“ SEEDS” SEEDing Successful young female entrepreneurs for a green world by regenerative agriculture

The aim of SEEDS is to increase and enhance capacities for entities located in MENA countries for vocational education and training, to increase working and work quality with Youth in a Green agriculture, following the principles of regenerative agriculture and to increase mobility for Youth workers into the Project partner countries. This leads by improvement of Youth work to increase their access to the labour market and their better self-identification in the society. Gender equality in economic activity can generate substantial macroeconomic gains. Yet, for the majority of women in MENA, significant improvement in education is not translating into more economic empowerment. The status of female labour force participation in MENA, including aspects reflecting women’s economic activity such as unemployment, occupational segregation, earnings, working condition, and entrepreneurship, including critical enabling factors such as access to assets and finance are a big problem which can be outdated by increasing knowledge, building skills and showing examples. SEEDS believe that girls, young females and finally women at home and in society should benefit of their agency and freedom of choice. Partners were selected to have coverage for all Southern Mediterranean area: Egypt, Tunis, Morocco. To support activities in MENA countries, much respected European entities, public and private, will act from Romania, Spain, Austria and Hungary, to be sure of a successful implementation of proposed actions and continuity. As primary objective, SEEDS will form young people, targeting mostly on female youth with fewer opportunities as to increase their level of competencies and foster their active participation in the society. The impact will be multiplied; trained youth in turn, will teach other young people from their communities to prepare and to start GREEN small businesses and REGENERATING farms to boost their already existing ones.