New Citizens: employability program for young women in Lebanon Uudet kansalaiset: työllistämisohhelma nuorille naisille Libanonissa Two-year project to help Aymara women from 6 communities: Jucuri Ninacho Pastogrande Pizacavina Caluyo and Jucumarca. The beneficiaries will be provided with tools such as greenhouses that enhance their production possibilities. They will receive training 
in agriculture that improves their autonomy social role and environmental sustainability. The women will take part in workshops about running associations designing and implementing micro-projects applying for funds and making agreements. Planned Results:R
1. Creating Women's Associations (WA) that are legally established democratically organized and can run micro-projects. R2. Aymara women get competences in agriculture production that reinforce their social status. Activities by result:R1.A1. Workshops abo
ut human rights and gender equality. Topics include equality self-esteem leadership legal resources against domestic violence negotiation and fair division of responsibilities in the family.R1.A2. Workshops to form legally established Women's Associations.
 Supervised by legal experts that help designing statutes and rules registering the association. We will also support the WA's leaders to learn to run manage and organize the associations. R1.A3. Training about designing and implementing micro-projects. R2
.A1. Training in agricultural practices. The aim is to foster 10 concrete agricultural practices that aim to foster production and environmental sustainability.R2.A2. Workshops to improve marketing of products and designing new brand for their products. R2
.A3. Participation in Agricultural Meetings in the Urban and Suburban area and making contracts with firms and distributors to access new markets.R2.A4. Trainings in processing of vegetables I II and III.R2.A5. Introduction of new products to the market.AY
MI's Project Coordinator will be in charge distributing the materials hiring personnel and services keeping contact with the Women's Associations and local authorities. Inter-Cultur will monitor and support from Finland and through annual visits.These skil
ls together with the fact that distributed materials and competences are durable guarantee sustainability. Migration in Lebanon is growing due to the fact that only 20% of graduates find a job in Lebanon. This is due to the oversaturation in academic professions. Instead other professions are neglected. Less and less skilled women can be found in the service se
ctors (nursing hospitality tourism pedagogy etc.) despite an increased demand in these fields. This 2-year project aims at advising young women to find a job that better responds to their qualities and that matches the job market and simultaneouly activate
 other women for social entrepreneurship and responsible citizenship. The main beneficiaries are young women in the rural regions of KeserwanJbeil Batroun Bcharre and neighboring areas. The project will also benefit their families and rural communities. Ev
entually the volunteers joining the project will see their social entrepreneurial skills enhanced by the training and activities of the project.The project aims at strengthening gender equality at reducing inequality between rural and urban areas in Lebano
n and at fostering social and responsible citizenship amongst women in the country. The main expected outcomes of the project are:- Advising young women towards studies that match the job market- Fostering young women's social citizenship and enhancing the
ir social entrepreneurial skills.In order to accomplish Objective 1 orientation program material will be designed and advisory programs addressed to parents and young women together with a practical training program will be carried out. Objective 2 address
es female students to help them discover new areas of social action. Youth will receive voluntary service training in order to become participative in the solution making process of their country specifically discovering the needs and potentials of the rur
al areas where they can offer their professional knowledge and work in service of Lebanese society.The project is designed and carried-out by the Finnish NGO Inter-Cultur ry and the Lebanese association Promotion et Developpement Social (PRODES). Both inst
itutions have cooperated in previous projects and have a long expertise in vocational training related activities.