| Location: | Nouakchott- Mauritania | Term of Cooperation: Year: 2019 August 19-26 |
| Implementing Organizations: | Palestinian International Cooperation Agency – PICA Takaful Institute for Development | SDG:  |
| Background: | Establishing startups and building new businesses has an essential positive role in the economy. Therefore, PICA’s strategy included to penetrate this field, and implemented a pilot project in Nouakchott to train around 40 trainees on how to write their business plan as a first step to start new business. | |
| Purpose: | This mission aimed at supporting the ongoing efforts of the Mauritanian government and civil society to enhance the economy by creating new jobs. | |
| Outputs: | 1. Implementing a Training of 40 trainees on business plan contents. 2. Coaching the trainees while they are writing and studying their ideas. 3. Nine projects were presented in the final day. | |
| Activities: | The course was held during five teaching days and additional day for presenting the teams projects. | |
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| Beneficiaries: | Mauritanian Youth |