Silatech, a regional social organisation, has created and sustained more than 300,000 jobs for Arab youth through a network of more than 150 partners last year.
Silatech’s key achievements included signing strategic partnerships to create and sustain more than one million job opportunities by 2020 across the Arab region through its core programmatic pillars: Enterprise Development, Employment, and Policy and Research.
The Highlights of 2016 included collaborations to create and sustain job opportunities across the region.
In Sudan, Silatech signed an agreement with the Agricultural Bank of Sudan to promote Islamic microfinance to support youth entrepreneurs and create 23,000 jobs, in addition to partnering with Social Development Bank to create 20,000 jobs for graduates to start their own enterprises. In Tunisia, Silatech signed an agreement with Enda Tamweel to create more than 580,000 jobs across Tunisia via providing support to entrepreneurs, and supports the innovative Smart Tunisia program in enabling 50,000 jobs by 2020.
Silatech renewed its partnership with Attawfiq Microfinance in Morocco adding up to 140,000 jobs for Moroccan youth.
Silatech extended its innovative partnerships to Syria, where it collaborated with Qatar Red Crescent to provide training for displaced youth develop their skills and provide 1,700 jobs. In Palestine, Silatech partnered with Talal Abu Ghazaleh Group to launch ‘Khadamati’ portal to allow craftsmen in Palestine to advertise their products and services and connect them with customers and markets.
