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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
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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
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National Level
Population
working
age

40
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workforce
others
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unemployment
20

3.5 million
employment
13.5 million
80

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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
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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.

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Opportunities to start with

• Work from home
• Work on a part time basis
• Work as an intern or a volunteer

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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

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• Labor Horizons
• What the Program is All About?

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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.
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Fresh university Graduate
Fresh Secondary School Graduate
Job Seeker without previous experience
Target Groups
Job seeker with previous experience
Women
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Packages
Services
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Apprenticeship according to apprentice desire
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Counseling
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Employment
S 2
General Courses
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On the job training
S 3
Job search skills
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Employment with 2 months salary
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Apprenticeship according to market demand
P 6
Local training facilities
Credit
Income Generating Activities Program
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P 2
S 3
P 4
Fresh university Graduate
Labor Market
S 1
Credit
S 2
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Contact information Hisham El Rouby Chairman Yout
h Association for Population and Development
E.Mail chairman_at_yapd.org.eg Web site
http//www.yapd.org.eg