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. The research includes an analysis of market demand, market services, skills gaps in the ecosystem and identifies the role of the private sector, social barriers and opportunities for Oxfam to play a facilitator role in the existing ecosystem.