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Egypt
>> Regional Overview >> Egypt Overview Program Data Sheet
263-017
USAID MISSION: Egypt
PROGRAM TITLE: Workforce Development (Pillar: Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Skills for Competitiveness Developed, 263-017
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $19,010,000 ESF
UNOBLIGATED PRIOR YEAR FUNDS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $65,000,000 ESF
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $33,323,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2000 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2009Summary: The USAID workforce development program includes the following components—
- improving management skills through the provision of in-country and off-shore business training programs at various levels;
- certified information technology (IT) training for university graduates;
- increasing Egyptian institutional capacity for providing market responsive, private-sector-driven education and training by supporting the establishment of a world-class business school and an Egyptian Technology University focusing on information technology;
- a Smart School program which introduces IT in K-12 education in nongovernmental schools and establishes school-based adult learning centers;
- establishment of a leadership education endowment that will provide Egyptians with demonstrated leadership potential and opportunities to develop advanced skills through study at U.S. universities; and
- IT and tourism sector training to improve the match between training supply and demand.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will provide training in management and IT and support Egyptian efforts for the establishment of a market-responsive, private Egyptian Technical University focusing on IT education. These funds will support an MBA program in the United States for approximately 40 participants; executive and mini-MBA training, management workshops, and short-courses on topics constraining Egyptian competitiveness for approximately 200 other private-sector participants; a leadership training program for approximately 50 participants; and a basic business skills acquisition course for approximately 600 recent university graduates, equipping them with employment skills. The support for the establishment of the Egyptian Technical University will provide technical assistance for the design and launching of this university, and procure IT and networking equipment for use in its educational and market linkage activities. The funding will also support technical assistance and computers for the Smart School program for 100 participating private schools that introduces IT in grades K-12 and establishes school-based community access centers for adult learning and continuing education programs. The program will also finance development activities in the tourism and IT areas, and provide a grant to a U.S. university to assist the Alexandria Institute of Technology establish a continuing education program in marketing and e-commerce.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID will support activities begun with FY 2002 obligations, and expand this objective by adding a grant or contract that will assist in the establishment of a world-class business school. The Certified IT training component will be expanded to cover more technical areas, such as data communications, wireless technologies, and network security. Additional components will include the start of a school-to-work program and an IT distance-learning initiative.
Performance and Results: Unemployed beneficiaries participating in this program will have better opportunity for employment. Those already employed will use their newly acquired skills to contribute to the productivity and competitiveness of their firms. Firms participating in the program will adopt modern management and human resource development practices, and as a result increase their global competitiveness. Egyptian institutions benefiting from the program will increase their institutional capacity for providing market responsive education and training in critical areas such as business education, IT, and tourism.
1,500 young graduates received industry-standard, certified IT training To date, 1,500 university graduates have completed IT training, leading to certification in various software areas including database development and administration, web development, e-commerce, and Microsoft certified engineer training. Sixty-two candidates from the private sector began MBA and Master’s in IT programs in the United States. The Prime Minister authorized the establishment of the Egyptian Technical University as a private, autonomous, non-profit university and approved the allocation of the requested 300 acres for the Egyptian Technical University campus. This process will culminate in the issuance of a presidential decree formalizing the establishment of the university. A grant made to the World Bank will assist the Regional Information and Software Engineering Center establish a distance-learning center. The center will be completed in March 2002, enabling participation in the World Bank Global Distance Learning Network. Egyptian graduates will then have opportunities for distance learning in management and IT. A follow-on to the earlier tourism-sector development component is in progress, and will provide the industry with market-responsive training (identified in the phase one) for approximately 6,000 workers.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: USAID activities are being implemented by PALTech; PricewaterhouseCoopers; the Institute for International Education; and Mendez England and Associates. A new contractor will be selected in January 2002 to provide technical assistance, training; and commodity procurement training, establishment of the Egyptian Technical University and the Smart School Program; and development of the IT cluster.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
263-017 Skills for competitiveness developed ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 19,260 Expenditures 4,657 Unliquidated 14,603 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 0 Expenditures 2,656 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 19,260 Expenditures 7,313 Unliquidated 11,947 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 65,000 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 19,010 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 84,010 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 33,323 Future Obligations 100,397 Est. Total Cost 236,990
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