Palestinian Startup Support Program (PASS)
The Palestinian Startup Support Program-PASS, is a comprehensive program funded by the Korean Agency for International Cooperation-KOICA. The project aims to help catalyze job creation and employment through the vitalization of the start-up ecosystem in the West bank and East Jerusalem. As such PASS is the first project that allows Palestinian entrepreneurs and start-ups to acquire the required assistance, training, coaching, and linkages at any stage of the start-up life cycle.
The project aims to help catalyze job creation and employment through the vitalization of startup ecosystem in West Bank, and East Jerusalem. In order to be able to achieve this objective, the project will target not only the entrepreneurs, but also the educational system responsible for promoting the value of innovation and entrepreneurship.
The project will enhance the capacity of entrepreneurship for universities & students through the introduction of a multidisciplinary capstone program which will expose students to real life problems faced by industry and business, and organize student teams to address these problems and identify potential solutions that are applicable and economically feasible. This program will improve the students analytical and problem-solving skills as well as teamwork and communication, while exposing them to real life problems requiring concrete solutions. Additionally, the project will address the development of innovation within the Palestinian higher education sector through supporting innovative projects implemented within universities. By promoting the development of such projects and their subsequent commercialization the project helps promote high value-added entrepreneurship. To further develop entrepreneurship, the project will Identify and develop viable business ideas among young Palestinian entrepreneurs. It will provide support to these entrepreneurs through skills development and coaching based on modern startup development approaches to refine their business ideas. Those entrepreneurs that succeed in refining their ideas will benefit from opportunities to boost early-stage startups and accelerate startups growth.
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