Media Report - E-Initiative to develop labor market in Sinai

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Initiative to develop labor market in Sinai

First Media Report

This report was prepared to cover the activitiesof the "Initiative to Create an Enabling

Environment for Workforce Development in the

Sinai Community" in May 2011 , organized by

the Technology Center for Human Rights

(TCHR), a founding member of the Young

Organizations Network (YON) and in

partnership with the Roaa Gadida (New Visions)

Association for Development in North Sinai -

member of the Network- and In collaboration

with the Rawabet (Links) Association - member

of the Network- with a financial fund from the

Middle East Partnership Initiative "MEPI".

The Report Edit By:

Mohammed Ali

Executive Director of Young

Organizations Network (YON)

General coordinator of

Technology Center for Human

Rights (TCHR)

Translated By :

Hoda Sha'pan

International Relations of Young

Organizations Network (YON) &

Technology Center for HumanRights (TCHR)

In Cooperate with :

Mohammed Abd El-Majeed

Public Relations Coordinator of

Technology Center For Human

Rights (TCHR)

Technology Center for Human Rights


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What is the project of developing the labor market in Sinai?

Poverty and unemployment are based largely inUpper Egypt, rural and remote regions; as theproportion of unemployed youth in these provinces forthe young unemployed in the capital and major cities tonearly 70% of the unemployed in total.

The current project is a specialinitiative to create an enabling

environment aimed at

developing the workplace in the

community of Sinai through the

development of informational

and the technical systems along

with the integration of gender,

to link between the education,

the training and manpower in

order to meet the requirements

of the labor market, in addition

to developing individual

initiatives to promote

competitive

The youth in Egypt facedisappointing results in the labor

market, due to different

structural reasons. The rates of

unemployment in Egypt are high,

but they are decreasing over the

years; as the levels of youth

unemployment reached 16.7% in

2009, which is a significant

decrease comparing to 1998,which was up to 25%. Although

this decline is a relatively large,

the researches that based on

recent study of the labor market,

confirms that this decline in

unemployment rates are

associated with deterioration in

the quality of jobs and there isn't

significant improvement in labor

market conditions.

These studies also confirm that

unemployment in Egypt is a

result of the rapid growth in

population of young people in

exchange for the consequences

of the partial transformation of

the economy of the state to the

form a market-oriented

development.

Furthermore, the intensity of

percentage increases gradually in


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view of the distribution of the

labor market in the governorates

of Egypt; as studies confirm that

poverty and unemployment are

very high in rural areas and

Upper Egypt and remote regions,

so that the percentage of

unemployed youth in these

provinces, comparing to the

unemployed youth in the capital

and major cities, is nearly 70% of

the unemployed persons in total.

On the other hand there is

another problem represented in

the compatibility of educational

outcomes with the needs of the

labor market; as the loss of

compatibility between the

outputs of education on the one

hand, and the requirements of

the labor market on the other

hand, is regarded as one of the

most important reasons that

lead to many negative

consequences, notably: large

numbers of educated persons

suffer from unemployment and

the spare time, resulting in

generating of problems withprofound effects in the social

structure, in addition to the lack

of human resources capable of

meeting the needs of the labor

market.

Objectives:

Firstly: The development of an informational

and organizational infrastructure for labor

market in the Sinai community.Secondly: create compatibility between the

workforce development in Sinai and

employment opportunities in the Sinai labor

market.

Thirdly: train and build capacity of young

people in the field of individual initiatives

management and increase productivity....


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The project activities:

Firstly: To strengthen the capacity and training of

young people Sinai:

Training of Sinai youth is one of the main axes in

the project; as it is scheduled to train young

people on how to manage small and micro

projects and how to finance those projects thisaddition to train young people on how to increase

productivity for projects that already exist and

how to manage the marketing operations

successfully.

A number of professional trainers in the field of

management, human development and marketing

will undertake the training programs. The training

is targeting Sinai youth, in each of North Sinai and

South Sinai governorates.

Researches and studies:

One of the important activities in the initiative is

preparation of a number of researches and field

studies of the labor market in Sinai, which willinclude a full vision of available employment

opportunities and Problems of employment, in

addition to preparing a guide for companies and

private institutions in the Sinai. In addition to

preparing a study on integration of Sinai women in

the labor market and how to take advantage of

innovative work systems such as flexible time, co-

sharing, part-time work and teleworking to


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increase the contribution of women in economic

activity with reconciling with family duties.

Development of an electronic information

network on Sinai labor market:

The Technology Center for Human Rights seeks,

through this initiative, to develop a technological

structure that contributes to the development of

the labor market in Sinai and addresses some

shortcomings in the structure of the workforce

through preparing an Online Recruitment Forum

targeting young people in Sinai, this forum will

include an innovative application through which a

direct link could be created - according to clear

criteria - between Sinai young job-seekers and

companies and institutions operating in Sinai,

which will be completed through the preparation

of a Mobile Recruitment Forum in Sinai cities tohold a direct link between the youth and the labor

market.


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The 1st

Action Week

First event

Conference on

"Problems of human development in the Sinai"

El Arish - North Sinai

25th

to 26th

May 2011

A successful conference and important recommendations

The administration work is the popular work in Sinai the rate decreases significantly in the productivesectors ...Mr. Salama AlriqieiConference on Problems of human development in the SinaiMay 25, 2011

Day 1: May 25th

2011

More than 140 people, including political

organizations, youth leaders and members of

civil society and Sinai tribal leaders, met at

the Media Center (Arish - North Sinai) within

the events of the mobilizing conference

organized by the Technology Centre forHuman Rights (TCHR) on Wednesday, May 25,

2011 to discuss the problematic issue of

human development in Sinai and proposed

methods to deal with it.

The events stated with reviewing the

problems which hinder the achievement of

human development from the perspective of


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Sinai youth, where one of the Sinai youth

Spoke at length and explained the meager

resources available to young people in the

Sinai, and the seriousness of the matter on

the future development in Sinai, he also

stressed on the need for the Egyptian

government and especially after the People's

Revolution January 25, to approach Sinai and

its people after a long and bitter ignorance by

the former regime. Furthermore, he stressed

the need for a number of training centers to

train young people to contribute instrengthening the young skills for the benefit

of a strong economy that take advantage of

the existing possibilities and resources in

Sinai, and added that the security authorities

should not antagonize the people of Sinai, as

was common during the former regime, and

therefore should understand the nature of

the land and the reality of human beings.

The security authorities to understand the

ground reality and the reality of people in

Sinai

Mr. Salama Alriqiei, a prominent political

figure in North Sinai and one of the tribesleaders in Sinai, added by clarifying the

required role of the Egyptian government in

the current period and the urgent needs to

achieve comprehensive development in the

Sinai. In addition, he demanded the current

government in Egypt to approve the national

project in the Sinai and to establish a holding

company in North Sinai and South Sinai, along


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with emphasizing on the necessity of bringing

in foreign investment to Sinai, refusing the

idea of risks that may face investment in Sinai

and stressing that the resources of Sinai are

enough to make real progress in

development infrastructure in Egypt as a

whole and not just in Sinai.

At the end of the first day of the conference,

Dr. Magdy Ghanem, one of the prominent

academic figures concerned with Sinai,emphasized the need for careful planning for

the construction of Sinai, economically,

socially and humanly, and stressed that Sinai

was neglected deliberately by the previous

government and this negligence resulted in

the absence of the necessary infrastructure

for the development of the Sinai, despite the

fact that the land in Sinai could be exploited

in the establishment of a large agricultural

project, it will only need the water .

There were a lot of prominent figures who

participated in the activities of the first day of

the conference, like for example:

Mr. Abdullah Kandil Badawi, chairman of theChambers of Commerce - North Sinai

Mr. Atya Gardud , a former member of ShuraCouncil.

Dr. Magdy Ghanem, former dean of theUniversity of the Suez Canal.

Mr. Arif Muslim El Fakkor, Leader (Sheikh) ofEl Fakkor tribal


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Mr. Sleem Salama Dhymi, Leader (Sheikh) ofEl Dhymat tribal

Mr. Abdullah Omar El Moghny , Leader(Sheikh) of El Moghnya tribal

Mr. Salama Alriqiei , the Arab Organizationfor Administrative Development.

Mr. Moustafa El Hoss, chairman of ElArishLocal Council.

Day 2 : May 26, 2011

Round table

The events of the conference were

completed with a round table that brought

together many legal and political actors to

discuss ways to remedy problems which

discussed within the activities of the first day

of the conference.

It should be noted that a number of ways to

overcome the problems of development in

Sinai,

Including:

Firstly: the establishment of a number oftraining centers to train young people on how

to manage small and micro businesses in

addition to necessary crafts for the labor

market in Sinai.

Secondly: bringing in foreign capital to invest

the available resources in the Sinai.


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Thirdly: the establishment of a free trade

zone in the northern Sinai.

Fourthly: the establishment of a holding

company in North Sinai and the other inSouth Sinai.

Fifthly: review of legislations restricting the

labor market in the Sinai and facilitate

investment in North Sinai.

Sixthly: the establishment of a committee

composed of political and human rights

leaders to follow up on problematic of humandevelopment in Sinai.


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Second event:

Training week

The first training program "managing small and micro

enterprises"

28 30 May, 2011.

The second training program "Marketing and Increasing

Productivity"

31 May

2 June, 2011.

The Technology Centre organized, within the

activities of the action week, a week of training

that included organizing a training program on

the "Management of Small and Micro

Enterprises", which lasted for 3 consecutive days,

started on May 28th

and ended on May 30th

2011.

It should be noted that more than 21

male/female young trainees benefited from this

training, they were from several cities in Sinai

like: "Sheikh Zuwaid", "Rafah", "El Arish" and "Biral-Abed".

Furthermore, The Center has also organized a

training program under the title of "Marketing

and Increasing Productivity", which lasted for 3

consecutive days, started on May 31st

and ended

on June 2nd

2011. It should be noted that more


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than 29 male/female young trainees benefited

from this training.

At the conclusion of the training events, theGovernor of North Sinai distributed the

certificates of recognition to young people who

participated in the activities of the training

program. In addition, the Social Development

Fund announced that it will provide all the

needed facilities for young trainees and provide

facilitated loans without guarantees at the

maximum of 50.000 pounds for each young

person who submits a good feasibility study for a

project that could be implemented in the Sinai.

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