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Quarterly Report QUARTERLY REPORT TUNISIA JOBS, OPPORTUNITIES & BUSINESS SUCCESS PROJECT (JOBS) CONTRACT NUMBER: AID-664-C-17-00001 JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Implemented by: Chemonics International Inc. 1717 H Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 955-3300 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Chemonics International Inc. The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of Chemonics International Inc. and do not necessarily reflect the view of USAID or the United States Government. USAID JOBS QUARTERLY REPORT (JANUARY 1 – MARCH 31, 2019) QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS The Jobs, Opportunities & Business Success (JOBS) program is pleased to present this quarterly report highlighting major activities from January 1 to March 31, 2019. The following report summarizes progress during the reporting period for each technical component and project administration, as well as management concerns. During the quarter, JOBS expanded operations beyond Tunis to Gabes and Sousse. The project now has offices in five regions, including Beja, Gabes, Gafsa, Sfax, and Sousse. Of its more than 4,820 total expected jobs to be created and matched, JOBS’ client firms have targeted more than 65% for women. These jobs will be created in six regions, 21 governates, and 11 sectors, from manufacturing to mining, agriculture to health, textiles to finance, and many others. Although the project expected that companies in coastal regions would represent the bulk of our initial portfolio, JOBS has signed 31% of its Partnership Agreements (PAs) with companies in non-coastal regions. As JOBS regional presence expands, its job-creation will grow in non-coastal regions. The project also finalized strategies in three technical areas – Access to Finance (ATF), Work Force Development (WFD), and the Business Enabling Environment (BEE) - for a multi-dimensional approach to job creation. This narrative report is complemented by a presentation here, showcasing the quarter’s activities in JOBS’ ArcGIS online system. During the quarter, JOBS completed an assessment of lessons learned during its pilot phase using ArcGIS, which supports project Women are the target candidates for more than management nationwide; monitoring, 65% of the jobs expected within PAs signed evaluation, and learning (MEL); and between JOBS and its client firms. Here, an communications and outreach. This report employee of Royal Plants smiles about her led to several enhancements in how the team employer’s bright future – including 40 jobs to be uses ArcGIS for its daily work, as well as created in partnership with JOBS. clarity on the need to hire an ArcGIS specialist, whom JOBS recruited and hired in March 2019. ENTERPRISE ENGAGEMENT During the quarter, Component 1 (C1) expanded its outreach to potential client firms in six regions, particularly in non-coastal regions. It also made operational its ATF component. Highlights: ✓ Signed a Collaboration Agreement (CA) with Gabes Chamber of Commerce on February 28, and also signed JOBS’ first PA with a Gabes-based client firm. ✓ Signed PAs with 73 companies, for an end-of-quarter total of 106 client firms, which include an expected 4,820 jobs. On average, JOBS will provide three percent of total costs of activities to address key constraints, while the client firm will cover 97 percent. ✓ Established offices in Beja and Gabes and operations in Sousse. ✓ Launched an aggressive campaign to reach potential client firms via an online form soliciting expressions of interest (EOIs) via JOBS’ Facebook page and social media of more than 50 of JOBS’ partner organizations (e.g. chambers, etc). During the reporting period, JOBS received 30 EOIs from interested firms. ✓ Announced its first call for grants concept papers via JOBS’ Facebook page. The concept papers will promote employability and empowerment of Tunisian women and youth, as well 1 | PAGE as investment by Tunisians living abroad. This call for concept papers will be live through September 2019. ✓ Coached 12 Tunisian firms to participate in the Gulf Food trade forum on February 17-21 in Dubai. During the quarter, just one firm received its first order for $3.6M in dates (pending certification), and JOBS will continue to track these orders as they mature. For example, JOBS sponsored a Canadian short-term consultant to coach firms for participation in a November 2018 Sfax Export Forum, based on which confirmed orders equal $650,000, and anticipated orders equal $1.5 million. ✓ Completed its ATF strategy that expects to generate total financing in Year 1 of 100 million TND, resulting in the creation of approximately 2,100 new jobs. ✓ Signed a CA on March 5 with Zitouna Tamkeen (ZT), the first of several microfinance lenders for diagnostics and capacity building. Two JOBS’ short- term MFI consultants conducted a training with case studies on agriculture value- chain and small- enterprise financing with 22 ZT trainees, including its CEO, heads of key departments, branch managers, and loan officers in Tunis, Sidi Bouzid, and Kebili. Zitouna Tamkeen trainees show pride in completing a mapping ✓ Undertook an exercise – part of a workshop on agriculture value-chain and small- assessment of the enterprise financing. Tunisian tourism sector to develop a comprehensive JOBS tourism strategy. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT The Component 2 (C2) team engaged the private sector in closing the gap between skills demanded by employers and skills developed by academic institutions. During the reporting period, JOBS focused on engagement of the private sector in curricula reform at the national level, as well as direct technical assistance to an initial list of 10 Competency Certification and Career Centers (4Cs/career centers) and 12 Vocational Training Centers at the regional level. Highlights: ✓ Submitted JOBS’ WFD strategy on January 31 and presented the associated work plan to AID in February. For higher education, JOBS will focus on WFD in the following sectors with high demand for qualified candidates: Information and Communication Technology (ICT); biotechnology (e.g. agribusiness, pharmaceutical, etc.); and Business Studies. For vocational education, JOBS will focus on four sectors with high demand for hiring: hospitality/tourism; agriculture; textiles; and mechanical-electronics. ✓ Delivered “Employability Readiness” training to develop soft skills in students at higher education institutions. JOBS supported 4Cs to deliver this training for a total of 523 university students trained. 2 | PAGE ✓ Organized an ICT Job Fair in Sfax on February 14 in partnership with the 4C. Thirty companies participated in the job fair, seeking to fill approximately 200 open positions. JOBS and the 4C of the University of Sfax posted the event's Facebook photos and videos, which got more than 27,000 views. ✓ Delivered five workshops for study plans in Business Studies and ICT in preparation for the Ministry of Higher Education’s three-year cycle for reviewing study plans (syllabi for curricula). For Business Studies, JOBS delivered three workshops to revise study plans for JOBS delivered employability training and training of trainers to specializations in prepare students to compete for jobs in the private sector, building industrial management, their capacity to write CVs, interview, and contribute productively in quality management, a professional environment. Pictured here, the University of Gafsa finance and accounting, 4C director guides students through exercises on March 2- 3. sales, and community management. For ICT, JOBS organized two workshops to revise study plans for specializations in embedded system and Internet, network engineering and systems, software engineering and information systems, computers and multimedia, e-business, business information systems, business intelligence. In these workshops, representatives of academia and the private sector reviewed the study plans to better align classroom training with employers’ needs. These workshops included faculties and professors in these subject areas and representatives of the private sector interested in hiring highly qualified graduates. The revised study plans will ultimately impact approximately 1,700 students. ✓ Completed five diagnostics at four vocational training centers (VTCs) in Sousse (in agriculture, tourism, and textiles) and one agriculture VTC in Sfax. These diagnostics will define JOBS’ technical assistance specific to its 12 VTCs to support goals defined in its Year 1 work plan. POLICY AND REGULATORY REFORM The Component 3 (C3) team promoted public-private dialogue and stakeholder coordination to implement of priority policy areas. Highlights: ✓ Submitted JOBS’ strategy for policy and regulatory reform on January 24 and presented the associated Year 1 work plan to AID in March. JOBS will focus on four policy priorities: ATF, market access for investors, trade facilitation, and public procurement. ✓ Recruited local and international consultants and Tunisian service providers to support activities in JOBS’ annual work plan. For example, JOBS created a SOW to onboard a Tunisian web-design firm to create a portal on Tunisian Doing Business indicators for stakeholders’ broad visibility of Tunisia’s performance toward its goal of ranking in the top 50 in 2020. ✓ Co-sponsored a public-private dialogue on March 13 on the draft Equity Investment Code with members of the Tunisian Association of Capital Investors (ATIC) to answer questions 3 | PAGE of members of the Finance, Planning, and Development Committee
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