04.11.2021

Support for the food processing sector in Qalqilya, Palestine

On the 6th of October, experts from the Food Cluster of  Business Upper Austria conducted a virtual expert mission with Qalqilya municipality from Palestine, represented by Heidrun Hochreiter and Khaled Nazzal respectively.

As part of the learning process on local economic development and job creation in the MENA region, the representatives of Qalqilya municipality in Palestine have developed a project that aims at supporting home-based businesses in the food processing sector. To delve into innovative ideas that can strengthen their proposal, the municipal team from Qalqilya municipality participated in an expert mission led by Heidrun Hochreiter from the Food Cluster of Business Upper Austria.

The expert mission included a presentation from the representative of the municipality of Qalqilya (Khaled Nazzal), who provided an overview of the local strategy for economic development and the municipality’s potential role in supporting home-based businesses. The municipal strategy for local economic development encompasses three pillars: mitigation, international and local investments, and provision of infrastructure services.