1. Youth Employment Generation in Egypt Conference Convention Center – Smart Village 19 May 2013 Egypt ICT Trust Fund

2. 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 2002 - 2007 Phase II 2007 - 2012 Phase III 2012 - 2017

3. 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

4. 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

5. Main Working Pillars Development of M/SEs through the potential of ICT / YSEPContribution in Knowledge Society establishmentHuman DevelopmentPeople with DisabilitiesNGOs and TelecentersEducation

6. Main Working Pillars Development of M/SEs through the potential of ICT / YSEP

7. S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) YYouth Employment Generation Program - Japanese Gov. (2012 - 2013 Development of M/SEs through the potential of ICT / YSEP

8. Youth Employment Generation Program Design Training Deliver TOT Deliver training / workshops Monitoring / Follow Up Design Training Deliver TOT Deliver training / workshops Monitoring / Follow Up Program evaluation Workable Models Documentation Program evaluation Workable Models Documentation Lessons Learned Knowledge Sharing Scaling Up Lessons Learned Knowledge Sharing Scaling Up Planning / Preparation Implementation Evaluation Dissemination Selection Criteria Announcing training Selection of trainees Selection Criteria Announcing training Selection of trainees

9. Main Program’s Pillars Technical Vocational and Educational Training Youth Social Entrepreneurship Program ICT for M/SEs Capacity Building for CSOs / NGOs

10. 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 30 Main Indicator 40% Qualitative indicator

11. 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

12. First Pillar: ICT for M/SEs Goal

13. Project Team NGOs / Youth Centers / Telecenters Capacity building and TOT M/SEs Training Gov. 1 Gov. 2 Gov. 4 Gov. n Gov. n Gov. 3 Gov. ….. Development of of ICT services (Training kits, partnerships, awareness, marketing…) Development of of ICT services (Training kits, partnerships, awareness, marketing…) First Pillar: ICT for M/SEs Implementation Mechanism I

14. Online registration Receive Toolkits packages Advocacy Implementation Mechanism II First Pillar: ICT for M/SEs

15. Training of 1852 M/SEs 10% Disabled ppl 125 trainer Distribution of 320 training packages through “Kayanak“ network First Pillar: ICT for M/SEs Outputs Capacity BuildingIncrease ProductivityIncome Increase

16. Second Pillar: YSEP Goal

17. Implementation Mechanism Second Pillar: YSEP Phase III: In-Kind Contributions Phase II: "Knowledge" Training and ToTNetworkingMentorship Phase I: "Competition" Web DevelopmentCommunicationsPartnerships

18. Specialized Training Curriculum Training 137 entrepreneur 11 trainer Networking and Consultancy Services 5 Prizes to best practices Second Pillar: YSEP Outputs Capacity Building Encourage community Innovation Job creation / income Increase

19. Third Pillar: Technical Vocational Training Goal

20. Implementation Mechanism Third 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

21. Third Pillar: Technical Vocational Training Outputs Capacity Building Narrowing gap between skills and labor market needs Job placement / Better living Governorat eNGODelivery Training Type Training Topics Total Numbers DakahkilaDALMSTrainingBasic IT & Soft Skills123 DakahkilaDALMSTrainingAdvanced Accounting for acountant27 DakahkilaDALMSEmploymentemploying 102 AswanDarawTrainingBasic IT & Soft Skills32 AswanDarawTrainingAdvanced Graphic Design26 AswanDarawTrainingAdvancedWeb Design14 AswanDarawTrainingAdvanced Maintenanc e60 AswanDarawEmploymentemploying 37 CairoEFETrainingAdvanced Soft Skils&Englis h43 CairoEFEEmploymentemploying 31 ElminyaEgyptTrainingBasic IT & Soft Skills56 ElminyaEgyptTrainingAdvanced Graphic Design36 ElminyaEgyptTrainingAdvancedTOT13 ElminyaEgyptTrainingAdvancedCSR38 ElminyaEgyptEmploymentemploying 92 730

22. Monitoring and Evaulation Utilization of resources Ability of the program Continuation of program effect Program Efficiency Program Effectiveness Program Sustainability

23. 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

24. Risks and Lessons Learned Lack of Security & Instability Hinder Travels Decrease Youth Participation Online Services Online Services Time Limitation Fiscal educational year Military services Partnerships & Motivations Political Challenges Operational Challenges

25. 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

26. Eng. Hoda Dahroug National Project Director – Egypt ICT Trust Fund www.ictfund.org.eg hdaroug@mcit.gov.eg