Technology for Youth and Jobs

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The development objective of the Technology for Youth and Jobs Project for West Bank and Gaza is to increase economic opportunities for information technology (IT) service firms in the West Bank and Gaza. The project comprises of four components. The first component, improving IT service capabilities, will strengthen the technological and human capabilities of firms and their workforce. The second component, improving the IT services ecosystem, will support the entry of new actors in the IT ecosystem, who will support and complement existing actors. The third component, improving market access and increasing demand and investments, will stimulate demand through international market linkages, and will stimulate investment in the IT services ecosystem by encouraging foreign direct investment (FDI) in the West Bank and Gaza. The fourth component, project management and implementation support, will finance project management and monitoring (cost of the project implementing agency (PIA)) as well as technical assistance to the ministry of telecommunication and information technology (MTIT).