These resources will be very valuable for other organisations motivated to create their own women business incubators in the MENA region. Based on the success of the Casablanca incubator, AFEM opened the second incubator in Rabat in 2009 and subsequent incubators in El Jadida and Tangier. Applicants are subjected to a very systematic screening and evaluation system based on a number of criteria and rated points The selection process is assisted by a committee comprised of representatives from AFEM, the ANPME, the Fondation Creation d’Entreprises of the Banque Populaire, and the regional investment centres.