Egypt, ILO launch economic empowerment program to secure sustainable jobs for youth, women

Egypt, ILO launch economic empowerment program to secure sustainable jobs for youth, women

The Egypt Youth Employment: Economic Empowerment program seeks to enhance the capabilities of partner institutions and civil society organisations in fields related to youth and women empowerment







Amr Kandil

, Sunday 24 Jan 2021







Egypt's Social Solidarity Minister Nevin El-Qabbaj (back R), Norwegian Ambassador to Egypt Lene Lind (back L), director of the ILO office in Cairo Eric Oechslin (front L) attend the signing ceremony of the "Egypt Youth Employment: Economic Empowerment under Forsa Programme."













Egypt's Ministry of Social Solidarity and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have launched on Sunday an economic empowerment project to enhance access for Egyptian youth and women to appropriate jobs with sustainable wages.

The ILO's project, dubbed "Egypt Youth Employment: Economic Empowerment under Forsa Programme,“ is funded by the Norwegian government.

The project is part of the social protection programme Forsa, launched by the ministry in 2017. Forsa mainly targets working age members of needy households included or almost included in the conditional cash transfer program Takaful wi Karama and disabled people.

Social Solidarity Minister Niveen El-Qabbaj, Director of the ILO office in Cairo Eric Oechslin, and Norwegian Ambassador to