Connecting Young People to Jobs of the Future

Jobs for Youth

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EFE aims to build a coalition of partners and connect 50,000 unemployed young people to the world of work in the Middle East and North Africa region by 2022 through: - Employability training (online and in-classroom) - Market-driven job training and placement programs - Entrepreneurship and self-employment training EFE will lead this commitment, with funding from various governmental, multilateral and private sector sources.

Entity

Education for Employment (EFE) Youth organization, civil society, non-governmental, non-profit organization

Technical assistance, expertise and implementation; Policy, advocacy and convening power

Sustainable Development Goals & targets

8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

Themes

Digital skills for youth
Quality apprenticeships
Youth entrepreneurship and self-employment

Achievement At Glance

The number of youth connected to the world of work by EFE as part of the commitment from April 2018 until December 2023 amounts to 113,392 representing 227% of our total commitment. EFE’s programmes have provided youth with demand-driven digital, soft and technical skills, improving their labour market access, and linking young women and men to concrete job opportunities or helping them create their own businesses. EFE has also contributed to increasing women’s social and economic participation. Overall, since inception in 2006 until December 2023, EFE has connected 184,711 youth to the world of work, of whom 60% are women.

Key Highlight On Guiding Principle

Creation of decent jobs and improvement of quality of work: EFE works closely with private-sector employers to ensure jobs for graduates. As part of the employer engagement process, EFE ensures that companies adhere to ILO’s decent jobs definition and comply with minimum national wage standards.

Promotion of gender equality: EFE is committed to promoting gender equality, having connected 114,804 women to the world of work (60% of total beneficiaries) from inception until December 2023. In addition to implementing some female-only projects, all EFE projects aim for a minimum of 50% female beneficiaries.

Balanced set of interventions: EFE engages public educational institutions and governments to promote policy changes in education and employment that can better prepare youth for today’s and tomorrow’s economy. In countries like Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, EFE’s curricula is being taught in some public universities/ vocational training centres, and in Morocco EFE is consulted on the government’s national educational reform. In addition to providing skills’ training linked to jobs in key economic sectors, EFE promotes entrepreneurship and self-employment as a career option for youth, through targeted training, mentorship, start-up support, and connections to additional sources of funding. All this contributes to promote local socio-economic, inclusive growth.

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EFE aims to connect 50,000 young people to the world of work in the MENA region by providing demand-driven online and in-classroom trainings and linking youth to job opportunities in growing sectors or helping them create their own businesses. EFE will increase the employability of 50,000 young people through online training, of which 15,000 will receive additional in-classroom soft and/ or technical skills trainings and be placed in jobs/ paid internships at employer partners, and 2,000 will receive entrepreneurship training to create their own businesses. EFE will pay special attention to increasing women’s social and economic participation, with approximately 50% of beneficiaries being female. To achieve this, EFE will work with private and public stakeholders to secure economic opportunities for youth and raise awareness about the importance of providing youth with opportunities as a means to spur sustainable and inclusive socio-economic growth.

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Deliverables and links to SDG targets

Progress: 10,299 young people supported through entrepreneurship training, advisory services, access to markets or access to finance

8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

Through tailor-made entrepreneurship training, 2,000 youth will increase their entrepreneurial skills and 600 will start their own businesses.

BY: Mar 2022
Progress: 113,392 young people benefitted from employment services, including job search assistance, job fairs and career counselling

8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

50,000 young people will increase their employability through online and in-classroom training.

BY: Mar 2022
Progress: 29,895 young people trained in relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, ICT skills and soft skills

8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value

15,000 young people will be trained in relevant market-driven skills and be placed in jobs/paid internships

BY: Mar 2022

Start

01-Apr-2018

End

31-Mar-2022

USD 25,000,000

Estimated total value of the commitment

113,392

young people to benefit directly from this commitment

Target: Only young people 15-19, 20-24, 25-29

Primarily:

Young people in urban areas
Young people in rural areas
Young women
Young men
Low-income individuals
Young people with low levels of education and/or drop-outs
Graduates of second-level education and students in third-level education or beyond

Challenges faced in implementation

In all countries, one of the main challenges faced by EFE relates to the several Covid-19 waves and concomitant lockdowns and restrictions to in-person gatherings and travel, particularly during 2020 and 2021. During 2020, EFE successfully pivoted to online and at-distance learning, and created a new proprietary Learning Management System (LMS), which includes custom configurations, integration with EFE's Student Management System (SMS) on Salesforce, and deployment for all EFE Affiliates. The website and course materials are available in all three of EFE's target languages (English, French, and Arabic), a critical component in ensuring the accessibility for EFE participants. Inside each course, participants can have access to a variety of interactive materials to support their learning journey in addition to live course instruction provided by certified EFE trainers. EFE is currently providing training and job matching services to youth online, in-person, or in a blended format.