Mediterranean and Middle East, Africa

Country Projects Date Funding Agency Role, Project Budget

Turkey

“Women Empowerment – an Integrated Project to Reduce Social Marginality and Promote Income Generating Opportunities for Most Vulnerable Women of Gecekondu Areas”
Objective is develop and strengthen and the capacities of Izmir service providers so that to better respond to the needs of vulnerable groups such as women through service development, increased employability and entrepreneurial expertise

FROM 11/2016
TO 10/2017

EU-EuropeAid
IPA

Leader,
291.950 €

Turkey

“TA for the operation of “My bee, my honey, my honeycomb”
The purpose of this contract is to enhance the competitiveness of the SMEs in Apiculture Sector in the target provinces of Ordu, Samsun, Sinop, Giresun, Trabzon, Rize. The project is a two-component technical assistance (TA), to develop the Regional Apiculture Network, and operationalise it in an efficient, effective and sustainable manner

FROM 12/2016
TO 05/2018

EU-EuropeAid
IPA

Leader,
1.539.000 €

Turkey

“Increasing Adaptability of Employees and Employers With A Social Dialogue Approach”
The objective of this contract is to increase the adaptability, qualifications and competence of employers, employees and employee representatives

FROM 04/2016
TO 01/2018

EU-EuropeAid
IPA

Partner, 3.725.710,48 €

Turkey

TR Career Employ – Technical Assistance for Provision of Career Services Through Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Model
The overall objective of the contract is to attract and retain more people in employment by promoting integration of the young people into the labour market”. The purpose is to ease students/newly-graduates’ transition to the world of work through career services at the universities in the TR21 (Edirne, Kırklareli, Tekirdağ) NUTS II Region.

FROM 01/2016
TO 09/2017

EU-EuropeAid
IPA

Partner, 3.055.759 €

Turkey

Technical Assistance for Expansion of Van Enterprise Development Centre
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the socio-economic development of Van and the region. The purpose of the action is to strengthen entrepreneurship in Van and the region

FROM 12/2015
TO 12/2017

EU-EuropeAid
IPA

Partner,
1.645.040 €

Ethiopia

Ethiopia: TA Support To The Implementation Of The Transformation Triggering Facility
The TTF is a pilot project to support Ethiopia in its economic transformation. TTF aims to contribute to transformative and poverty reducing growth targets of the country’s development strategy.

FROM 12/2013
TO 09/2017

EU-EuropeAid
EDF

Partner, 4,980,000 €

Seychelles Seychelles
alliance for women’s empowerment

Project objective
is to contribute
to poverty alleviation in
the Republic of Seychelles,
through capacity building of
selected Local Actors and
Non State Actors and through enhancement of social dialogue.

FROM 01/2012
TO 08/2013 		EU-EuropeAid
IPA Non
State Actors 		Leader, 132.972 €
Turkey Civil
Society Dialogue – EU-Turkish Chambers
Forum-II: EU-TURKEY CHAMBERS PARTNERSHIP
GRANT SCHEME.

Overall objectives:
Increase the number
of competitive and
environment friendly
companies in Sivas
Area; Enhance public awareness
toward sustainable development issues giving visibility
to the phenomenon; Strengthen the cooperation
between Turkish
and EU Chambers
through partnership.

FROM 4/12/2012

TO 3/12/2013

Eurochambres CFCU Leader,

166.342 €

Turkey Youth
Empowerment
– An Integrated
Project
to Sustain
Youth Entrepreneurship Development

The Specific
objective is
to increase the number
of young entrepreneurs
in Trabzon region
by encouraging the start
up of new businesses
through the
provision of support
services by Trabzon
CCI and networked relevant actors.

FROM 10/2010
TO 11/2011 		EC-founded Human Resources Development
Operational Programme

IPA
Component IV

Partner,

297.436 €

Turkey IPA
—
Enlargement
of
the European–Turkish
business
Centres
network to
Sivas, Antakya,
Batman
and Van

The purpose
of the project is
to increase the
competitiveness of the Turkish SMEs
at selected provinces by
supporting and assisting
their general business
operations and processes.

FROM 07/2011
TO 07/2014 		EU- EuropeAid
Instrument of Pre- Accession (IPA) 		Leader,

6.390.000 €

Jordan “Multiple Framework
Contract for
Modernisation of Services and Manufacturing sectors Jordan Enterprise Framework Contract – JE FWC”
 		FROM 07/2010
TO 07/2012 		EU-EuropeAid Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) Leader, Budget: individual requests
Autonomous Regions of Kurdistan (Iraq) “Project
of
cooperation
and
economic
integration
between
Lombardy Region and Kurdistan”

The project aims to implement initiatives in support of bilateral economic exchanges and development in Lombardy and the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan.

FROM 12/2010
TO 02/2011 		Lombardy Region, ICE,
(Amman Office) 		Leader,

20.000 €

Egypt “Technical Educational Clusters for
Employment in
the sectors
of Mechanics and Textile”

The feasibility study project was aimed at the definition of a set of services requested
for the establishment of
Technical Educational Clusters.

FROM 09/2008
TO 02/2009 		Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Debt Swap Programme Leader,

56.000 €

Turkey “W-
Empowerment -Boosting
Women
Entrepreneurship through Capacities,
Services and
Partnership
Building
in Konya”

This partnership
programme was aimed at
implementing new services dedicated
to supporting female
entrepreneurship and
to strengthening the image of women in business.

FROM 12/2008
TO 11/2009 		EU-Turkley Chamber Forum Eurochambres Leader, 106.994 €
Turkey “Technical
Assistance
for preparation
of
Terms
of
Reference,
Technical Specifications and
Market
Survey
within the
scope
of
the project
“TR 0602.05, Support to the
Solution
of
Economic
and
Social
Integration Problems in
Istanbul,
Izmir,
Ankara
and
Bursa
as
Major
In-Migrant Destinations”

The objectives
of this assignment foresee
the preparation of
the Terms of
Reference for the
Service tender and the Market
Survey and Technical Specifications
for the Supply Tender.

FROM 05/2007
TO 09/2008 		EU- EuropeAid
Framework Contract Benef Lot 9- 		Leader,

104.106 €

Turkey “Technical
Assistance
for Development
of
Incubation
Centres
for Supporting Women Entrepreneurship”

The overall
objective of the programme
is to
support women entrepreneurship and to encourage
them to play a more active role in business
through the
provision of entrepreneurship
and management consultancy.

FROM 12/2007
TO 03/2009 		EU- EuropeAid
MEDA

Programme

Partner,

1.763.500 €

Syria “SME Support Programme in Syria”

The
overall objective is
to contribute to
economic growth in
Syria, by improving the
competitiveness of the Syrian
SME sector.

FROM 10/2006
TO 03/2010 		EU- EuropeAid
MEDA

Programme

Partner, 10.139.800 €
Syria “How to Build a Fashion Collection in Home Textiles”

The
specific objective of this assignment is
to raise the
know-how of creating and
developing a
full fashion collection
in Home Textiles.

FROM 03/2006

TO 04/2006

EU- EuropeAid
Framework Contract Benef Lot 10 		Leader,

40.000 €

Egypt “Developing the Export Capacity of Egyptian Own Brand Textiles”

The main contract
objective is to
contribute towards increasing export sales
of the Egyptian Textile
industry by the establishment
of a
creative textile design capability in the industry.

FROM 07/2004
TO 01/2006 		EU- EuropeAid MEDA Programme Partner,

1.000.000 €

Egypt “EBIS
Programme
–
Egyptian
Business Institutional Support”

As part of the EBIS programme, a number of organizations will be provided individual
consultancy support to
formulate an Egypt
– EU partnership proposal (twinning).

FROM 2004

TO 2004

EBIS Programme Eurochambres Leader,

19.000 €

Morocco “Mise en
route
du
centre
technique
du
textile
et
de
l’habillement”

Project
consisted of
assisting the Technical
Centre for Textile and
Clothing (CTTH)
in Casablanca to
formulate the future
consulting services to support SMEs in the textile and clothing sector. 		FROM 03/2006
TO 08/2006 		EU- EuropeAid
Framework Contract Benef Lot 10 		Leader,

100.000 €

Lebanon “Support to the
National
Cluster Initiative (NCI) in the Fashion
Sector”

Project
consisted of
three phases :1) Planning
the quantitative study.
2) Implementing the quantitative study. 3) Formulating a plan for the cluster. 		FROM 09/2005
TO 06/2006 		EU- EuropeAid
Framework Contract AMS/451 Lot 10 		Leader,

143.000 €

Egypt “EJBAcademy –
Designing
new
initiatives
to promote
entrepreneurial culture”

Project
objective was to support
the Egyptian Junior Business
Association(EJBA) in
designing innovative services.

FROM 2004

TO 2005

Eurochambres EU MEDA

Programme

Leader, 94.980 €
Morocco Tunisia, Italy, Spain “Training
programme for
networking development
between
European enterprises and
young
professionals
from Maghreb”

The project
objective was to
contribute to the enhancement
of the economic
and socio-cultural relations between the
selected European regions and those of the Southern basin of the Mediterranean.

FROM 01/2003
TO 12/2004 		EU- EuropeAid
ERDF
Interreg III 		Partner,

499.500 €

Tunisia, Morocco Spain,
Italy France, Hungary, Poland, Romania 		“Note
Argumentaire
comparative sur
le
secteur
de
la Plasturgie”

The
project aimed at analyzing
the international competitiveness of Tunisia
plastics processing sector.

FROM 2003

TO 2003

EU- EuropeAid
Framework Contract AMS/451 – Lot 10 		Leader,

140.000 €

Morocco “Women
Enterprise Creation”

Objective
was to set up an information
and training Centre
for women would be entrepreneurs at the Rabat Chamber of Commerce.

FROM 2000

TO 2000

Eurochambres

Archimede Programme

Leader,

20.000 €