Youth Employment Generation in Egypt Conference
Convention Center – Smart Village19 May 2013
Egypt ICT Trust Fund
Partner’s VisionUsing Information and Communication TechnologyPoverty alleviation
Egypt ICT Trust FundFoster sustainable socio-economic development using Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Egypt ICT Trust Fund was established in 2002 as a
partnership between UNDP and MCIT
Phase I2002 - 2007
Phase II2007 - 2012
Phase III2012 - 2017
• ICT4D
• Outreach Communities
• Fund Raising and Resource Mobilization
• Local and International loyal Partners
• Efficient systems( Technical, Financial, M&E)
• Innovative solutions from and to Community
• Piloting Projects – Workable Model
• Sustainable and Scalable Model
Egypt ICT Trust Fund in 10 Years
• Italian cooperation• Japanese Governorate• International Development Research Center (Canada) – IDRC• Islamic Development Bank• Microsoft Unlimited Potential• World Health Organization (WHO)• Telecenter foundation• The Swiss agency for development and Cooperation• GIZ• Vodafone Foundation
Partners
Main Working Pillars
Development of M/SEs through the potential of ICT / YSEP
Contribution in Knowledge Society establishment
Human Development
People with Disabilities
NGOs and Telecenters
Education
Main Working Pillars
Development of M/SEs through the potential of ICT / YSEP
Studying the impact of using ICT in the development of M/SMEs - (IDRC) / MS Egypt (2006- 2009)
E-Academy for the development of SMEs - MS Egypt - (2008 – 2010)
Implementation of M/SMEs services using ICT - Islamic Development Bank - (2010)
Youth Vocational Entrepreneurship Training YVET– MS Egypt (2011 - 2012)
Youth Employment Generation Program - Japanese Gov. (2012 - 2013
Development of M/SEs through the potential of ICT / YSEP
Youth Employment Generation Program
Design TrainingDeliver TOT
Deliver training / workshopsMonitoring / Follow Up
Program evaluationWorkable ModelsDocumentation
Lessons LearnedKnowledge Sharing
Scaling Up
Planning / Preparation
Implementation
Evaluation
Dissemination
Selection CriteriaAnnouncing training Selection of trainees
Main Program’s Pillars
Technical Vocational and
Educational Training
Youth Social Entrepreneurship
ProgramICT for M/SEs
Capacity Building for CSOs / NGOs
ICT 4 MSMEs
# of NGOs participated in MSMEs TOT
# of MSMEs trained on soft skills, IT and business skills
% of trained MSMEs with special needs
% of trainees applied the acquired ICT skills
YSEP
# of attendees in the awareness sessions
# of entrepreneurs trained
# of business plans developed
% of the entrepreneurs are linked with funding agencies
VET and Employment
of trainees received training on basic IT and soft skills
# of trainees received training on advanced soft skills/engineering/web design/ programming/graphic advertisement.
Program’s Indicators
30 Main Indicator
40% Qualitative indicator
Program’s Strategy
35% of the beneficiaries are
women
Outreach to youth through awareness and
training
Ensuring the principle of partnership in development
Development of the training content
Integration of at least 10% of people with disabilities
Focus on marginalized and disadvantaged
places
First Pillar: ICT for M/SEs
Goal
Project Team
NGOs / Youth Centers / Telecenters
Capacity building and TOT
M/SEs Training
Gov. 1
Gov. 2 Gov. 4 Gov .n
Gov. 3 Gov ...…
Development of of ICT services (Training kits, partnerships, awareness,
marketing…)
First Pillar: ICT for M/SEsImplementation Mechanism I
Online registration
Receive Toolkits packages
Advocacy
Implementation Mechanism IIFirst Pillar: ICT for M/SEs
• Training of 1852 M/SEs
• 10% Disabled ppl
• 125 trainer
• Distribution of 320
training packages through
“Kayanak“ network
56%
10%
12%
22%
Application of the training skills
set electronic accounting sys-temdevelop project websiteUsing e-market servicesusing microsoft office
First Pillar: ICT for M/SEsOutputs
Capacity Building Increase Productivity Income Increase
Second Pillar: YSEP
Goal
Implementation MechanismSecond Pillar: YSEP
Phase III: In-Kind Contributions
Phase II: "Knowledge" Training and ToT Networking Mentorship
Phase I: "Competition"Web Development Communications Partnerships
• Specialized Training
Curriculum
• Training 137 entrepreneur
• 11 trainer
• Networking and Consultancy
Services
• 5 Prizes to best practices
Second Pillar: YSEPOutputs
Capacity Building Encourage community Innovation
Job creation / income Increase
Third Pillar: Technical Vocational Training
Goal
Implementation MechanismThird Pillar: Technical Vocational Training
Market Research- Market survey among NGOs- Needs assessment study for the ICT labor market
Training and Capacity Building- Design and Graphics- Accounting- Customer Service- PC Maintenance
Employment
Third Pillar: Technical Vocational TrainingOutputs
Capacity BuildingNarrowing gap between skills and labor market
needsJob placement / Better
living
Dakahlia Aswan El-Minya Cairo0
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60
80
100
120
140
Basic Training Advanced Training Employment
Monitoring and Evaulation
Utilization of resources
Ability of the program
Continuation of program effect
• Program Efficiency
• Program Effectiveness
• Program Sustainability
• Using civil society organizations (CSOs) as project partners in different governorates maximized the opportunity to reach large number of targeted youth
• The flexibility in responding to the needs of the targeted youth such as tailoring of distance learning package “Kayanak”
• Adopting the holistic implementation approach resulted in an integrated development model for youth empowerment including SMEs training, vocational training for employment and entrepreneurship training.
• Adopting the participatory approach through: MoY, SFD, MS Egypt, ITI (Edu Egypt program) , ELCC, NGOs.
• Harnessing ICTs for sustainable services
Success Factors
Risks and Lessons Learned
Lack of Security & Instability
Hinder Travels
Decrease Youth
Participation
Online Services
Time LimitationFiscal
educational year
Military services
Partnerships &
Motivations
Political Challenges
Operational Challenges
• Partners NGOs will continue in the capacity building program
• ICT-TF will provide the online services and technical support
• Given the results achieved by the project, in terms of increasing employment opportunities and promoting entrepreneurship, it is recommended to replicate this project at the national scale in cooperation with concerned bodies
Sustainability
Eng. Hoda DahrougNational Project Director – Egypt ICT Trust Fundwww.ictfund.org.eg
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