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Silatech is a social initiative that was established in 2008 to help create jobs and expand economic opportunities for young people. According to its Website, the organization "promotes large-scale job creation, entrepreneurship, access to capital and markets, and the participation and engagement of young people in economic and social development throughout the Arab world."

Mission
Silatech's mission is "To connect young people with improved opportunities for employment, enterprise and civic engagement. We do this by mobilizing knowledge, investment, technology and networks, and by influencing mindsets and policies that are key to unlocking wider impact."

Core Program Areas

 * Employment: Helping young people transition to work through access to career guidance, skills development, work experience and income-generating work activities.
 * Enterprise: Enabling young entrepreneurs and youth-relevant micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to start, succeed and scale by providing access to capital, business development services and markets.
 * Engagement: Promoting the civic capacity of Arab youth in order to enable their constructive engagement in the socioeconomic development of their societies.


 * Microfinance
 * Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Growth Fund(SME)
 * The Knowledge Consortium
 * The Silatech Index
 * Taqeem