Green Visions and Thriving Futures: Empowering Youth for Sustainable Impact in Egypt

Project Status

195,670

Youth

The partnership between GenU, and EAA Foundation’s Silatech and Reach Out To All programmes aims at unleashing the potential of youth in Egypt to generate green impact and contribute to their local economies. By providing avenues for youth engagement and supporting their active participation in sustainable development efforts, the project aims to address environmental challenges, reduce youth unemployment rates, and foster economic growth. 

Rolling out the program activities in Egypt will take young people on a journey from volunteering and Education on Climate Action (ECA) to greening communities and refugee camps to skilling young people for 21st-century employment and either placing these young people in jobs and/or supporting them to develop enterprises and be self-employed in various sectors. 

This project is aligned with the priorities and the Vision 2030 of Egypt, particularly in the areas of youth skills, climate action and employability. Generation Unlimited (Shabab Balad) was launched under the auspices of the President of Egypt at the World Youth Forum in 2022 with full endorsement and support from the Government. The Government is co-chairing the Advisory Board of Shabab Balad through the Minister of International Cooperation, along with the UN Resident Coordinator in Egypt. Additionally, the Board includes prominent members from the public-private-youth representation, as well as the Minister of Youth and Sports, and the Minister of Communication and Information Technology. Furthermore, UNICEF Egypt’s Country Programme Document (CPD) 2023-2027 has been designed in alignment with the country's Vision 2030.

Project Beneficiaries

Through this project, 150,000 young people in Egypt will be engaged in greening actions, at least 60,000 of whom will also go through an education for climate action curriculum in preparatory schools, and 195,670 youth will be placed in employment or self-employment in Egypt in sectors that include Information Technology and Communications, Healthcare, Engineering, Infrastructure and Construction, Transportation and Logistics, Carpentry and Furniture Development, Financial Services, Sports and Community Engagement, Agriculture, Textiles and Garment and others. 

Project Goal and Objectives

The project aims at reaching the following outcomes:

• Outcome 1: Climate impact and climate resilience in Egypt strengthened resulting from adolescent and young people’s actions
• Outcome 2: Young people in Egypt are employed in decent jobs

Project Strategies and Activities

• Capacity Building: including training programs, workshops, mentorship, and coaching to enhance the knowledge and skills of young people. 
• Job Placement: including paid apprenticeship, internship, traineeship, casual, part-time, or full-time. 
• Self-employment: including entrepreneurship, start-ups, freelancing, and remote work. 
• Access to Finance: including grants, micro-loans and investment opportunities to support youth self-employment. 
• Youth-led Climate Actions: youth trained and upskilled to deliver climate actions in water conservation, food security, tree planting, and waste management sectors.
• Climate Change Education: youth beneficiaries receiving climate change education through formal curriculum in preparatory schools.

Project Primary Outcomes

• Empower youth in Egypt to take climate adaptation action.
• Climate impact and climate resilience in Egypt strengthened resulting from adolescent and young people’s actions.
• Young people learn and acquire skills to support their transition from learning to earning.
• Young people are supported to gain employment. 
• Young people are employed or self-employed through income generating enterprises