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Decent Jobs for Egypt’s Young People - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3091

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3091

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

COVID-19

category:

COVID-19

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comments:

 SIYB beneficiaries  Horus University

challenges:

N/A

success:

Adopting the business clinics as one of the project’s mitigation strategies increased the credibility level among the SYIB beneficiaries because of this activity's coaching and mentoring pillar.

context:

The ILO’s duty was to introduce the project, so the government institutions' buy-in took longer. COVID-19 added more delays to the project at the beginning. However, the project succeeded in adopting the business clinics to be referred to by the SIYB beneficiaries as one of the innovative strategies during the suspension period of the project because of the effect of COVID-19, noting that it was used and continued as a successful strategy after the suspension period and can be considered as one of the sustainability mechanisms as well. Also, it is worth saying that after operationalizing the Entrepreneurship Centre in the Horus University business school after establishing a specific well-structured vision, mission, and objectives ensuring its sustainability, the Centre can play a vital role in activating the business clinics and applying it with the graduates from the SIYB training workshops.

description:

The ILO successfully utilized the COVID-19 period in re-evaluating the project and bringing new ideas on the ground, adopting innovative mitigation strategies (e.g., applying the business clinics) and responding to the key stakeholders emerging needs.

administrative_issues:

The master trainer who facilitated and led the SIYB to develop a specific well-structured coaching & mentoring strategy and respective mechanism shows how the business clinic can be activated and used as a helpful tool to track the SIYB graduates to ensure a higher level of sustainability of the project results. In this regard, the Entrepreneurship Centre at Horus University should develop a fund-raising strategy to fund this activity with the collaboration of ILO. Also, a business clinic r knowledge sharing workshops can be organized to combine both master trainers certified at the HUE.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/248199

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location:

country:

Egypt

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Decent Jobs for Egypt’s Young People - Final evaluation