The Economic and Social Fund For Development

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27/05/2021 - 4:21pm

 

The Economic and Social Fund for Development (ESFD) is a governmental entity for poverty alleviation, funded in 2002 by the European Union and backed by the Government of Lebanon. The ESFD aims at enhancing job opportunities in the disadvantaged areas of Lebanon through the provision of loans to small and medium-sized enterprises and capacity development to individual entrepreneurs.

The ESFD also contributes in improving living conditions of the poorest and most deprived communities in Lebanon, by providing grants and technical assistance to municipalities serving as the link between the ESFD and local communities. It also contributes in responding to Syrian refugees’ crisis through improving infrastructure and reviving local economies.

 

 

صندوق التنمية الإقتصادية والإجتماعية هو هيئة حكومية، هدفه التخفيف من حدة الفقر. تمّ إنشاء الصندوق في العام 2002 بتمويل من الاتحاد الأوروبي وبدعم من الحكومة اللبنانية.

يسعى الصندوق الى زيادة فرص العمل في المناطق المهمّشة في لبنان من خلال توفير قروض للمؤسسات الصغيرة والمتوسطة، الى جانب تنمية قدرات أصحاب المشاريع الخاصة والفردية.

كما يساهم الصندوق في تحسين الظروف المعيشية للمجتمعات المحلية الأشد فقراً وحرماناً في لبنان، من خلال تقديم هبات وتوفير المساعدة الفنية للبلديات كونها تشكّل صلة الوصل بين الصندوق والمجتمعات المحلية. ويُساهم الصندوق أيضاً في التخفيف من حدة أزمة اللاجئين السوريين وفي الاستجابة لها من خلال تحسين البنى التحتية للمجتمعات اللبنانية وإنعاش الاقتصادات المحلية.

 

Acronym: 
ESFD
Organisation Type: 
Local Municipality/Government Body
Founding Year: 
2002
Country of Origin: 
LB
Scope: 
National
Country/ies of Operation: 
Lebanon
Intervention Sector(s): 
Agriculture
Children & Youth
Development
Education
Health
Contact person's position: 
PR and Communication Officer
Contact person's email: 
Contact person's phone number: 
N/A
Address: 
Building M, 3rd floor
Weygand Street, Beirut Souks
Beirut , Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: +961 1 986201/2/3/4/5
Fax: +961 1 986206
Beirut LB
City: 
Beirut
Street: 
Weygand Street, Beirut Souks
Phone: 
+961 1 986201/2/3/4/5
Fax: 
+961 1 986206
Contact person's name: 
Diana Lahoud
Partnerships: 
N/A

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The trainer will provide a training module to a group of 18 trainees. The training modules identified in this project are the following:

a. Soft skills:
- English technical language
- Microsoft office
- Communication

b. Occupational skills:
- M1-Industrial Maintenance (Welding Arc & oxy-acetylene /Basic level, Tig &MiG welding/Basic level, and Production chain services/Basic level)
- M2- International Gastronomy (International cuisine and International pastry)
- M3- Cheese production (Lebanese Cheeses, International Cheeses, and Food safety)

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The Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI), has received a grant from the EU, through the “Council for development & Reconstruction” (CDR)/ “Economic and Social Fund for development” (ESFD), to implement over a period of 2 years, a project aiming at supporting industries, along the Litani River to:
- become environmentally compliant, by bringing their effluent discharges towards compliance with the Environment national standards.
-optimize their operations, scale up and grow their businesses to sustain &/or create jobs.
In order to achieve the above objectives, ALI is looking to hir

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