In order to provide beneficiaries with some Training provides practical experience: experience, providers are required to identify internships with local employers. Offer different schedule alternatives, e.g. classes held at nights/weekends to Flexibility: ensure that also youth who have to work/care for children during the day can participate. It is crucial to monitor the impact of the training program. Monitoring and Evaluation: Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programs: Many young women could be encouraged to work by having access to affordable care for their children. Egyptian Kindergarten programs covers only a fraction of the eligible population and poor children display very low enrollment rates. ECD programs targeting 0-3 year olds (through e.g. mother at-home training) remains next to non-existent. Subsidizing childcare and preschool has several externalities that positively affect the welfare of future generations: International evidence (MIT 2006) suggests that high-quality early childhood education and care helps prepare young children to succeed in school and eventually in life (MIT 2006). A developed child care education industry could be economically important because it creates jobs and allows young mothers to be economically active. Investing in ECD and Early Childhood Education (ECE) benefits the overall economic competitiveness and creates job opportunities. Improving the Efficiency of Public Employment Services: Public Employment Services (PES): Labor offices in Egypt could such provide employment services such as labor intermediation and employment counseling in order to reduce waiting times for job seekers. This could be achieved by: by helping the labor offices register as many vacancies Improving intermediation services as possible job search assistance, guidance and Supporting early identification of skills needs, training Staff competency as well as the number of staff relative Improving institutional capacity. to the number of registered unemployed are important factors contributing to the success of PES. Successful PES are characterized by the involvement of the Private sector involvement: private sector in service provision. is the provision of self-service facilities for job seekers, ICTs essential in strengthening such as on-line job-banks. PES should be scaled-up/reform based on what works. Monitoring and Evaluation: Modernization/reform TVET Systems: There are basic ingredients to increase the viability and effectiveness of training programs, provision of comprehensive/integrated package of services: Clear mechanisms and institutional settings to Coordination among stakeholders: coordinate between the public and private sector and between training providers and beneficiaries.
Training provides practical experience: In order to provide beneficiaries with some experience, providers are required to identify internships with local employers. Flexibility: Offer different schedule alternatives, e.g. classes held at nights/weekends to ensure that also youth who have to work/care for children during the day can participate. Monitoring and Evaluation: It is crucial to monitor the impact of the training program. Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programs: Many young women could be encouraged to work by having access to affordable care for their children. Egyptian Kindergarten programs covers only a fraction of the eligible population and poor children display very low enrollment rates. ECD programs targeting 0-3 year olds (through e.g. mother at-home training) remains next to non-existent. Subsidizing childcare and preschool has several externalities that positively affect the welfare of future generations: International evidence (MIT 2006) suggests that high-quality early childhood education and care helps prepare young children to succeed in school and eventually in life (MIT 2006). A developed child care education industry could be economically important because it creates jobs and allows young mothers to be economically active. Investing in ECD and Early Childhood Education (ECE) benefits the overall economic competitiveness and creates job opportunities. Improving the Efficiency of Public Employment Services: Public Employment Services (PES): Labor offices in Egypt could such provide employment services such as labor intermediation and employment counseling in order to reduce waiting times for job seekers. This could be achieved by: Improving intermediation services by helping the labor offices register as many vacancies as possible Supporting early identification of skills needs, job search assistance, guidance and training Improving institutional capacity. Staff competency as well as the number of staff relative to the number of registered unemployed are important factors contributing to the success of PES. Private sector involvement: Successful PES are characterized by the involvement of the private sector in service provision. ICTs is essential in strengthening the provision of self-service facilities for job seekers, such as on-line job-banks. Monitoring and Evaluation: PES should be scaled-up/reform based on what works. Modernization/reform TVET Systems: There are basic ingredients to increase the viability and effectiveness of training programs, provision of comprehensive/integrated package of services: Coordination among stakeholders: Clear mechanisms and institutional settings to coordinate between the public and private sector and between training providers and beneficiaries.
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