A project for the benefit of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Economy (MTDE), funded by the World Bank, the European Union, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Government of the Kingdom of Netherlands, and implemented by DAI. TechStart is an 8-Year, US$30 million project that aims to increase economic opportunities for IT service firms in the West Bank and Gaza through four major focus areas which seek to improve IT services capabilities, develop the IT service ecosystem, improve market access, and increase demand and investments in the Palestinian IT sector.