Geographic Area: Governorate of Giza

Area of Development: Support to the economic and productive system

Sector: Development of small and micro enterprises

Executive body: DGCS and NGO: MOVIMONDO

Institutional counterpart: Ministry of Social Affairs

Other funding parties: NGO Movimondo and local partner SECDA

Beneficiaries: Small and micro enterprises of 6 districts of Giza, local communities 

Period of implementation: 2002 - 2004 

Amount and nature of the funds: Bilateral channel - 1,424,509.50 € (project promoted)

Objective: Contributing to the development of small and micro enterprises and spreading the culture of associationism

Description of the project:

The project aims at improving the potentials of the micro-credit system of the Poverty Alleviation Program in the Governorate of Giza. The intervention aims at establishing 4 service centers in the Community Development Associations that manage the rotating fund of the micro-credit. These centers will be responsible for delivering services of legal, fiscal, managerial and financial assistance. Moreover, the centers are working for the development of the forms of cooperation between micro-enterprises and handicraft workers and for spreading the industrial culture among the entrepreneurs.

Moreover, the project aims at promoting the territorial partnership in the Mediterranean region, arranging exchanges of small Egyptian entrepreneurs and local operators in Italy through managerial training courses and the promotion of economic and social growth.