The Training courses on “Soft skills and promotion of self-confidence and mutual trust” and “enhancement of the governance of existing cooperatives and women associations” took place in  November and December 2020 in Palestine. The two trainings, organized by Ministry of Agriculture of Palestine with the collaboration of The Palestinian Businesswomen’s Association- ASALA, involved 54 rural women from Jerusalem, Hebron and Nablus areas, for a total duration of six days. The targeted participants were women entrepreneurs willing to further develop their existing business ideas, workers...

The GEMAISA Palestine team organized, in collaboration with the Palestinian Businesswomen’s Association – ASALA, a training on “Small Businesses Management Skills” that took place in October 2020 in the three project’ target governorates : Nablus, Jerusalem and Hebron. The training focused on the following topics: Marketing principles and steps for creation and development of small businesses;Business management, budgeting, marketing, pricing different types of bank accounts and how to manage savings;How to identify weaknesses in a business project and how to address them in the best...

The technical training on grapes processing took place in Beit Ummar (Hebron)during the month of October 2019. The training, organized by the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), was held by Eng. Fuad Alqraa and involved 20 members of women’s association from Beit Ummar. The training was structured in four sessions and aimed at:  Providing an introduction to grape processing focusing on different types of processing methods and products (jams, juices etc.) and safety and quality standards;Analyzing and assessing women’s current production methods and addressing the main...

A series of three “Nutrition & food safety” workshops took place in Beit Ummar (Hebron), Nassarya (Nablus) and Beit Duku (Jerusalem), Palestine, respectively on 24th April, 3rd to 4th September and 11th to 12th September 2019. Organized by the PalestinianMinistry of Agriculture (MoA), and held by Lina Baher, specialist in nutrition and food safety, the workshops were aimed at the women beneficiaries of the GEMAISA2 project in the target areas. The three workshops were divided in two sessions: the first focused on general concepts of nutrition and food safety, the second on traditional...