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ICT Solutions for Mediterranean SMEs (Barcelona). Dr. Osman A. El Gougary. Director of West Delta Regional Office ,. Social Fund for Development ( SFD ), Egypt. www.sfdegypt.org. April 2004. About Egypt. About Egypt. Egypt is a place of Heritage and Culture.
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ICT Solutions for Mediterranean SMEs (Barcelona) Dr. Osman A. El Gougary Director of West Delta Regional Office, Social Fund for Development (SFD), Egypt www.sfdegypt.org April 2004 Elgougary@Hotmail.com
About Egypt Elgougary@Hotmail.com
About Egypt • Egypt is a place of Heritage and Culture • Located Between Africa, Asia, and Europe Elgougary@Hotmail.com
About Egypt • 70 M inhabitants • Live over 5% of the land around the River Nile • 20% of the population is located in Cairo Elgougary@Hotmail.com
About Egypt (Ctd) • NGP 70 B $ • Main Resources are Petroleum, Tourism, the Suez Canal, which are politically vulnerable • Industry, and internationally competitive products is a new avenue of economic and social stability Elgougary@Hotmail.com
Social Fund for Development (SFD) • SFD is a national organization reporting to the Cabinet and working under the umbrella of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) • The UNDP provides SFD with institutional and technical support and together they implement leading pilot projects. Elgougary@Hotmail.com
Social Fund for Development (SFD) • SFD was established in 1991 by the Presidential decree No. 40/1991 with the following objectives : • To participate in creating permanent job opportunities. • To participate in alleviating unemployment and provide basic services to poor communities. • To mitigate the adverse effects of the Economic reform Program and the transfer to free market economy. Elgougary@Hotmail.com
SFD Financial Recourses (Up To Date) Elgougary@Hotmail.com
Social Fund for Development (SFD) To achieve the objectives , SFD has adopted the creation and implementation of a set of “Core groups and Regional Offices Network” to address the urgent needs of the vulnerable population groups. Elgougary@Hotmail.com
There are two main core groups A- Human and Community Development Group • To create income-generation projects. • To encourage local participation in the field of productive activities. • To support women’s socio-economic and NGOs. • To improve essential infrastructure in low income areas and generate temporary and long term employment. • To re-train, provide new skills, respond to the needs of public enterprise workers, and to create jobs for new graduates Elgougary@Hotmail.com
The main core groups (Ctd) B-The Small Enterprise Development Organization (SEDO) • To promote employment and income generating opportunities in the small and medium enterprise sector, by encouraging the creation of new businesses and the expansion of existing productive activities. • To provide small businesses and potential entrepreneurs with Technical and Marketing assistance and technical Training Elgougary@Hotmail.com
SEDO (Ctd) Target groups • Small business entrepreneurs • New graduates • The unemployed • Women • Employees wishing to leave their jobs in public sector Elgougary@Hotmail.com
SEDO main Channels For Distributing Funds 1- Financial Institutions (mainly banks) which act as sponsoring and executing Agencies. 2- NGOs as executing Agencies. Elgougary@Hotmail.com
Dissemination Mechanisms • Via a network composed of the Cairo Headquarter. • 28 Regional Offices Network (covering all Egypt’s governorates), (data on line). • 4 Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). • 4 Specialized Technical Centers. • 4 Business Enterprise Support Tools (BEST) • 5 Business and Technology Incubators Elgougary@Hotmail.com
Regional Office Specialized Technical Center Business Enterprise Support Tool (BEST) Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) Business & Technology Incubator. Elgougary@Hotmail.com
Achievements (1992 – 2003) Human & Community Development. • Sanitary Drainage 429 Km. • Protection if Nile banks 220 Km. • Water Networks 6904 Km. • Water tanks 354 Tanks. • Sanitary Drainage 429 Km. • Road Pavement 2134 Km • Artesian wells 382 Wells. • Health units 700 Units. • Refurbished Building 1546 Building. Elgougary@Hotmail.com
Achievements (1992 – 2003) Human & Community Development. (Ctd.) • Canals Maintenance & Clean up 20840 Km. • Canal Covering 239 Km. • Eradication of Illiteracy 1.4 Mill. • Participation in Early Retirement 38,000 Labor. Elgougary@Hotmail.com
Achievements (1992 – 2003) Small & Medium Enterprises Projects Value Projects No. Elgougary@Hotmail.com
Achievements (1992 – 2003) Micro Enterprises Projects No. Projects Value Elgougary@Hotmail.com
Jobs Created Total Jobs opportunities created : Small Enterprises Projects 707,406 127,441 Micro Credit Projects ========== Total 834,847 Elgougary@Hotmail.com
THANK YOU Elgougary@Hotmail.com