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Building Futures
Vision: A world where young people have the skills and opportunities to create a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Mission: To build futures through youth employment in partnership with the private sector across the Middle East and North Africa.
Building Futures through youth employment across the Middle East and North Africa
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An Overview of EFE Programs
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• Job Training and Placement
• Pathways to a Job • Entrepreneurship
• Morocco• Tunisia• Egypt
• Jordan• Palestine • Yemen
Supported in US and Europe
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Skills for the Workplace
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• Communication skills• Teamwork• Interpersonal strengths and leadership• Define and acquire knowledge needed to be well informed and do
excellent work• Self presentation• Work Ethic• Attitude• Time management• Problem solving• Adaptability / flexibility• Self promotion• Goal setting—professional and personal• Identifying a pathway to goals• Recognize and seize opportunities for advancement and promotion
in the workplace
Skills taught in EFE’s Workplace Success Curriculum
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Methodologies for Teaching Soft Skills
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• Experiential learning
• Classroom or “traditional” learning
Mixed Methods Approach
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Methodologies for Teaching Soft Skills
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• Peer- and trainer-evaluated role playing
• Trainer consultation with students
• Team-building exercises
EFE–Maroc students perform a team building exercise
Experiential Learning
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Methodologies for Teaching Soft Skills
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• Workplace Success workbooks
• Principles of soft skills taught by EFE trainer
• Group projects
JCEF students complete a group project
Classroom Learning
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Methodologies for Teaching Soft Skills
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• Company Simulation Model
• Acquiring Interview Skills
Experiential Learning in Egypt
‘This program is not just a training, it's a new attitude.’
Ahmed Ramadan, EFE Egypt
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Measuring Soft Skills Acquisition
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• A combination of surveys, interviews and focus groups, observation
• Gathers feedback from key stakeholders• Stakeholder groups: students, alumni,
employers, trainers
EFE’s Monitoring & Evaluation System
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Building Futures
Measuring Soft Skills Acquisition
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EFE’s Monitoring & Evaluation System
• Communicate well Yes No• Give a good impression of myself Yes No• Have self-confidence Yes No• Work well with others Yes No• Know how to develop my career Yes No • Know how to further my technical skills Yes No • Have a sense of responsibility Yes No• Know how to resolve conflict Yes No
Student Survey PosttestAs a result of my EFE training, I believe that I:
Student Survey Pretest In thinking about the skills that I currently have, I believe that I:
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“…the soft skills helped us to know ourselves and how to deal with others. It really changed us to be better.”
– EFE-Egypt graduateWaleed H.
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EFE Alumni Acquire Soft Skills
"Thanks to (EFE's) Workplace Success, I have developed my self-confidence and my skills I've become a role model for my brothers and sisters (and) I have a positive outlook on the future for myself, my family and my community.“
– EFE-Maroc graduate Mohamed B.
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Thank You
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