Exploring The Intersection Of Climate Change And Mobility Dynamics
Exploring The Intersection Of Climate Change And Mobility Dynamics
Migration and mobility are key considerations with regard to the impact of climate change. In the Middle East, a region of large-scale internal, intra-regional and inter-regional migration, the implications are varied and complex. Expectation State (ES) collaborated with The Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) to assess the nexus between climate change and migration in the Middle East. The initiative, funded by the Danish Refugee Council, assessed Read More
Mapping the Creative Economy In Jordan
Arts, culture, and the creative economy are inherently diverse, subjective, challenging to define. It’s a sector we’re passionate about! Expectation State and Drosos Foundation are teaming up to carry out a baseline study and map out Jordan's current creative economy Read More
Bridging Finance Gaps And Empowering Jordanian SMEs
Youth and women can be a driving force for Jordan’s private-sector development and an engine for job creation, provided that the challenges they meet in starting or growing a business are addressed. Expectation State is partnering with the United Nations Read More
Innovative Finance In Lebanon To Leverage SMEs Recovery
Lebanon has been subjected to multiple crises since 2019, with the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2020 Beirut port explosion further exacerbating its financial and economic decline. This decline has had a huge impact on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), in Read More
Fostering the Growth Of MSMEs In Jordan
Micro and Small-sized Enterprises are an essential driver of employment and economic stability in Jordan. The sector requires assistance to keep businesses afloat, as well as systems-level interventions to address longstanding barriers to MSE resilience, formalisation, and growth. Expectation State Read More
Assessing the Impact of the Benefits of Accreditation in the Arab Region
In recent years, the Arab region has experienced drastic changes, with a heightened focus on economic development, trade, and the growth of the private sector. The Arab Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC) was created in order to encourage the harmonisation and mutual Read More
Providing Comprehensive Investment Support to the Government of Tunisia
As part of national efforts to change and improve Tunisia's investment landscape and its global implications, Expectation State, funded by the UK Government, delivered a multi-year programme to enhance and facilitate foreign investment into the country. The programme provided support Read More
Establishing a Private Sector Support Unit in Tunisia
In collaboration with the UK-government, we spearheaded the development of a Tunisian Private Sector Support Unit to support the engagement of investors and the private sector in Tunisia in the face of Covid-19. This platform allowed both local and foreign Read More
Increasing access to finance for formal and informal businesses in Jordan
Informal Livelihoods Advancement Activity (Iqlaa) is a five-year USAID-funded program supporting Jordan's Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). Iqlaع aims to meet the immediate needs of formal and informal MSEs following the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, while building stable foundations from which Read More
Assessing the Feasibility of a Blockchain-enabled Stock Exchange
We were commissioned by GIZ to conduct an economic, legal and technological feasibility study and roadmap for the creation of a digital, blockchain-enabled compartment for start-up financing at the Tunisian Stock Exchange (TSE). From 2021-2022, we explored the possibility of Read More