Ministry of Communications & Information Technology - Egypt December 2013
ICT for Youth Engagement A National Priority- Egypt’s Case
Ahmed Darwish,MCIT, Egypt
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BPO Industry in Egypt
ICT for Youth Engagement Strategy
ICT for Education
The Way Forward
Outline
People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Life Long Learning (LLL)
Community Development
National ICT Strategy
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National ICT Strategy| 2013-2017
Digital Socio-Economic Development
The Way forward
to
Prosperity .. Freedom .. Social Equity
Vision
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National ICT Strategy| 2013-2017
Main Pillars
Cyber Security & eSignature
Information Infrastructure
& Digital Content
Electronics Design &
Manufacturing
Legislative & Policies
Framework
Digital Society
Government DBs & Applications Framework
Open Source
Egypt Digital Hub
mApps
Building on Egypt unique geographical location
& optimum utilization of Submarine Cables
To become aGlobal Internet Hub
Achieving sustainable socio-economic
development of the Egyptian society through
Digital Identity using ICT Solutions
ICT Industry Programs & Initiatives
Industry Development
O&O
Regional & International Cooperation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Professional Capacities
ICT Companies Support
Technology Parks
ICT Industry Development,
Creating Job Opportunities&
Attracting Foreign Direct Investments
Basic Infrastructure
Community Development
Iraq
Indonesia
MalaysiaThailand
MyanmarBangladesh
MoroccoAlgeria
France
Qatar India
PakistanIran
OmanYemen
U.A.ESaudi Arabia
TurkeySyria
Lebanon
Egypt
North Sudan
Ethiopia Somalia
Libya
Mozambique Madagascar
Tanzania
Kenya
GreeceTunisia
DjiboutiSri Lanka
Jordan
Maldives
Taiwan
Brunei
Vietnam
Philippin
e
Japan
Korea
BelgiumUK
Singapore
Germany
Australia
China
Cyprus
ItalyPortugal
Eritrea
South Sudan
UgandaRwandaBurundi
DRC
Youth and Sports
Internal Affairs
Comm
erce & Industry
Electricity
Health
Education & H
igher Education
Tourism
Justice
Financial Services
Agriculture
Transport
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National ICT Strategy- Main Pillars
ICT Strategy
Digital Society
Egypt Digital
Hub
Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
Open Source
eContent
Electronic Signature
Electronic Design
&Manufacturing eComme-
rceCommunit
y Developm
ent
Cyber Security
Broadband
International
Relations
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BPO Industry in Egypt
ICT for Youth Engagement Strategy
ICT for Education
The Way Forward
Outline
People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Life Long Learning (LLL)
Community Development
National ICT Strategy
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BPO Industry in Egypt- Highlights
• Revenue: ~1.1B USD (2011)
• Employees: 43,000
• Destinations: Cairo and Alexandria
• Multilingualism: Arabic, English, German, Spanish, Italian.
• Potential: Ranks sixth (A.T. Kearney Index of 2009).
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BPO Industry in Egypt
ICT for Youth Engagement
ICT for Education
The Way Forward
Outline
People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Life Long Learning (LLL)
Community Development
National ICT Strategy
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ICT for Youth Engagement
• Help ALL young Egyptians to compete on the international level
ICT for Education
Egypt Education Initiative
National Initiative to Eradicate Illiteracy
Life Long Learning
Specialized Training
ICDL/ Egyptian Computer
Competence Certificate
Training of Youth Governmental
Employees
Youth Employment Generation Programme
Community Development
IT Clubs/ TecHomes
Community Development
Portals
People with Disabilities
Promote Equality in
Educational Opportunities
Training for Better
Employment Initiative
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BPO Industry in Egypt
ICT for Youth Engagement
ICT for Education
The Way Forward
Outline
People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Life Long Learning (LLL)
Community Development
National ICT Strategy
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ICT for Education- Egypt Education Initiative
EEI
Availing Infrastructure
Building eLearning Industry
Human Capacity
Quality Assurance Standards
Creating a Sustainable
Model
Supporting Management
Change
• 2000 Computer Labs• Connecting 1120 schools to the
Internet
• 140,000 Teachers trained on basic ICT Skills
• 5000 School Leaders trained on using ICT and soft skills
• Developed and accredited the national e-learning standards
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ICT for Education- National Initiative to Eradicate Illiteracy
• Fahima: • An interactive CD• Reduces the time from 9 months to 5-6 months
• Collaboration with Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Youth
• Target of Initial Phase: 20 thousand people
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BPO Industry in Egypt
ICT for Youth Engagement
ICT for Education
The Way Forward
Outline
People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Life Long Learning (LLL)
Community Development
National ICT Strategy
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Life Long Learning
• Specialized Training• Information Technology Institute• Customized Programmes• BPO Training
• International Computer Driving License• 2000-2012• 1million Egyptians
• Egyptian Computer Competence Certificate (C3)• 2013• Arabic and English
• Training of Youth Governmental Employees
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Youth Employment Generation Program
M/SMEsMicro and Small
Enterprises
YEPYouth
Entrepreneurship Program
Internship
TVETTechnical Vocational
and Education Training
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BPO Industry in Egypt
ICT for Youth Engagement
ICT for Education
The Way Forward
Outline
People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Life Long Learning (LLL)
Community Development
National ICT Strategy
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IT Clubs/ TecHomes
• Phase I:• Started 2001• Objective: Making the technology and internet available
to the grass roots (level C and D)• Around 2200 Technology Clubs were established
• Phase II:• Started 2011• Objective: Act as community service center using ICT• Around 120 TecHomes are established
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Technology Clubs/ TecHomes
Community Service Center and a way for
communications between local residents
and the government
Living Room Multimedia Garage
Kids Garden Technology Room
Office Political Area
Internet Room Commercial Area
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Community Development Portals
• Free, accessible, comprehensive, user-friendly, and a knowledge carrier are the main characteristics of Kenanaonline.com
Kenana Community Portals
ByotnaOur Homes
AradinaOur Lands
Youm GedidNew Day
AyadinaOur Hands
EradaWell
March 20121.200.000 Pages published on the internet
1,000 Page added daily/ 30,000 per month
85,000 Daily visit
60,000 Unique daily visitor
13,600 Kenanaonline worldwide rank on Internet
20 One of the largest 20 Egyptian portals
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BPO Industry in Egypt
ICT for Youth Engagement
ICT for Education
The Way Forward
Outline
People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Life Long Learning (LLL)
Community Development
National ICT Strategy
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Promote Equality in Educational Opportunities
• Technological Development of 35 “Inclusion Schools”;
• Technological development of all governmental Special Education schools for the blinds;
• Technological development of centers for PWDs at all publcuniversities;
• Development of the unified sign language digital dictionary for supporting Basic Education Schools in Egypt; and
• ICDL for People with Disabilities (PWDs).
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Training for Better Employment Initiative
• Training: 400
MCIT
• Employment: 100
ICT Chamber• Financial
support during the 1st
year
MEK
ICTcompanies
ICT companies
ICT companies
•52 PWDs with visual disability were trained on
Telesales
• 16 PWDs were employeed
Public Private Partnership Model
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BPO Industry in Egypt
ICT for Youth Engagement
ICT for Education
The Way Forward
Outline
People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Life Long Learning (LLL)
Community Development
National ICT Strategy
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The Way Forward
• eLearning• Content Development
• Social Innovation• Living Labs
PARTNERSHIP
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology - Egypt
Thank You!
Ahmed Darwish, [email protected]
Director, Human Development SectorMinistry of Communications and Information Technology,
Egypt