Egypt ICT Trust Fund
Youth Employment Generation
in Egypt Conference
Convention Center – Smart Village
19 May 2013
Egypt ICT Trust Fund
Foster 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 I
Phase II
Phase III
2002 - 2007
2007 - 2012
2012 - 2017
Egypt ICT Trust Fund in 10 Years
• 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
Partners
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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
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
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
Youth Employment Generation Program
Selection Criteria
Announcing training
Selection of trainees
Planning / Preparation
Design Training
Deliver TOT
Deliver training / workshops
Monitoring / Follow Up
Implementation
Program evaluation
Workable Models
Documentation
Evaluation
Lessons Learned
Knowledge Sharing
Scaling Up
Dissemination
Main Program’s Pillars
ICT for M/SEs
Youth Social
Entrepreneurship
Program
Technical
Vocational and
Educational
Training
Capacity Building for CSOs / NGOs
Program’s Indicators
ICT 4 MSMEs
YSEP
# of NGOs participated in
MSMEs TOT
# of attendees in the
awareness sessions
# of MSMEs trained on
soft skills, IT and business
skills
# of entrepreneurs trained
% of trained MSMEs with
special needs
% of the entrepreneurs
are linked with funding
agencies
% of trainees applied the
acquired ICT skills
# of business plans
developed
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 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
First Pillar: ICT for M/SEs
Implementation Mechanism I
Project Team
Development of
of ICT services
(Training kits,
partnerships,
awareness,
marketing…)
NGOs / Youth Centers / Telecenters
Gov. 1
Gov.
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Gov. 3
Gov. 2
Gov. 4
Capacity building and TOT
M/SEs Training
Gov.
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First Pillar: ICT for M/SEs
Implementation Mechanism II
Receive Toolkits
packages
Advocacy
Online registration
First Pillar: ICT for M/SEs
Outputs
Application of the training skills
set electronic
accounting
system
develop project
website
22%
56%
12%
10%
Capacity Building
• Training of 1852 M/SEs
• 10% Disabled ppl
• 125 trainer
• Distribution of 320
Using e-market
services
training packages
using microsoft
office
network
Increase Productivity
through “Kayanak“
Income Increase
Second Pillar: YSEP
Goal
Second Pillar: YSEP
Implementation Mechanism
Phase I: "Competition"
Web Development
Communications
Partnerships
Phase II: "Knowledge"
Training and ToT
Networking
Mentorship
Phase III: In-Kind Contributions
Second Pillar: YSEP
Outputs
• Specialized Training
Curriculum
• Training 137 entrepreneur
• 11 trainer
• Networking and Consultancy
Services
• 5 Prizes to best practices
Capacity Building
Encourage community
Innovation
Job creation / income
Increase
Third Pillar: Technical Vocational Training
Goal
Third Pillar: Technical Vocational Training
Implementation Mechanism
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 Training
Outputs
140
120
100
Basic Training
80
Advanced Training
60
Employment
40
20
0
Dakahlia
Aswan
Capacity Building
El-Minya
Cairo
Narrowing gap between
skills and labor market
needs
Job placement / Better
living
Monitoring and Evaulation
• Program Efficiency
Utilization of resources
• Program Effectiveness
Ability of the program
• Program Sustainability
Continuation of program effect
Success Factors
• 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
Risks and Lessons Learned
Political Challenges
Lack of Security &
Instability
Hinder
Travels
Decrease
Youth
Participation
Online
Services
Operational Challenges
Time Limitation
Fiscal
educational
year
Military
services
Partnerships
&
Motivations
Sustainability
• 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
Eng. Hoda Dahroug
National Project Director – Egypt ICT Trust Fund
www.ictfund.org.eg
hdaroug@mcit.gov.eg