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Employment for youth in Egypt (EYE): Working together in Qalyoubia and Menoufia - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2673

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2673

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Informal economy

category:

Employment

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comments:

Young unemployed women and men

challenges:

Many projects being implemented, but the image problem not attended to in full The employability of young people is low

success:

There is a demand for skilled workers in many industrial sectors Many young people are well educated just lacking the needed skills

context:

The project was target on employability of youth Young people reject formal employment in the manufacturing sectors

description:

Formal decent manual jobs in the manufacturing sector need promotion A lesson learned from this project is that young people are reluctant to take manual jobs in the formal sector. They prefer jobs in the informal sector as the here and now salary is higher than in a formal job. They do not care about the long-term benefits of having a formal permanent job. Jobs in the manual sector have a bad image as being hazardous, low paid, without career perspective and with low social status. The Training for Employment intervention was confronted with challenges in attracting young people to the job offered. These challenges have their roots in the above. There is a need for the tri-partite partners to promote decent, well paid jobs with perspective of promotion in the formal sector. This to change the mindset of young people and their parents and improve the image of work in the manufacturing sector to make it more attractive to young people. Without a change in mindset, it will be difficult to fight youth unemployment successfully.

administrative_issues:

Should be taken up by a possible future project on employment

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/224780

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location:

country:

Egypt

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Employment for youth in Egypt (EYE): Working together in Qalyoubia and Menoufia - Final Evaluation