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We develop higher education and entrepreneurship to empower young, ambitious people to lead their conflict affected societies into prosperity.

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  • burundi

    Burundi

  • liberia

    Liberia

  • occupied-palestinan-territories

    Occupied Palestinian Territories

  • yemen

    Yemen

  • kosovo

    Kosovo

  • rwanda

    Rwanda

  • kurdistaniraq

    Kurdistan/Iraq

  • somalia

    Somalia

  • syria

    Syria

  • serbia-2

    Serbia

  • tunisia

    Tunisia

  • lebanon

    Lebanon

  • turkey

    Turkey

  • jordan

    Jordan

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    The Netherlands

  • 12,278
    Jobs created
  • 1,015
    Jobs created for women
  • 2,601
    SMEs supported
  • 27,503
    Youth Trained

Our Entrepreneurs

  • Walaa Hamadeh

    Computer Science

    "Education is the foundation for any prosperous country"

  • Sucdi Abdillahi Omer

    Entrepreneur

    "I want to franchise my business"

  • Ihsan Zaghmout

    "Entrepreneurship is basically happiness."

  • Mohammed Noor Aldabbak

    Student

    "I want to be a community leader"

  • Dr. Mevludin Glavic

    Researcher

    "It was a surprise to see young people coming to risk their lives to help you"

  • Hayat Ahmed Abdi

    "Now I’m a manager of my own business instead of being employee"

  • Gloriose

    Entrepreneur

    "I love what I do: empowering women by bringing them together "

  • Alpha Kollie

    Founder

    "We want to go beyond our limits"

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    Want to work with us on creating entrepreneurship opportunities for youth? Become a SPARK partner, an expert, or join our team. We are always looking for enthusiastic people!

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    To track whether a SPARK project is achieving its goals we regularly evaluate and measure data. Read more about our indicators, how we measure them and what they mean.

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  • Get Involved


    Want to work with us on creating entrepreneurship opportunities for youth? Become a SPARK partner, an expert, or join our team. We are always looking for enthusiastic people!

    Read more

  • Transparency


    SPARK is committed to transparency. Through our transparency, SPARK provides a platform for open access to information for donors, partners, participants and the public.

  • Results


    To track whether a SPARK project is achieving its goals we regularly evaluate and measure data. Read more about our indicators, how we measure them and what they mean.

    Read more

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    News

    • October 4, 2019

      Flour power: Addressing food shortages in Burundi with new businesses

    • October 3, 2019

      PROSPECTS for refugee jobs: 250 stakeholders summit on next steps

    • October 3, 2019

      Between wars, rural farmers in Yemen and South Sudan become entrepreneurs

    Donors

    • EU Regional Trust Fund ‘Madad’
    • European Investment Bank
    • World Bank
    • European Commission
    • Embassy of Norway in Pristina
    • Qatar Fund for Development
    • Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce
    • Swiss Cooperation Office Kosovo

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