The main objective of this study was to analyze the UNHCR operations in relation to global best practices in entrepreneurship and inclusion of vulnerable individuals, and provide strategic guidance to UNHCR with a global roadmap for actions related to entrepreneurship among refugees.

The research was conducted between January and June 2020, covering 10 countries. It produced concrete recommendations to build a more coherent support pathway for entrepreneurs and highlighted the need to offer more support to their businesses after launch, to increase their resilience and growth potential. Impact Hub Siracusa played a scientific supervisory role in this research.

For the YPE project implemented by Oxfam Denmark, Impact Hub Sicily coordinated an international research team (with experts from Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Egypt and Italy) to conduct a market research of innovative companies for women and young people in four countries of the southern Mediterranean involved in the programme.

Evaluation carried out by Impact Hub Sicily of two cycles of projects on capacity building program and knowledge-sharing platform for next-generation indigenous leaders, from July 2018 to December 2024.

From 2017 to 2022, for over five years, the YPE programme designed and implemented paths of job creation in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. Three dimensions have been explored by the Impact and Outcome assessment: assessment of the impact achieved of YPE according to the overall engagement objectives…

As part of the actions envisaged within the “QUI, un Quartiere per crescere” Program, Impact Hub Sicily was appointed by Save the Children as a Territorial Observer to conduct a Child Rights Situation Analysis (CRSA) in the ZEN2 neighborhood of Palermo.