Building Futures

Vision: A world where young people have the skills and opportunities to create a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Mission: To build futures through youth employment in partnership with the private sector across the Middle East and North Africa.

Building Futures through youth employment across the Middle East and North Africa

An Overview of EFE Programs

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• Job Training and Placement

• Pathways to a Job • Entrepreneurship

• Morocco• Tunisia• Egypt

• Jordan• Palestine • Yemen

Supported in US and Europe

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Skills for the Workplace

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• Communication skills• Teamwork• Interpersonal strengths and leadership• Define and acquire knowledge needed to be well informed and do

excellent work• Self presentation• Work Ethic• Attitude• Time management• Problem solving• Adaptability / flexibility• Self promotion• Goal setting—professional and personal• Identifying a pathway to goals• Recognize and seize opportunities for advancement and promotion

in the workplace

Skills taught in EFE’s Workplace Success Curriculum

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Methodologies for Teaching Soft Skills

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• Experiential learning

• Classroom or “traditional” learning

Mixed Methods Approach

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Methodologies for Teaching Soft Skills

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• Peer- and trainer-evaluated role playing

• Trainer consultation with students

• Team-building exercises

EFE–Maroc students perform a team building exercise

Experiential Learning

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Methodologies for Teaching Soft Skills

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• Workplace Success workbooks

• Principles of soft skills taught by EFE trainer

• Group projects

JCEF students complete a group project

Classroom Learning

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Methodologies for Teaching Soft Skills

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• Company Simulation Model

• Acquiring Interview Skills

Experiential Learning in Egypt

‘This program is not just a training, it's a new attitude.’

Ahmed Ramadan, EFE Egypt

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Measuring Soft Skills Acquisition

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• A combination of surveys, interviews and focus groups, observation

• Gathers feedback from key stakeholders• Stakeholder groups: students, alumni,

employers, trainers

EFE’s Monitoring & Evaluation System

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Measuring Soft Skills Acquisition

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EFE’s Monitoring & Evaluation System

• Communicate well Yes No• Give a good impression of myself Yes No• Have self-confidence Yes No• Work well with others Yes No• Know how to develop my career Yes No • Know how to further my technical skills Yes No • Have a sense of responsibility Yes No• Know how to resolve conflict Yes No

Student Survey PosttestAs a result of my EFE training, I believe that I:

Student Survey Pretest In thinking about the skills that I currently have, I believe that I:

“…the soft skills helped us to know ourselves and how to deal with others. It really changed us to be better.”

– EFE-Egypt graduateWaleed H.

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EFE Alumni Acquire Soft Skills

"Thanks to (EFE's) Workplace Success, I have developed my self-confidence and my skills I've become a role model for my brothers and sisters (and) I have a positive outlook on the future for myself, my family and my community.“

– EFE-Maroc graduate Mohamed B.

Thank You

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