Working hand-in-hand with EVPA at the regional level to bring its experience and expertise in direct engagement with impact businesses.
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MENA’s most impactful organisations and seasoned European players come together to drive impact further and wider: that’s Impact Together!
By launching new impact funds and developing a lively community of impact players, we aim to establish a firm base for social enterprises to build on.
What to expect from this project?
> We will launch new impact funds and optimise existing ones, with smarter use of EU funding
> We will build a thriving community of impact people, with networking, events and a meaningful exchange of global perspectives
> We will get new impact stakeholders up to speed, with tailored education opportunities and peer learning
> We will enhance policy dialogue so policymakers, businesses, local actors and social partners co-operate and share their experience at the national, regional and EU levels – and beyond!
> We will look to raise awareness about the achievements of impact players in the region – because these are the stories the impact world needs to hear!
Our Partners
To implement our market building efforts on the ground, in addition to the EU, we have partnered with a growing list of invaluable partners.
In the Impact Togther! project in the MENA region, they are:
Hivos Foundation
Regional
Impact Partner
Tunisia
Building impact investor communities to mobilise local and diaspora resources; creating a sustainable flow of financing for impact businesses.
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Palestine
Mobilising local resources and decreasing reliance on aid and external funding; sharing solutions that work in a politically and economically challenging environment.
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Morocco
Developing a financing vehicle and offering financing to social enterprises; mobilising local donors and potential impact investors.
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Lebanon & Jordan
Strengthening activities in Lebanon, investing in promising impact businesses; establishing a local presence in Jordan, with first investments in Jordanian social enterprises.
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Egypt
Focusing on investor networks and impact investment awareness, social entrepreneurship support and capacity building.
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This project is funded by the European Union. The Member States of the European Union have decided to link together their know-how, resources and destinies. Together, they have built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. The European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders.