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 Sahour Historic Centre |
| Donor: | Italian Government - Italian General Consulate in Jerusalem through PMSP |
| New Function: | Public square |
| Beneficiaries: | Locals, tourists, pilgrimage |
| Jobs Created: | 2,600 working days |
| Completed: | February 2013 |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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 |
