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مصر. EGYPT. Confronting Challenges of Reality And Making A Dream Come True Bridging the Gap to A Future Career By Hisham El Rouby UNDP – DESA Sub-regional Workshop on Youth Policies and Strategies for MDGs Sana'a, Yemen 22- 23 Jun 2005
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Confronting Challenges of Reality And Making A Dream Come True Bridging the Gap to A Future Career By Hisham El Rouby UNDP – DESA Sub-regional Workshop on Youth Policies and Strategies for MDGs Sana'a, Yemen 22- 23 Jun 2005 Center for Development Services Youth Association for Population and Development
The Reality of Human Development: An Overview • 160 million women and men unemployed • billion or more people underemployed or working poor. • 500 million new entrants to the labor force next ten years. the Human Development is the process of broadening the range of choices for people
National Level Population working age % 40 - workforce others 60 % unemployment 20 % 3.5 million employment 13.5 million 80 %
Current Situation and its relation to Social, Educational and Cultural Problems in Egypt • Aspects of the Unemployment Problem - Characteristics of population - Educational systems - Economic systems and labor markets - Cultural problems
Definition of jobs in eyes of youth • To have a job (or to be employed) is to go to a place 5 or 6 days a week to do a specific task and get paid for it • A good job is one that ensures continuity • A good job is one that does not require much effort to get promoted, but where promotion is rather based on seniority • A good job is one that you will never have to change, i.e. a lifetime job.
Opportunities to start with • Work from home • Work on a part time basis • Work as an intern or a volunteer
The Role of NGOs in Dealing with the Problem of Employment and Youth • Capitalize on youth as an asset in the process of change and not just consider them as a target group. • Help our youth explore their capabilities and potentials and to utilize these for their benefit and for the interest of their country. • Coordination
“Labor Horizons” • What the Program is All About?
Objective: Enabling people to qualify themselves for entering the labor market and creating their own career, through modifying their concept of a lifetime job to a future career.
Fresh university Graduate Fresh Secondary School Graduate Job Seeker without previous experience Target Groups Job seeker with previous experience Women
Packages Services P {1} Apprenticeship according to apprentice desire S {1} Counseling P {2} S {2} Employment General Courses P {3} On the job training S {3} Job search skills P {4} Employment with 2 months salary P {5} Apprenticeship according to market demand P {6} Local training facilities Credit Income Generating Activities Program
P {2} S {3} P {4} Fresh university Graduate Labor Market S {1} Credit S {2}
Contact information Hisham El Rouby Chairman Youth Association for Populationand Development E.Mail: chairman@yapd.org.eg Web site http://www.yapd.org.eg