Education for Employment Foundation

Arab International Women’s Forum Plenary Session II:The Education, Employment and Empowerment of Youth: Pre-requisite for Stable & Prosperous CommunitiesMay 12, 2011

“..now I'm aware of the world and people around me. I'm not nervous anymore and I learned a lot on how to communicate with people. Even my family and husband felt this change; they see I’m more open to life, not nervous and greatly motivated with trust in myself and my capabilities.”

The story of an unemployed women

NAME| Doaa Hassan Abo ElfadlAGE| 25HOMETOWN| Cairo, EgyptEDUCATION| Helwan UniversityDEGREE| BSc in Applied ArtsEMPLOYMENT STATUS| Unemployed for three yearsEMPLOYER| MorinellaTITLE| Textile Merchandiser

Source: Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Arab Human Capital Challenge: The Voice of CEOs. Rep. Dubai, 2008.

Skills in Greatest Demand by Arab CEOs

What ultimately hinders Egyptian Youth from accessing formal employment

Dynamics of Employment

What is EFE? Founded by Ron Bruder, entrepreneur, named TIME’s top 100 Most Influential People in 2011

Six locally-run non-profits in Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Morocco, Yemen, Tunisia supported by US and European non profits and strategic partners such as Manpower Group

“In my country, having a job means I’m alive.”

– Rami EFE graduate, Gaza

EFE Model

EFE creates opportunity in the Middle East/North Africa by

providing youth with market-driven training linked directly to

jobs and entrepreneurship support.

Job Placement

AdministrationBankingConstructionEducationFinanceGold SectorHVAC RepairHospitality HotelsHuman ResourcesInternet TechnologyLand Surveying SalesTextile Merchandising

EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship

How is EFE differentGLOBALLY 5 local CEOs 150 trainers and facilitators 400 Corporate partnerships 2,500 graduates to date 75% unemployed marginalised youth placed in jobs 80% job retention Nearly 50% are young women Public universities are replicating EFE employability

training IFC’s e4e, World Economic Forum, Clinton Global

Initiative

We are Locally Rooted

We are Locally Rooted

We are Business

Led

We are Business

Led

We Achieve Results

We Achieve Results

‘EFE|Egypt program gave me a great feeling of hope that there is a link between companies and unemployed youth that have great potential’

Fatma Ghaly

General Manager | Azza Fahmy Designs

Employer Testimonials ‘From day one on the job the girls hit

the ground running’

Omar Sedoudi

CEO| Souq.com

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