Discover new ways to create and develop your BEESiness in Egypt through MedBEESinessHubs “hands and crafts” workshops in Alexandria.

The end of the first year of the EU-funded MedBEESinessHubs project provides many opportunities to 100+ SMEs, beekeepers, youth and women from five Mediterranean countries to learn new skills and techniques towards creating sustainable destinations with a focus on the honeybee and its products in the Mediterranean.

Understanding honeybees requires first learning to appreciate these wonderful insects with a nectar-gathering, pollinating, and honey-making drive. In a hive, a single honeybee will produce enough honey to fill a twelfth of a teaspoon over the course of its four to sixteen-week lifetime. The honey produced by a single bee may only amount to one-twelfth of a teaspoon, but every bee is vital to the hive’s survival. Obviously, a small number of bees cannot do the work of a hive. Every member of the hive contributes to the overall success of the colony.

The same applies to human beings: one individual contribution to the world may be insignificant, but working together can make it happen for the whole society, country and thus the world. Themed “From People to People,” the MEDBEESinessHubs project aims to help beekeepers, youth, and women in Cyprus, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, and Italy gain knowledge about honeybee products and start or grow their own Beesinesses. Our Journey into the creation of BEESinesses starts in Egypt today with announcing set of technical handicrafts training workshops covering the history of honeybees and the way forward as well as the hands-on activities on easy-to-make cosmetics, food products, drawing on furniture, beeswax gifts and accessories making, Api-tourism and much more.

After the technical crafts workshops, participants will be invited to attend the necessary business and finance sessions to improve their management skills and for developing new business ideas. As part of the project, MEDBEESineHubs will award up to €50,000 in grants to young people to help them develop their Beesinesses and products to allow them to advance to the next level.

Join us in our interesting learning journey in our beehive and always keep in mind that the beehive represents the values of teamwork, discipline, and cooperation. From the five participating countries, our hive will keep on getting bigger towards making the world a better place.

For Information in Arabic, Check below.

Check out the full Agendas below:

Workshop 1 – Workshop 2 – Workshop 3 – Workshop 4 – Workshop 5 – Workshop 6

Targeted Participants

Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises that focus on honeybee products and/or handicrafts

Existing beekeepers or honeybee handcrafts or any interested person who wishes to become engaged in beekeeping or honeybee handcrafting. 

Priority is given to young women (of less than 40 years old) with permanent residence in rural areas. 

The eligible area of the project in Egypt: Marsa Matruh, Al-Iskandanyah, Al Buhayrah, Kafr ash Shaykh, Ad Daqahliyah, Dumyat, Ash Sharquiyah, Al Isma’iliyah, Bur Sa’id.

Important note:

*Points shall be given to participants who will attend the relevant training workshops*

Register through the link here.

For more information on the project visit: https://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/medbeesinesshubs

For inquiries: info@ceeba.org