From Survival to Civic Participation and Youth Empowerment in Gaza

The project supports Gaza's young people in moving from day-to-day survival under war to active participation in rebuilding their society, by equipping them with entrepreneurship and civic-participation tools.

Funded by

Atlas Network

Duration

18 months

Start

2025-07-01

End

2027-01-01

Location

Gaza Strip

Partner

شبكة أطلس — Atlas Network

Goals

• Support small youth entrepreneurship projects as a tool for economic recovery.
• Build a qualified cohort of young people able to take part in rebuilding civil society.
• Document informal economic adaptation models and publish them as a policy reference.

Activities

• Training programmes in entrepreneurship and financial management for small businesses.
• Small grants supporting young people's economic initiatives.
• Dialogue forums on the role of young people in rebuilding.

Outputs

• Research paper: 'Entrepreneurship for Survival in Gaza' (June 2026).
• Support for 200 small youth-led projects.
• A proposed economic policy framework for youth recovery.

Who it is for

• Youth of the Gaza Strip
• Young entrepreneurs
• Gaza civil society