Grants and Contributions

Develop digital adoption plan

Develop digital adoption plan

Develop digital adoption plan

Project activities include: (1) conducting a gender-sensitive analysis of the labour market and existing competency standards to identify climate-smart agribusiness subsectors for training programs; (2) establishing Egypt’s first Agribusiness Centre of Competence (CoC), which seeks to serve a network of 10 agricultural technical schools; (3) developing a new gender-responsive and competency-based curriculum that can respond to skill gaps in the labour market and improve employment and self-employment pathways for youths; (4) providing gender training to students, institutional staff, and industry representative to reduce barriers preventing women from pursuing TVET and employment opportunities; (5) providing capacity building services to technical schools personnel and instructors; (6) creating industry advisory committees, and youth and community committees to increase linkages between technical schools and private sector actors; (7) raising awareness within project communities on the advantages and opportunities of TVET and employment, especially for women; (8) providing training to industry, community, and government officials to enhance the image of technical education; and (9) fostering internship and learning opportunities for students in agri-business enterprises.

The Sustainable Energy and Economic Development in Jordan project (SEED II) aims to improve the livelihoods of women, youth, and marginalized groups in poor communities of the Jordan Valley region through renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions. It seeks to increase the employability of women and youth in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sector through vocational training, work placements, and internships. It also seeks to foster climate-smart innovation in agriculture through incubators for entrepreneurs, reduce energy bills for public institutions through renewable energy installations, empower women to participate in decision-making related to renewable energy and benefit from economic opportunities. The Project builds on the achievements of the first phase (SEED I, 2016-2023; 24.6M), replicating successful interventions in new implementation sites across the Jordan Valley and incorporating lessons learned and best practices.

The Protecting Marine Biodiversity in Aqaba project aims to conserve and restore marine and terrestrial biodiversity in the Gulf of Aqaba and surrounding coastal area, while fostering economic opportunities through innovative eco-tourism initiatives. It seeks to enhance the resilience of marine and land ecosystems in the region against the threat of climate change and human activity. On land, the project introduces native plants near dams along the coast to preserve essential habitat for birds, mammals, and reptiles. In the sea, artificial coral reefs are installed to provide additional habitat for marine life, serving as nurseries and feeding grounds for fish and other organisms. The project seeks to strengthen women’s entrepreneurial roles in coastal ecosystem management and resilience to enhance and improve the well-being of the broader coastal community, including women and youth. The project also focuses on effectively removing solid waste from the protected areas through clean-up dives, and relocating vulnerable corals developed on this waste.

The Market-Oriented Vocational Training project aims to respond to the request made by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) for Donor contributions to the initiative supporting the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector in Jordan. The project supports the government of Jordan’s efforts to modernize its vocational sector. It contributes to Jordan’s vision of economic modernization by improving the vocational education and training system. It focuses on enhancing the quality of training, linking training to job opportunities in the private sector and recruiting more women to Technical and Vocational Education and Training opportunities. As part of a multi-donor initiative, this grant benefits at least 2,500 teachers at vocational training institutes, 1,800 university teaching staff, 250 specialists and managers in line ministries and 400 company trainers.

The Feminist Solutions to Climate Change-Driven Food Insecurity (FEMIN-ACT) project aims to address Iraq’s poverty reduction and food insecurity in Iraq through an integrated approach to agricultural development. It aims to enhance the capacity of smallholder farmers to operationalize best practices of climate-smart agriculture, such as drip irrigation systems, reduced pesticide use and increased use of drought-resistant crop varieties. These techniques focus on reducing water consumption, increasing productivity, and boosting income, reducing poverty and increasing food security. Moreover, the project aims to enhance the participation of women alongside men farmers to fully engage in the agriculture field. It aims to create an enabling environment empowering women and youth to exercise their leadership potential through networking and collaboration with other farmers, farmers unions, and associations to connect, share knowledge, and enhance their capacity to make informed decisions. Finally, this project contributes to strengthening the knowledge and skills among food value chain actors to be more productive, market-integrated, and sustainable.

Country-level interventions will be implemented through a global program that will allow for a greater overall coherence and visibility of sectoral results achieved.

This project aims to increase the realization of social and labour rights of women paid care workers, specifically women early childhood development workers in Ecuador and Paraguay. Project activities include: (1) training women care workers on professional early childhood development skills and knowledge, gender equality, life skills, and labour and protection rights; (2) providing training and sensitization to communities and families, especially men, about gender equality, women’s labour rights, and equal distribution of unpaid care; (3) training and supporting women’s rights organizations on leadership, care economy, and evidenced-based advocacy; and (4) training government officials on culturally sensitive and gender-responsive policy implementation and service delivery for women paid care workers.

The project implementation is a collaboration between Plan International Canada, Plan International Ecuador and Plan International Paraguay who will co-implement this project with Asociación de Trabajadoras Remuneradas del Hogar del Ecuador and Asociación Solidaridad y Acción in Ecuador and Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones de Mujeres Trabajadoras Rurales e Indígenas and Asociación Mil Solidarios in Paraguay.

The project aims to reach 5,430 women early childhood development workers, with 2,780 in Ecuador and 2,650 in Paraguay. It also seeks to indirectly impact 13,570 individuals, with 4,470 in Ecuador (2,272 women) and 9,100 in Paraguay (4,770 women).