The Role of Business in Peacemaking
This paper, examining lessons from Cyprus, Northern Ireland, South Africa and the South Caucasus, focuses on different peacemaking approaches and specific activities that the business community undertook in each context. It considers what drove business to act and assesses what worked well and where lessons can be learnt for policymakers using economics in peacemaking, part of Portland’s […]
Acceleration of the Palestinian Tech Ecosystem
Portland is on track to support 300 jobs in Palestinian small and medium enterprises IT outsourcing (ITO) firms, based…
Loan Guarantees
Portland’s work saw a Palestinian Loan Guarantee Facility launched with $230m, providing loans from $10,000 to $500…
Rawabi
Rawabi is the first planned city for Palestinians and the largest private sector undertaking in Palestinian history…
Palestinian Agriculture Impact Fund
Portland spearheaded testing the feasibility of the first specialised agriculture impact fund in Palestine, in partnership…
Social Finance Israel
Portland, incubated Social Finance Israel to act as the country’s first social-financial intermediary. It now issues innovative…
Lotus Project for Orthodox Druze Women
Based in Isfiya, Portland supports Lotus, an NGO run by Druze women. The programme is creating the first generation…
Bridges Israel
Portland incubated Bridges Israel, a social venture fund which invests in for-profit, mission-driven businesses in the country’s…
Fursa
Fursa aims to provide a scalable solution for quality employment of talented young Arab-Israelis, who have graduated…
Pensions
Portland has a long history trying to craft a roadmap for a viable funded pensions system in Palestine. The potential to foster economic growth and prosperity, with important welfare implications and the potential to spur aggregate demand and employment is immense, as is the opportunity for regional development through long-term investable capital. The initiative is […]