Husam Qaradeh is the Palestine country director for Silatech, a social organization established to address the critical and growing need to create jobs and expand economic opportunities for young people in the Arab world. Since its inception in 2008, Silatech has helped to finance and support more than 120,000 youth-led enterprises and start-ups, connected more than 200,000 young people to employment opportunities, and worked with over 100 partners through its programming in 16 Arab countries. In Palestine, Silatech partners with a variety of organizations to support Palestinian youth in such areas as enterprise development, access to microfinance, guarantee funds and loans, building and sustaining new businesses, employability resources, internship training, civic engagement, and leadership training ||| Ambar Amleh is the chief operating officer for Ibtikar Fund and former programs manager for Palestine for a New Beginning (PNB), an alliance of public and private-sector institutions and individuals that aims to leverage resources and experience by investing in innovative projects and building on existing successful initiatives. PNB is the leading host of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Palestine that supports Palestinian entrepreneurs from the West Bank and Gaza, and of the yearly Celebration of Innovation, an event that showcases Palestinian entrepreneurs.