Ibtikar for Empowerment and Social Entrepreneurship

Ibtikar is a Palestinian NGO that was established in 2019 in Bethlehem-Palestine. Ibtikar offers ‎innovative youth programs, corporate training sessions, consulting services to foster social ‎innovation and entrepreneurship in the community, and promotes education for social innovation ‎and social Entrepreneurship on the one side. One the other side, Ibtikar develops educational ‎based programs for teachers and students to inspire their education atmosphere for a better ‎qualitative one. Strategically, Ibtikar aspires to contribute to enabling Palestinians to use ‎their creativity to respond to social issues and contribute effectively to building a fairer, more ‎caring, and equal society. ‎ We believe that education for social innovation and equally accessible qualitative education ‎engenders wellbeing amongst young people, women and the whole Palestinian community and ‎helps building a strong nation that is more inclusive, empathetic, and connected.‎‏ ‏‎ ‎ The Vision of Change: Ibtikar works to empower the next generation to address society’s needs ‎and achieve better wellbeing for all. ‎ The Mission of Ibtikar: Ibtikar connects, inspires, teachers, trains and mentors change agents and ‎innovators to become global problem solvers who can contribute to better Palestinian ‎entrepreneurship and educational eco-systems guided by the United Nation Sustainable ‎Development .‎ At Ibtikar, we work to empower and support teachers, students, young people and women to ‎realize their potential as social innovators and entrepreneurs, giving them the skills needed to ‎tackle the social issues they face in their communities. Ibtikar believes that young people and ‎women must lead the way in making the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals a reality. Each of the ‎Ibtikar’s project is a powerful tool to accelerate progress on these goals. Ibtikar’s strategy is aligned ‎with the U.N. transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Leave No-One Behind. ‎Furthermore, the strategy envisions Ibtikar taking new programmatic roles as a catalyst, enabler, ‎and facilitating change, aspiring to maximize impact and create social values. Ibtikar’s theory of ‎change identified three critical paths for supporting Palestinian people to enable collective impact: ‎ ‎1.‎ Education, Empowerment, Civic- Engagement; Ibtikar aspires to Improve quality standards ‎for the educational system in Palestine taking into considerations the main pillars of ‎creativity, social innovation, civic engagement and global citizenship education. All of this ‎based on Non- formal learning and education principles, including experiential and self-‎directed learning. ‎ SDGs, Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship; Ibtikar develops new and creative educational ‎approaches that strengthen the capacity, skills, and entrepreneurial mindsets of youth, women, ‎and children from all backgrounds. Ibtikar takes old ideas out of the box and reconstructs them in ‎a different shape encouraging our beneficiaries to rethink their practices, invent new ones, ‎experiment, and find new solutions to old problems. What Ibtikar provides under this pillar ‎complements the roles of the local and international incubators and accelerators in Palestine, in ‎the sense of providing pre and post incubation services for the social entrepreneurs through ‎enhancing their:‎ a.‎ Personal and Life Skills Development.‎ b.‎ Self-actualization c.‎ ‎ Peaceful and conflicts resolution skills ‎2.‎ and Advocacy for better inclusive educational and entrepreneurship ecosystems for all ‎Palestinians. ‎