• Be a company legally registered and operating out of the West Bank and/or Gaza; or be in the process of legal registration; or be committed to registering with the Ministry of National Economy. 

• Firms are IT services companies or business service providers working in the technology field in software development, computer programming and consultancy, data processing, hosting or related activities, or mature tech / tech-enabled startups that have some traction in the market and are already generating revenue. 
• Be operational for at least 6 months prior to applying to the program.  A company is considered operational if it engages in daily activities to increase the value of the enterprise, has existing customers, or has employment contracts and is paying salaries 
• Projects have minimal or non-existent environmental impacts. 

A summary table of the UPSKILL Stipends Program is presented below. Please refer to each window for details and specific eligibility and selection criteria. 

* All stipends under the UpSkill program will be paid directly to individual beneficiaries. No payments will be made to the applicant firm in the form of reimbursement for salaries or any other benefits. 

** IT firms benefiting from support under this program are fully responsible for deducting the full income tax based on the base salary for the individual beneficiaries and making the required income tax payments to the local tax authority. Any employment under this program must be compliant with the local labor and tax laws. 

*** IT firms must submit a declaration that each proposed trainee included in their application does not have a local full-time employment contract at the time of submitting the application. 

**** There are additional eligibility and selection criteria. Please refer to each window’s eligibility and selection criteria