Strengthening skills for trade and economic diversification in Egypt and Tunisia

In Tunisia, two priority sectors will be identified through stakeholder consultation. The sector level STED work then builds on existing trade-related studies such as from the International Trade Centre and data to put in place a process chain from assessment and diagnosis of potential sectors, collecting qualitative and quantitative information through structured interviews, building capacity of both public and private partners for sectoral social dialogue to come to a common identification of a sector’s current and future skills needs and gaps. This results in an action plan based on recommendations for reforming skills development systems, instituting specific training programmes and governance mechanisms, and developing institutional platforms for establishing social dialogue on skills development in the sectors of the economy with export-growth potential. In Egypt, the STED findings in both sectors have been validated in December 2014 and recommendations for priority actions expressed. All activities will be implemented in close collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Small Industries, the Ministry of Manpower and Migration, and the Sector Export Councils and the Enterprise Training Partnerships in the two sectors. Targeted trainings for identified skills gaps will be provided, as well as technical assistance provided for the revision of curricula. ILO cost-sharing is ensured through a US-funded project targeting export processing zones, DANIDA and CANADA funded Youth Employment projects and an Italian-Egyptian Debt Swap-funded Career Guidance project.

Project symbol

RAF/15/01/ISB

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Cairo

Start date

13/07/2015

End date

27/09/2018

Total allocation

600000

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

593572

Development Partners

Islamic Development Bank

Country/Countries

Africa - regional

Outcomes

Outcome 5: Skills and lifelong learning to facilitate access to and transitions in the labour market