| Hiba Antoun/ Programs Manager | |||
| Name of responsible organization: Development for People and Nature Association (DPNA) | |||
| Website: www.dpna-lb.org | |||
| NATIONAL OR LOCAL | Local | ||
| Starting year | 2003 | End year | Until date |
| DPNA’s main pillar are: Socio-economic development, Providing Service for Human Dignity, Environemnt, and Good Governance. Under the “socio-conomic development” pillar, DPNA and since its establishment do design, implement, and evaluate projects related to the topic. The existing microfinance depend on the available funding at the time-period. In general, the microfinance measures we offer are: – Capacity building: this depends on the needs identified. Examples can be trainings on accounting, finance, etc; – Guidance and Follow-up: following up on the capacity building and ideation, experts can follow-up with the beneficiaries and guide to establish/develop their businesses; – In-kind grant (if stated in the project itself). |
What kind of activity does this measure finance?
| Creation of new businesses | Yes/No |
| Strengthening of existing businesses | Yes/No |
| Specific investments – specify type (i.e. innovation, research, environmental transition, hiring, internationalization, purchase of goods) | Yes/No |
| Training activities | Yes/No |
| Other (specify) | Yes/No |
What type of financing is it?
| Low-interest loan (indicate the repayment time and, if present, the requirement for collateral) | Yes/No If Yes, repayment time (years): If Yes, requirement for collateral: |
| Non-repayable grant (indicate the percentage of non-repayable fund) | Yes/No If Yes, percentage of non-repayable fund: |
| Tax credit | Yes/No |
| Other (specify) | Yes/No |
How does the activation of the measure work?
Depending on the project.
| One-stop means | |
| Call with closing date |
Financial entity of the measure (indicate the resources allocated)
| Overall amount | No specific amount. Depending on the submitted project. |
| % facilitation for each recipient | No specific amount. Depending on the submitted project. |
| Minimum amount that can be financed | No specific amount. Depending on the submitted project. |
| Maximum amount that can be financed | No specific amount. Depending on the submitted project. |
| Origin of financial resources (European, State, Regional authority, Municipal authority, other) | Depending on the open call for application. |
Type of funded social structure (indicate if belonging to a specific category is required in order, to access the measure)
| Female | Over 50 | Unemployed (specify any type) | Disadvantaged groups (specify type) | Youth (specify age range) | Other (specify) | |
| Individual | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Company | X | X | X | X | X |
Does the measure provide for accompaniment and training or only financial support?
| Financial support + accompaniment/training | Depending on the project granted activities. |
| Only Financial support | Depending on the project granted activities. |
Is the measure considered a good practice and as such replicable in other national and / or international contexts?
| YES | X |
How many initiatives have been financed in the last 3 years and for what economic amount?
Below details are related to a project we implemented with Palladium in Saida.
| Number of initiatives 89 NMSMEs | Total economic amount Between $500 – $3000 – depending on the size of the NMSME |
