Title: Sustainable innovation and employment
Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Country: Algeria
Lead executing agency: Ministère de l’Industrie et des Mines (MIM)
Overall term: 2013 to 2016
Context
The Algerian economy's key challenge is to create enough jobs - in particular for young people, who make up the majority of the population. The country's government is increasingly promoting entrepreneurship and the private sector's diversification.
Objective
The Algerian private sector can create new jobs.
Approach
The programme supports
• the development dialogue promoting innovation and entrepreneurship,
• innovation networks, and
• services for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and mentoring for startups.
With its activities, the programme aims to promote the adoption of a national innovation strategy and the establishment of multi-stakeholder networks in sectors of the green economy. It also encourages the provision of new services and the foundation of new companies.