Entrepreneurship Education: Nationalization of the Know About Business

The Know About Business (KAB) programme will be nationalized in the vocational training centers, technical colleges and industrial schools in the occupied Palestinian territories through the delivery of TOFs, targeting new teachers under ILO monitoring. This will also allow for the certification of the national KAB trainers as National Key Facilitators (NKFs). The direct beneficiaries of the KAB project are the selected women and men teachers/trainers of the vocational centres under the Ministry of Labour and those of the technical colleges and industrial schools under the Ministry of Education and Higher Education who will participate in the TOFs. The KAB National Facilitators delivering the TOFs will also benefit as they will be assessed for their certification as National Key Facilitators if they completed the certification requirements. Indirect beneficiaries are students enrolled in the training courses of the VTCs, technical colleges and industrial schools. Beneficiaries will also include private sector enterprises who will have better prepared Palestinian employees with entrepreneurship knowledge and displaying entrepreneurial attitudes. The project will contribute towards the creation of employment opportunities and the promotion of entrepreneurship and self-employment among Palestinian youth; by nationalizing the ILO “Know About Business” educational programme in vocational centres under the Ministry of Labour and technical colleges and industrial schools under the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The project falls within the framework of the National Development Strategy for the oPt and contributes to the ILO Country Programme Outcome PSE102. The project will be implemented by the ILO in close coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. It is considered as phase II of the ILO/UNDP project entitled: "Entrepreneurship Education: Introduction of "Know About Business" in vocational and technical training in the occupied Palestinian territories”

Project symbol

PAL/11/50/KUW

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

Start date

01/07/2011

End date

31/03/2016

Total allocation

155932

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

155932

Development Partners

Kuwait, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour

Country/Countries

State of Palestine

Outcomes

Promoting sustainable enterprises