Hebron Area through employability and entrepreneurial services - JADARA- in partnership with UNDP - 2018-2019
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Enhancing livelihoods of youth in Hebron area through employability and entrepreneurial services JADARA 2 -in partnership with UNDP-DEEP-2018- https://www.ppu.edu/jadara/
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Capacity Building Program for Marginalized Areas in Hebron in partnership with Action Aid - 2018.
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PPU Social and Entrepreneurship Initiative -in partnership with American Consulate-2018
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Establishing the Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (5 projects) in partnership with USAID- 2012-2014 https://alumni.ppu.edu/ar
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Support of the PPU Business Incubator programs in partnership with Belgian Technical Cooperation-2017. https://www.enabel.be/
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Entrepreneurial training and projects incubation for the youth in C area in partnership with GIZ -2017. https://www.facebook.com/GIZ.Palestine/
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BADERA : A Training program funded by the Palestinian National Economic Empowerment Institution (PNEEI)-2020 https://www.ppu.edu/badera/
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Ecopreneur: funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and implemented by cewas Middle East -2021 www.ppu.edu/ecopreneur/en
