Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2014 Winner

Youth Employment Generation Program in Egypt


Description

Youth Employment Generation Program in Egypt (YEGP) responds to the urgent need to address prevailing unemployment figures of youth in Egypt. As business leaders expresses that youth often lack the required skills by different industries operating in Egypt.
The program works on empowering three main pillars: 1) The MSMEs component that aims to improve the competitiveness and profitability of local MSMEs, 2) The Social Entrepreneurship component which works towards inspiring youth to be champions leading their business, 3) The vocational Training-and-Internship component that focuses on setting up a mechanism to connect private companies with youth fo joining the job market.

Project website

http://www.ictfund.org.eg/modulesen.aspx?lang=2&parent_id=118&moduleno=32&contenttypeid=3&menu_id=130


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C7. E-employment 2014
Millennium development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: Eradicate poverty and hunger
  • Goal 3: Promote gender equality & empower women
  • Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Coverage
  • Mohandessin, Giza, Egypt

Status

Completed

Start date

01 April 2012

End date

30 June 2013


Entity name

Egypt Information and Communications Technology Trust Fund (ICT-TF)

Entity country—type

Egypt Other

Entity website

http://www.ictfund.org.eg

Partners

• Japanese Government • Information Technology Institute • Bedaya Center- Ministry of Investment • Ministry of Youth