Quarter 1 Report: USAID/Egypt Workforce Improvement and Skill
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QUARTER 1 REPORT USAID/EGYPT WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT AND SKILL ENHANCEMENT PROJECT YEAR 5 CONTRACT NUMBER AID-263-C-16-00002 March 1, 2020 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by MTC International Development Holding Company, LLC. QUARTER 1 REPORT USAID/EGYPT WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT AND SKILL ENHANCEMENT PROJECT YEAR 5 CONTRACT NUMBER AID-263-C-16-00002 MARCH 1, 2020 AUTHORS: JOSEPH GHANEM MOHAMED FAWZY WALID QORISH PETER ILICK JEENA MITRY RANIA SALAH BONNIE BARHYTE ZACH NICHOLS This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of the USAID/Egypt Workforce Improvement and Skill Enhancement project and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. USAID/EGYPT WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT AND SKILL ENHANCEMENT PROJECT CONTENTS Contents ................................................................................................................................................... i Acronyms ................................................................................................................................................ ii I. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 1 Project Overview................................................................................................................................. 1 Result A .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Result B........................................................................................................................................... 3 Result C........................................................................................................................................... 3 Partnerships and Coordination in the TVET Sector........................................................................ 4 Challenges and Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 5 II. Year 4 Accomplishments by Result Area .......................................................................................... 6 Result A: Upgrading Technical Secondary Education ........................................................................ 6 Objective A.1 Schools’ capacity improved to provide students with technical, practical, entrepreneurial, innovation, and soft skills needed by the market to enhance employability......... 6 Objective A.2 Curricula developed and implemented that meet international standards and address market needs .................................................................................................................... 10 Objective A.5 Develop and pilot innovative and student-centered approaches to technical education ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Result B: Enhancing Productive Capacity and Ability to Attract and Retain Skilled Employees .... 20 Objective B.2 Technical, practical, and soft skills of selected job seekers upgraded and those job seekers linked to the private sector for employment..................................................................... 21 Objective B.3: Productivity of the existing labor force improved ................................................ 23 Objective B.4: Firms better able to recruit, retrain, and retain their staff ..................................... 25 Result C: Enhancing the Capacity of Egyptian Stakeholders to Identify and Address Barriers to Labor Market Efficiency ................................................................................................................... 27 Objective C.2 Selected organizations are assisted in developing strategies to advocate for reforms related to labor market efficiency (and positive outcomes of implementing these strategies substantiated) ................................................................................................................ 27 Objective C.3 Stakeholders at the governorate level are supported in addressing identified challenges to labor market efficiency ........................................................................................... 28 III. Cross-cutting Activities .................................................................................................................. 32 Sustainability and Sustainable Transformation............................................................................. 32 Gender Integration ........................................................................................................................ 33 Environmental Protection ............................................................................................................. 34 Project Management ..................................................................................................................... 35 IV. Annexes .......................................................................................................................................... 36 YEAR 5 QUARTER 1 REPORT PAGE i USAID/EGYPT WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT AND SKILL ENHANCEMENT PROJECT ACRONYMS 3R Recruit, Retrain, and Retain ABA Alexandria Business Association CO Contracting Officer COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CUTE Central Unit for Transition to Employment EEAG Enabling Environment Advisory Group EEU Enabling Environment Unit ENCC Egyptian National Competitiveness Council EPC Economic Partnership Council ERU Ebdaa Rehletak Unit FEI Federation of Egyptian Industries GIZ German International Cooperation Agency GIZ-EPP German International Cooperation Agency – Employment Promotion Programme HR Human Resources ILO International Labor Organization LMI Labor market information LOC Letter of Cooperation LUTE Local Unit for Transition to Employment MoETE Ministry of Education and Technical Education MoLD Ministry of Local Development MoSS Ministry of Social Solidarity MoTI Ministry of Trade and Industry MOU Memorandum of Understanding MTC Management & Training Corporation NAPPP National Association of Peer Program Professionals NAQAAE National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for Education NGO Non-governmental organization OSH Occupational Safety and Health PAT Professional Academy for Teachers PESTEL Political, economic, social, technological, environmental, legal YEAR 5 QUARTER 1 REPORT PAGE ii USAID/EGYPT WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT AND SKILL ENHANCEMENT PROJECT PIP Productivity Improvement Program PVTD Productivity and Vocational Training Department (under MoTI) RMG Ready-made garments SEED Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development SUTE School Unit for Transition to Employment SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats TAR Training Achievement Record TCF Textile Consolidation Fund TNA Training needs assessment TOT Training of Trainers TVET Technical and vocational education and training UN United Nations UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization US United States USAID United States Agency for International Development VTEC Vocational Training and Employment Center WISE Workforce Improvement and Skill Enhancement project YEAR 5 QUARTER 1 REPORT PAGE iii USAID/EGYPT WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT AND SKILL ENHANCEMENT PROJECT I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Workforce Improvement and Skill Enhancement (WISE) Project began its fifth year of implementation on November 1, 2019. This report describes the activities of the first quarter of Project Year 5 covering the period from November 1, 2019 through January 31, 2020. PROJECT OVERVIEW WISE supports and collaborates with a variety of public and private sector entities as it provides training and capacity building for stakeholders and counterparts through three result areas: Result A focuses on upgrading technical secondary education to meet the needs of the market in selected governorates and sectors; Result B focuses on improving skills and productivity within the workforce and private sector in selected sectors and governorates; and Result C focuses on supporting an enabling environment for improved labor market efficiency. A hallmark of the WISE project continues to be the strong working relationships established across a wide range of partners. These include the Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MoETE), the Ministry of Local Development (MoLD), and the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS) at the national and governorate levels, the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council (ENCC), the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI), the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s Productivity and Vocational Training Department (PVTD), the Textile Consolidation Fund (TCF), a variety of private sector companies, and 63 technical schools across 11 governorates, among others. Collaborating on such a scale is critical to connecting Egypt’s businesses and technical schools, as well as for remaining current with labor market trends and the types of skills that employers are looking for in potential trainees and employees. By tapping into local expertise and engaging these Egyptian partners, WISE is building capacity as it is promoting local ownership