31/08/2026
On 19 August, SPARK and Flow Accelerator convened the second Green Forward Working Group meeting in Ramallah under the umbrella of the Palestinian Ministry of Labor and with funding from the European Union.
The meeting brought together H.E. Dr. Enas Attari, Minister of Labor; Mr. Mario Giuseppe Varrenti, Head of Cooperation at the European Union; Eng. Bashar Al-Saifi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of National Economy; Mr. Yahya Shunnar, Governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority; and senior representatives from key Palestinian institutions.
Majd Khalifeh, Managing Director of Flow Accelerator, and Dina Almasaeid, SPARK’s Regional Programme Director – Middle East, delivered remarks highlighting the importance of collaboration in advancing the green and circular economy. Leen Abu Baker, Palestine Country Director at Flow Accelerator, presented the Working Group’s journey and the broad participatory process behind its work.
Representing Envision Solutions, Faisal Kilani, Managing Partner, presented the six policy recommendations developed through this process.
As Dina Almasaeid highlighted: “Business support organisations are a bridge between policy and the realities and needs of enterprises and the private sector.”
Participants from government, regulatory bodies, the private sector, financial institutions, academia, civil society, development agencies, and international partners provided input to further validate and refine the recommendations, align them with national priorities, and identify opportunities for implementation support, financing, capacity building, and market access.
These contributions will inform the completion of the working document before its that Flow Accelerator and Spark will be submitting to the Ministry of Labor, helping turn field experience and collaborative dialogue into practical and sustainable policy action.
The Green Forward programme is funded by the European Union and implemented at the meso level by SPARK and Flow in Palestine to foster a Green and Circular Economy (GCE) in the Southern Neighbourhood region.