small business – The Entrepreneurship Development Foundation

EDF in August

Local Community Development: facilitation and institutionalization Training Local Facilitators – a new project Training Local Facilitators is a newly defined project that targets South Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchistan, and South Khouzestan provinces of Iran. This online program is a collective…

EDF’s Response to Coronavirus

As the world faces the COVID-19 pandemic, societies have to endure overwhelming social and economic challenges in addition to dealing with the worse public health crisis of the century. The coronavirus crisis in multiple and overlapping dimensions and levels affects…

The Women and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Foundation (EDF) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization established in 2004. Our aim is to promote business and entrepreneurship skills among women, youth, and local NGOs, and facilitate the social and economic empowerment of local communities on their path toward sustainable development. We focus on creating community-based organizations (CBOs) in various geographical regions of Iran, with priority given to underprivileged areas, especially Sistan and Balochistan, Khuzestan, and South Khorasan.