Our Approach
Operating on the principles of social enterprise, Silatech's principal method of operation is to work through a growing network of strategic partners - at country, regional and international levels. These partnerships will take a variety of forms and structures - ranging from commercial to fully philanthropic - depending on the nature of the objectives and goals pursued
Strategic Goals
Three strategic goals comprise Silatech’s initial program framework. These long-term, overarching goals define the strategic areas of focus where Silatech believes it can best contribute to improving the employment and economic prospects for young people in the Arab world. Every Silatech activity and all country-level initiatives are outcome-based and directly tie to these three strategic goals:
Strategic Goal #1 - Mindset:
- Improve society’s recognition and support for young people’s contribution to economic and social capital.
Many factors can help or hinder young people’s pathways to employment and social inclusion. It is important to build on traditional values to improve attitudes towards various types of work, gender norms, family and community support that accelerate young people’s meaningful engagement in society and the economy.
Strategic Goal #2 - Policy:
- Promote adoption of policies to stimulate increased employment and economic opportunities for young people and social inclusion.
Government policies must be shaped to improve the competitiveness of the labour market, the strength of the business environment, and the overall employment and economic opportunities for young people.
Strategic Goal #3 - Access:
- Improve young people’s access to demand driven and market-oriented skills training and job placement services.
- Improve micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises’ (MSMEs) access to capital, business development services and markets. In order to succeed, young, entrepreneurial MSMEs – both new and existing - need access to capital, business development services and linkages to corporate supply chains and regional and global markets.
For young people to succeed in finding gainful employment they need access to skills training, counselling and placement services linked to the requirements of the labour market.
