MedUP! Promoting Social Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean Region project

Saving and credit cooperatives can be an important financial tool for people on low incomes. However, these cooperatives come with certain challenges that can hinder their usefulness to their members and wider society. The Union of Cooperative Associations for Saving and Credit (UCASC) was established in 2005 to address these issues. Now the national legal […]

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in local-level economic development. Access to finance is essential for SMEs to grow and innovate. In Tunisia, SMEs face a lack of support on financing. To address this issue, Oxfam in Tunisia works with the organization Impact Partner, which has supported a group of women pottery […]

Social enterprises in Lebanon operate under a weak regulatory framework and face a number of operational and policy-level challenges. Gaps in services mean it is difficult for them to function effectively, and there is a need for a coordination platform that can facilitate improvements in the social enterprise ecosystem. The needs of social enterprises are […]