Employment Generation Program 2

Time Frame

From 8-3-2008 to 31-7-2008

Introduction

Based on its main goal of leading the development of Palestinian trade as a driving force for sustainable national economic growth, and based on its efforts to advocate a competitive business environment both locally and internationally throughout trade promotion and capacity building, the Palestine Trade Center – PalTrade in cooperation with the Palestinian Enterprise Development project (PED),  funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and implemented by Development Alternative, Inc. (DAI), would like to conduct "General and Specialized Training Courses"  for sixty (60) fresh unemployed business and marketing university graduates.

Project Description

The proposed Employment Generation Program (EGP) is built on the success of the first EGP program that was recently completed with the support of PED/DAI, and thereby the program aims at providing learning and employment opportunities to 60 unemployed graduates while supporting private sector companies and institutions through the infusion of 80 fresh talents and skills in the much needed area of marketing and sales, and through expending the pool of apprentices to include the remaining apprentices from the EGP1 and the EGP2 applicants (i.e. total of around 120 apprentices). The program will provide the apprentices with training and certification in the specialized fields of marketing; export development and promotion, as these fields have been identified as crucial to SME survival and growth and revealed in short supply in the local market. Additionally, PalTrade will subsidize 50% of the apprenticeship salaries (up to US$300 per month) for a period of 3 months.

Target Group

Recently Graduated students “within the last two years” from the faculty of Commerce and are now unemployed.

Training Goals

·         Create better chances for long-term employment opportunities for unemployed graduates.

·         Upgrade the skills and capacities of the apprentices according to job market   requirements for these fields.

·         Infuse qualified human resource from unemployed university graduates within the Palestinian private sector, particularly in the areas of marketing and sales.

·         Strengthen PalTrade’s role in serving the private sector.

For more info, please contact Mr. Amer Abu Alia aalia@paltrade.org