The Arab American University launched the activities of the training program, for five days, entitled "For the Sake of Employment", targeting university graduates. The training program is held in partnership with the United Nations Development Program / Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People UNDP, and in cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the Palestinian partner universities, funded by the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency SDC.
The program comes within the partnership of the Hassib Sabbagh IT Center of Excellence at the Arab American University to implement the project of the universities that Lead Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
The program aims, as pointed out by the Director of the Hassib Sabbagh Center, Dr. Mays Awwad, to contribute to creating new job opportunities, and to enhance the economic empowerment of youth and women by strengthening the support provided for Palestinian startups and entrepreneurs.
Dr. Awwad added that the program also aims to enhance cooperation with the supporters of innovation by strengthening the complementary links between the academic sectors, the private sector and business incubators. She explained that the program will include many theoretical and practical lectures in a scientific and elaborate manner, so that it enables the graduates economically and encourages them to be productive leaders.