Aiming at empowering local communities in five Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC): Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon and Palestine, through capacity building activities in business-oriented as well as handcrafting techniques, and through micro-funding, MedBEESinessHubs supports the creation and upgrading of Micro-Small-Medium sized Enterprises (MSMEs) operating in the Bee-Economy.
Apiculture, as an existing activity in the target regions, will be developed as a tool for economic growth under the notion of cooperation, necessary to support private enterprises and the trickle effects of the concept at the sustainable destination level. The final aim: to establish the Mediterranean BEEsiness Hubs, comprising of five clusters of bee-businesses, supporting not only individual job creation but also regional tourism growth, reverting the regional isolation and the current lack of a sustainable destination theme.
In light of this, the MedBEESinessHubs project is launching a call for proposals in all participating partner countries to award subgrants of €264,700 value to enterprises (micro SMEs), NGOs, and natural persons, particularly to young people and women in rural areas.
Calls for proposals are now open. All interested parties must download the full set of the sub-grant documents (available in English and national language) by clicking below links:
Call for proposals for Lebanon
Call for proposals for Palestine
Deadline for applications is Wednesday 10th May 2023, at 17:00 CET.