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Geographic Area: Minia
Governorate
Area of Development:
Economic and Social Development
Sector: Social
Applicant: NGO – NVD
Executive Body:
NGO – NVD/ COSPE
Beneficiaries:
Vulnerable youth, women and Disable people in Minia
Period of implementation:
2005/2007
Amount and nature of the funds:
266,596 € grant through the
Debt for Development Swap programme.
Type of intervention:
Capacity building, training, technical
assistance and micro credit
Objective:
Contributing to sustainable socio-economic development of Minia
Governorate to alleviate poverty and unemployment.
Description of the project:
The project intends to contribute
to sustainable socio-economic development of Minia Governorate, through
the economic empowerment of vulnerable youth, women and handicapped by
providing them with access to effective financial and non-financial
services in the aim of improving the quality of their life.
In particular the project aims also at
creating an Employment and Information Center, and at establishing
professional and vocational standard training programs and an effective
micro credit system to help new job opportunities.
The expected results are:
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An
assessment of markets demands for manpower in the targeted areas has
been made.
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Development of guidelines and standards for technical and professional
training formats for main vocations have been done.
·
Employment and Information Center have been created and working
efficiently.
·
Professional and Basic vocational training have established.
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Effective and sustained loan system has established.
New
full and part-time jobs have been created through training courses and
micro credit delivery to new and existing micro enterprises. |
