Urban Projects

Urban Projects

This type of projects intends to improve the living conditions for the Old Core inhabitants, reduce tremendously the health and safety hazards as a result of the installation of underground systems for sewage, water, electricity and telephones, rehabilitate the street network connected with the old core and install a new infrastructure, rehabilitate facades of buildings in project area, and most importantly is the contribution to job creation in an economically depressed area.

Project Area: Beit Jala Old Core
Funding: Grant from the Government of Austria
Beneficiaries: One hundred and eighty families living in the project area
Jobs Created: 9,000 man/days
Completed: March 2003

Project Area: Bethlehem Old Core
Donor: World Bank loan to the PNA
Beneficiaries: The inhabitants of the neighbourhood
Jobs Created: 6,500 man/days
Completed: June 2003

Project Area: Bethlehem Old Core
Funding: World Bank loan to the PNA
Beneficiaries: The inhabitants of the neighborhood
Jobs Created: 3,100 man/days
Completed: November 2003

Project Area: Beit Fajjar
Funding: Grant from KFW through UNDP
Beneficiaries: Village inhabitants
Jobs Created: 1,600 man/days
Completed: September 2005

Project Area: Bethlehem Old Core
Funding: Grant from USAID
Beneficiaries: Inhabitants of Star Street
Jobs Created: 200 man/days
Completed: January 2005

Project Area: Battir Old Core
Donor: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Beneficiaries: The inhabitants of the neighbourhood
Jobs Created: 3,709 man/days
Completed: October 2008

Project Area: Battir Historic Centre
Donor:

The British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund in partnership with Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS)

Beneficiaries: The inhabitants of the neighbourhood and visitors
Jobs Created: 960 man/days
Completed: March 2017

Project Area: Aboud Historic Centre
Donor:

Municipal Development & Lending Fund (MD&LF)
Municipal Development Program MDPII

Beneficiaries: The inhabitants of the neighbourhood and visitors
Jobs Created: 990 man/days
Completed: March 2017

Project Area: Bani Na’im
Donor:

Municipal Development & Lending Fund (MD&LF)
Municipal Development Program MDPII

Beneficiaries: The inhabitants of the neighbourhood and visitors
Jobs Created: 470 man/days
Completed: April 2017

Project Area: Bethlehem Historic Centre
Donor:

The Government of the Russian Federation

Beneficiaries: The inhabitants of the neighbourhood and visitors
Jobs Created: 2,500 man/days
Completed: January 2020

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