“Youth Employment Generation Programme in
Arab Transition Countries –
Jordan component”
Inception Workshop
2 July 2012
Situation Analysis
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Jordan’s population is currently about 6.1 million. More than 70% of the population
is under 30 years of age, which suggests that an investment in youth is a needed
instrument for national development. Those between the ages of 15 and 24
comprise 22% of the population.
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The project will be carried out at both the national an sub-national levels, with
special focus on three governorates with high poverty and unemployment rates;
Mafraq in the North East (Poverty Rate 31.9%, unemployment Rate 13.9%), Maa’n
in the South (Poverty Rate 24.2%, Unemployment rate 19.0%) and Madaba in the
Middle (Poverty Rate 14.9 %, unemployment Rate 21.0 %) The Project will focus at
the policy level (national), and at intervention level (local).
Introduction:
Jordan
Yemen
This multi-country programme
has been developed to respond to
the escalating need to provide
tools addressing the
unemployment challenge in a
number of Arab Countries:
Egypt
Libya
Tunisia
Introduction:
The principles to be implemented by the Jordan CO:
• A national implementation plan designed to define the priorities,
capacity gaps and technical assistance requirements for the project at
the national level.
• Increased opportunities for internships in private companies and or
other institutions for youth (women and men as well as disabled).
• Youth employment generation policies formulated through the
provision of high-calibre advisory services to concerned public/private
institutions.
Introduction:
 The project was started on 23 April 2012 and will end in December 2012.
 This is a multi-country project and implementing by the UNDP country office.
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The Project is targeting three Governorates : Mafraq, Ma’an and Madaba.
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Main beneficiaries: at least 75 Youth from the three Governorates (men,
women and people with disabilities)
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Stakeholders: Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Planning and International
Cooperation, Higher Council for Youth, All Jordan Youth Commission and
Private Sector.
Key Achievements
 Project team hired.
 Project steering committee members identified:
o Embassy of Japan
o MOPIC
o HCFY
o MOL
 Project focal points identified in the three governorates:
o Developmental Unit
o Development Zone Commission
Key Achievements – Con.
 Project Inception Conference:
• knowledge exchange on Internship for youth
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Project Media plan
Prepared, and shared with the Donor.
Started designing promotional material (banners, posters, leaflet, Etc).
6 articles were published in the local news papers
 Youth website:
• The Project Website design is almost finalized and will be launched on
July (www.undp-youthjo.com).
UNDP-Internship programme:
In order to address the challenge of lack of employability
skills of the candidates, the project will provide them with
the needed skills, to enable them to compete in the labor
market. The project will also help them to seek job
opportunities in private sector, by providing internship
opportunities for 6 months, after undertaking detailed
training courses on employability and life skills.
UNDP-Internship programme:
Programme
Objectives
Retain most of
the interns in
their workplace
during or after the
internship period.
Provide
the
unemployed with basic
skills training and on
the job training.
Provide
graduates
and
unemployed youth with the
necessary experience and skills
that would enhance their
marketability and employment
opportunities.
UNDP-Internship programme:
Beneficiaries:
• The project is targeting at least 75 interns (at least 25 from each
Governorate) unemployed young people aged 18 to 26, with a
special focus on, University and Community College graduates,
High school graduates, with special focus attention to people
with Disabilities.
• The project provides equal opportunities to males and females.
UNDP-Internship programme:
UNDP Approach
Awareness
meetings
were held with public
and private sector in
addition to the local
NGOs to promote the
internship programme
in the three targeted
governorates.
Needs assessment of the
challenges, issues and
problems
facing
the
Private Sector Companies,
as well as for the
unemployed youth, in
order to design the training
programme.
Needs assessment for at
least 100 companies in the
Private
Sector,
was
conducted to match the
private
sector
opportunities with the
interns education.
Interns selection
Advertisements
in local news
paper as well as
UNDP website.
Set a series of
questions related
to the training
need assessment.
Form
interview
panel
with
participation of
the project focal
point.
Form a committee
from UNDP staff.
Screening of the
applications from
the committee.
Basic Employability and Lifelong Learning Skills for Youth / Topic
3 weeks
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Communication skills
Team work
Work Ethics, attitudes and behaviors
Initiative and self-motivation
Planning and time Management
Computer skills
English language
Statistics on received applicants
Governorate
No. of
Application
Male
Female
Bachelor
Diploma
High school
Others
Mafraq
73
31
42
50
1
21
1
Maa’an
57
9
48
32
10
14
1
Madaba
45
18
27
33
1
11
0
Others
33
25
8
26
5
0
2
Total
208
83
125
141
17
46
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Governorate
Male
Female
bachelor’s
Diploma
High school
Mafraq
33%
67%
68%
3%
29%
Ma’an
16%
84%
56%
18%
26%
Madaba
40%
60%
73%
2%
25%
Networking interns with private sector
Matching list prepared
(interns = companies
needs).
code of conduct
prepared and signed by
the interns.
MOUs, prepared to be
signed with the private
sector companies.
The engagement of the
interns will be on the
first week of July, 2012.
During and after the internship
• M&E
• Field visit
• Monthly report
• Hand over the programme to the Jordan government
(MOL)
National level
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Mapping of youth employment policies and programmes started.
A Brief presentation will be on that later
Your patient appreciated
Thank you