Project Name: MasrWorks
Inception date: October 2012
Current status: Launched in April 2012. As of June 2012, the portal had over 2000 registered users, 10,000+ unique visitors.
Expected outcomes: 10,000 young people provided employability support by 2013
Partner(s): Microsoft
Countries covered: Egypt
Description: Egypt's (and the region's) first employability portal, MasrWorks helps Egyptian youth and job seekers find support to transition into the world of work. MasrWorks is available in both Arabic and English and provides resources ranging from online career guidance, employability and entrepreneurship training, to specific work experience and job opportunities. MasrWorks is the first of a series of regional employability portals that Silatech and Microsoft will be launching over the next few years, to bring together the diverse range of interventions and support available through public, private and civil society initiatives.
Project Name: Youth Enterprise Growth Initiative
Inception date: March 2012
Current status: Active
Expected outcomes: 1000 youth businesses supported to grow from micro to small over 2 years
Partner(s): Alexandria Business Association (ABA), Mowgli Foundation UK
Countries covered: Egypt
Description: Provision of package of non-financial services to support the growth of micro enterprises run by high potential youth clients of ABA.
Project Name: Egypt Youth Savings Initiative
Inception date: Under development
Current status: Under development
Expected outcomes: 50,000 youth influenced through social marketing, at least 20,000 youth provided with financial literacy, at least 20,000 provided with savings accounts over 2 years
Partner(s): GIZ, Sanabel, Social Fund for Development, Egyptian Banking Institute and ABA.
Countries covered: Egypt
Description: Provision of dedicated youth savings accounts combined with financial literacy to increase financial access for low-income youth. This project is one component of a larger regional youth savings initiative conducted in partnership with other local and regional partners. Other countries of implementation include Egypt and Morocco.