News

07 October 2024

Announcing the Launch of the "Women on the Green Path" (WGP) Project

We are thrilled to announce that the "Women on the Green Path" (WGP) project has officially started! This initiative aims to empower women by promoting employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the green and circular economy across Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia.

Project Objectives

The WGP project seeks to overcome barriers that women face in the green economy by providing them with training, mentorship, and support. Our goal is to inspire women, develop their skills, and foster sustainable practices, ultimately contributing to a greener, more inclusive economy.

Duration: June 2024 - May 2025

Key Activities

- Stocktaking: Identifying existing policies, initiatives, good practices, and success stories, as well as action gaps, challenges, and capacity-building needs at both regional and country/territory levels. The stocktaking includes producing a regional report, a handbook, and a directory to support the transition to a gender-based green economy.

- Advocacy and Policy Engagement:Creating policy briefs and organizing national workshops and a regional conference to establish a multi-stakeholder policy dialogue and contribute to regional cooperation on women’s economic empowerment, in alignment with the UfM Ministerial Declaration and roadmap.

- Capacity building: Providing training, mentorship and networking opportunities at national and regional level for business support organizations and women entrepreneurs. This aims to equip women with the skills to thrive in the green economy, while enhancing support services from BSOs.

- Technical Assistance: Offering tailored non-financial support to 15 champion MSMEs, This includes consulting, operational support, and tools to help MSMEs adopt green practices and enhance competitiveness.

Expected Outcomes

- Strengthen capacity of 45 business support organizations to act as an ecosystem catalyst for gender-based green and circular economy.

- Support 60 women entrepreneurs in the green and circular sector to develop their businesses, adopting a gender-based green approach.

- Advocate and facilitate collaboration, knowledge exchange, and potential partnerships to foster their growth and success among Women communities

- Beneficiaries:

women entrepreneurs, Business support organizations including CSOs and policy makers across Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia.

Project Partners and Beneficiaries

- Lead Organization: Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR)

- Partners: Edama Association for Energy, Water, and Environment,

Moroccan network of social and solidarity economy “REMESS”

- Associate: Agència de Residus de Catalunya – ARC (MedWaves, the UNEP/MAP Regional

Activity Center)

Project Support

This project is carried out with the support of GIZ on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, the Agencia Española de Cooperación para el Desarrollo (AECID), and the Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat (UFMS).

Join Us

The Women on the Green Path project is dedicated to building a more sustainable and inclusive economy. Stay connected with us for updates, success stories, and opportunities to support women entrepreneurs leading the way toward a greener future!