Young Entrepreneurs from Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon Trained in Japan

UNITAR Division for Prosperity will hold the first in-person workshop in Japan for Great Ideas Space: Entrepreneurship for Public Health and COVID-19 Recovery in Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon. The programme trains entrepreneurs and founders of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) so they have greater knowledge, skills and networks to develop and run business projects that address challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and contribute to building a resilient health sector in their communities.

This programme has three phases and combines both online and in-person learning. It was launched in September 2022 with 189 participants from Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon.

During the first phase, participants learned about the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, innovation and public health. 122 participants who completed the first phase continued to the second phase, in which they built leadership skills and learned about challenges and opportunities in digital health and healthcare innovations.