Ramallah – Under “Start Up Palestine”, funded by the Italian Cooperation, Ramallah and Nablus recently hosted two training courses aimed at women in the Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (Ucasc), a network of 12 Cooperative (CASC) and a total of 7,295 people in the West Bank. The formative training – carried out by Cassa Padana and Banca di credito e risparmio cooperativo, partners of the Italian Cooperation in Jerusalem – saw the participation of 43 women in total, all with important positions within the cooperatives to which they belong. These courses are designed to enhance the management and control ability of banking cooperatives, improving the knowledge and technical skills and financial and administrative decision-making bodies. (9Colonne)