📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2020.2241.6
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible Organisational unit:
3600 North Africa
Contact person:
Cora Goetemann cora.goetemann@giz.de
Partner countries:
Egypt
SUMMARY
Objectives:
The conditions for participation of vocational students, especially young women and girls, in an economy transforming into a green economy have been improved in the Egyptian education system
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partner:
Ministry of Education and Technical Education
Financing organisation:
not available
VOLUME OF COMMISSION
Financial commitment for the actual implementation phase:
17 800 000 Euro
COFINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
2018.2154.5
Employment promotion (III)
FOLLOW-ON PROJECT
not available
TERM
Entire project:
(including all previous, current and following project implementation phases, if existing)
20.07.1995 - 30.06.2027
Actual project implementation phase:
01.07.2023 - 30.06.2027
OTHER PARTICIPANTS
GFA Consulting Group GmbH
following gGmbH
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project websites
not available
POLICY MARKERS
Gender Equality
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Democratic and inclusive governance
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Climate Change: Adaptation
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Climate Change: Mitigation
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Significant (secondary) policy objective
CRS CODE
11330 Vocational training
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Background:
Creating productive and decent jobs is one of Egypt's greatest economic and social challenges. According to the ILO, almost 8 percent of Egypt's working-age population was registered as unemployed in 2020. Youth unemployment was over 17 percent, with young women being particularly affected at over 43 percent. An estimated 63 percent of the working-age population is employed informally or in precarious employment (ERF, 2018). The situation on the Egyptian labor market is linked to Egypt's demographic development. According to the ERF, the working-age population is expected to grow by 800,000 people per year between 2030 and 2035. Sufficient productive jobs must be provided for new entrants to the labor market to prevent further increases in unemployment, underemployment, and precarious employment among young people. Adapting to the impacts of climate change requires skilled workers for both the economy and labor markets.
The goal
of Egypt's technical education is to prepare trainees for work in an economy that is transitioning to a green economy.
Together with the Egyptian Ministry of Education, the project will:
• adapt the reform strategy for technical training to the requirements of work in a green economy,
• work on improving the dual system to align training with labor market requirements and suppor
