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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.