Ministry of ICT Egypt presentation at the Youth Engagement Summit Mauritius

ICT for Youth Engagement
A National Priority- Egypt’s Case
Ahmed Darwish,
MCIT, Egypt
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology - Egypt

December 2013

Outline
National ICT Strategy
BPO Industry in Egypt
ICT for Youth Engagement Strategy
ICT for Education
Life Long Learning (LLL)
Community Development
People with Disabilities (PWDs)
The Way Forward


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National ICT Strategy| 2013-2017

Vision
Digital Socio-Economic Development
The Way forward
to
Prosperity .. Freedom .. Social Equity


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National ICT Strategy| 2013-2017
Achieving sustainable
socio-economic
development of the
Egyptian society through
Digital Identity using ICT
Solutions

ICT Industry
Development,
Creating Job Opportunities
&
Attracting Foreign Direct
Investments

Building on Egypt unique
geographical location
& optimum utilization of
Submarine Cables
To become a
Global Internet Hub

Digital Society

Industry Development

Egypt Digital Hub

Justice

Financial Services

Tourism

Internal Affairs

Commerce & Industry

Electricity

Health
Education & Higher
Education
Youth and Sports

Agriculture

Transport

O&O
m
Apps

Open
Source

Regional &
International
Cooperation

Technology Parks

ICT Companies
Support

Germany
Belgium
France
Italy
Portugal
Greece

UK

Innovation &
Entrepreneurship

Morocco
Algeria

Tunisia
Libya

Turkey
Cyprus
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan Iraq

Iran

Kore
a

Pakistan

Qatar
Egypt
U.A.E
Saudi
Arabia Oman
Eritrea Yemen
North Sudan
Djibouti

South SudanEthiopia
Somalia
DRC Uganda Kenya
Rwanda
Burundi
Tanzania

Myanmar
India
Bangladesh

China

Thailand Viet
nam
Malaysia
Singapore

Sri Lanka
Maldives

Japa
n

Taiw
an
Phili
ppin
e
Brun
ei

Indonesia

Mozambique
Madagascar

Government DBs & Applications
Framework

Professional
Capacities

Australia

Main Pillars
Basic
Infrastructure

Information
Infrastructure
& Digital
Content

Electronics
Design &
Manufacturing


Community
Development

ICT Industry
Programs &
Initiatives

Cyber Security
& eSignature

Legislative
& Policies
Framework

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National ICT Strategy- Main Pillars

Innovatio
n&
Entrepren
eurship

Open
Source

eContent

Electronic
Signature

Electronic
Design
&Manufac
turing

Egypt
Digital
Hub

Digital
Society


eCommerce

Communit
y
Developm
ent

Cyber
Security

Broadban
d

ICT
Strategy

Internatio
nal
Relations
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Outline
ICT for Youth Engagement Strategy
ICT for Education
The Way Forward


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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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Outline
ICT for Education
The Way Forward


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• 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

People with
Disabilities

Community
Development
Portals

Training for
Better
Employment
Initiative

IT Clubs/
TecHomes

Promote
Equality in
Educational
Opportunities

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Outline
ICT for Education
The Way Forward


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ICT for Education- Egypt Education Initiative

Supporting
Management
Change

• 5000 School Leaders
trained on using ICT and
soft skills
Creating a
Sustainable
Model


Availing
Infrastructure

EEI
Quality
Assurance
Standards

• 2000 Computer Labs
• Connecting 1120 schools to the
Internet
Building
eLearning
Industry

• Developed and accredited
the national e-learning
standards
Human
Capacity

• 140,000 Teachers trained on
basic ICT Skills
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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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Outline
ICT for Education
The Way Forward


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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/SMEs
Micro and Small
Enterprises

YEP
Youth
Entrepreneurship
Program

Internship

TVET
Technical Vocational
and Education
Training


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Outline
ICT for Education
The Way Forward


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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

Living Room

Kids Garden
Office

Internet Room

Multimedia Garage
Technology Room
Political Area

Commercial Area


Community Service
Center and a way for
communications
between local residents
and the government

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Community Development Portals
• Free, accessible, comprehensive, user-friendly, and a knowledge carrier are
the main characteristics of Kenanaonline.com
1.200.000

Pages published on the internet

13,600

Kenanaonline worldwide rank on Internet

1,000

85,000
60,000
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March 2012

Page added daily/ 30,000 per month
Daily visit

Unique daily visitor

One of the largest 20 Egyptian portals
Kenana Community Portals

Byotna

Aradina

Our Homes

Our Lands


Youm Gedid

Ayadina

New Day

Our Hands

Erada
Well

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Outline
ICT for Education
The Way Forward


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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 publc
universities;
• 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

ICT

Public Private
Partnership Model

companies
ICT

companies

ICT

companies

•52 PWDs with
visual disability
were trained on
Telesales

• Training: 400

MCIT

• 16 PWDs were
employeed

ICT Chamber

• Employment:
100

• Financial
support
during the 1st
year

MEK

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Outline
ICT for Education
The Way Forward


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The Way Forward

• eLearning
• Content Development
• Social Innovation
• Living Labs

PARTNERSHIP


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Thank You!
Ahmed Darwish, Ph.D.
Aadarwish@mcit.Gov.Eg
Director, Human Development Sector
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology,
Egypt


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