EGYPTمصر

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 MDGsSana'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

3.5 million

13.5 million

workforceunemployment

20%

employment

80%

Population

others60%

working-

age40 %

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?

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.

Objective:

Fresh Secondary School Graduate

Women

Fresh university Graduate

Job Seeker without previous

experience

Job seeker with previous

experience

Tar

get G

roup

s

Packages ServicesP

{1}P

{2}P

{3}P

{4}P

{5}P

{6}

Apprenticeship according to apprentice desire

Employment

On the job training

Employment with 2 months salary

Apprenticeship according to market demand

Local training facilities

S {1}

S {2}

S {3}

Counseling

General Courses

Job search skills

Credit

Income Generating Activities Program

S {1}

P {2}

S {2}

Fresh university Graduate

Credit

S {3} P

{4}

Contact information

Hisham El Rouby

Chairman

Youth Association for Population and Development

E.Mail: chairman@yapd.org.eg

Web site http://www.yapd.org.eg