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Youth training program that is part of the decent life presidential initiative. The initiative is based on training in the professions of detailing and sewing for 15 hours per session, and the occupations of plumbing and electrical installations for two weeks per session. To be conducted in a mobile workshop that will be able to reach rural communities.  

Using WFP-provided sun-drying units, tomato farmers underwent training on crop storage, meanwhile contributing to the increase in market value for tomatoes. Additionally, farmers were trained on the use of pomegranate arils separation and refrigerating units. These agro-processing techniques offer valuable economic diversification and income generating opportunities for small-scale food producers.

Under The Ministry of Local Development's auspices, WFP collaborated with e-finance to develop the Ayady Misr (Hands of Egypt) as an E-commerce & E-marketing platform to support rural women entrepreneurship. The platform enables sustainable livelihoods for households by connecting the beneficiaries to a wider customer market while also helping them maintain a standard level of handcrafts quality. This in return translates into higher sales and better income for livelihood beneficiaries and other rural Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). 

As the platform has garnered more awareness, it has received presidential support as well as endorsement from other national institutions and NGOs. In November 2021, a technical workshop was hosted to introduce and educate persons of interest such as users, potential investors, government representatives, on the technicalities of the platform either as a seller, customer, or advisor. The workshop also raised general awareness of digitalization and the importance and benefits of ecommerce.

In support to the Government’s COVID emergency response, WFP assisted about 39,000 Bedouin and rural household members most vulnerable to the pandemic’s socio-economic impacts through monthly unconditional CBT of EGP 180/USD 12 per household.

KIGOMA - The United Nations has launched a three-year project to improve communities’ resilience to climate shocks in the Kigoma region – where hundreds of thousands of refugees are hosted. 

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Land reclamation has established an early warning system through The Early Warning Unit of the Agricultural Research Center. The system uses numerical models to analyze weather forecast data to assess and reduce climate change risks on crops. Community Development Associations (CDAs) oversee the system, in turn, providing timely information (through loudspeakers, mobile apps, Facebook, and expert counselling) to implement adaptation measures, manage the system effectively.

In September 2018, Egypt's Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MoETE) rolled out a series of unique reforms and launched a "New Education System" under the banner of Education 2.0 (EDU 2.0). These reforms aim to transform the education system, prepare youth for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and catapult education towards the Sustainable Development Goals of Egypt Vision 2030.[1]

[1] EDU 2.0 RDP. https://www.rdp-egypt.com/en/home

Egypt has been through a long journey of curriculum reforms that adopt digital innovation and AI. The starting point is a view about the core competencies needed to be developed by learners from their education time. Those competencies cover 14 vital life skills reflecting what Egyptian young people need to succeed in the 21st Century.

In 2016, Egypt deployed the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB), which is now the World's most extensive digital library granting access to unlimited resources exclusively for all Egyptians. EKB came in as the first step in Egypt's quest for digital learning to create a culture that aims for a society that can learn, think, and innovate. EKB has full access to 38 of the top publishers worldwide like WILEY, Springer, National Geographic, Britannica, Oxford, Emerald, Sage and many more.