Palestine
Current Projects
Portland seeks to identify value-adding economic development initiatives that the market, for whatever reason, falls short on. Our model is to catalyse, create and work with the best-placed partners to scale up and make projects sustainable, particularly around large scale financial and economic infrastructure, housing, trade, social investment, training and entrepreneurship.
Gaza
With the devastation of the conflict, Portland work with and for the Palestinian private sector to to pro-actively provide economic development, planning and other support for implementation, without working with or being connected to or in contact with Hamas in any way and working in alignment with all relevant authorities, including the Government of Israel. Portland is working to offer this strategic, economic-based blueprint for future growth to Gaza and the international community.
UK Palestinian Tech Hub
Formed by the British Consulate General in Jerusalem, the UK Palestinian Tech Hub is an initiative to create and enhance strong and sustainable business links
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…
Blueprint for Palestine
Building on Beyond Aid , Portland is working intensively on supporting the Palestinian private sector in developing a renewed, step-change economic strategy for the future,