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BLINK Nigeria – Egypt – Lebanon – Morocco | gde@iecd.org - www.iecd.org
Be the Link between Schools and Companies | October 2014 | Issue 10 INTERNATIONAL
LIGHTS ON EGYPT
Focus: Summer internships
This summer, the first batch of Don Bosco students experienced the launch of placement in company. Overall, 46 students realized an internship in the industrial sector: 38 in Cairo and 8 in Alexandria. The youth were hosted by international companies (Schneider-Electric, Evapharma, Filmar, Mediterranean Textile, Pepsi, Suez Cement, Tuborco, Domotica Plus). It was not only the occasion for them to apply the competencies they learnt at school but also to acquire new skills. Those internships contribute to enhance their employability by being familiar with the business world: professionalism imperatives, team work and safety rules.
When searching for a job, this experience will be of high value for the students, thanks notably to the certificate they received from their host company. Similarly, the identification of future employees will be eased for the companies, which are already aware of the high quality training provided by the Don Bosco Institutes.
Renewable energies and social
entrepreneurship: innovating approaches in
the field of employment
During the last few months, we looked into the market of Renewable Energies (RE) and in the field of social entrepreneurship in Egypt through a feasibility study commissioned by our partner, the Drosos Foundation. Energy shortage is a day-to-day occurrence in Egypt as shown by power blackouts and the difficulties in provision of gas and fuel. This context makes RE more attractive at national level (power plants) as well as at individual level. According to our estimates, over 61 000 jobs could be created by 2027, only for installation, operation and maintenance activities. Access to energy in rural areas also remains a major issue: power cuts much longer than in the cities, erratic gas supplies on the black market etc. The survey allowed us to analyze the needs of companies both in terms of recruitment of technicians, trained on one or several RE technologies, and in terms of training of their current employees, in order for them to complete their competencies profile in RE.
The Seeds of Hope (SoH) project has been launched since
July 2013 with our two local partners, Don Bosco Cairo
and Alexandria. Several works in progress were set up
since the launching. Here comes an overview.
2nd year students from the IPI Mechanics-cars training , in internship
with Evapharma
Mikhail, a student in his fourth year in electronics at Don Bosco Cairo attended a training session in Suez Cement in August :
“During our training session, the first week was dedicated to a theoretical course on the production process of cement, then, we
were split up into several groups to visit the production units based at Helwan and Tourah. I was impressed because the
engineers working in the company, who are at least 50 years old, treated us with high consideration. I was also struck by the
safety rules which are very strict. It was a wonderful experience. I hope to have the opportunity to attend another training ses-
sion next year”.
Biogas stove in Faiyum
governorate
Lebanon :
NEXT ISSUE
In the MEANTIME, in other SEEDS OF HOPE countries
Lebanon : Lift Technology
Two trainers from Chennevière Malézieux
Highschool in Paris went to Lebanon
from 6th to 10th October to bring their
expertise after the launching of the
course « Elevator technology » by the
ISAE-CNAM. This course fits into the Lift
section, the 1st training of this kind in the
Near-East, launched jointly by the IECD,
the ISAE-CNAM, Mitsulift company and
the Academy of Paris. An elevator,
offered by Mitsulift for real practicing,
was inaugurated in the presence of all
project’s partners.
Morocco : TCA opening The Mkanssa multi-services center was
inaugurated on the 30th of July by the
governors of the Great Casablanca and
Nouaceur, Messrs. Safir and El Khatib. The
center hosts the Electricity OPIU* and the
Electricity TCA**, operated jointly by l’Heure
Joyeuse and the IECD. Other associations
offer trainings in sectors such as
hairdressing, dressmaking and preschooling.
Before the “Building Electricity” training
starts, 30 students go through Electricity
OPIU during 3 months. Then, a second group
will start the OPIU in November.
* Orientation and Professional Insertion Unit ** Training Center for Apprentices
PREPARING THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR
By September 1st, students had already returned to the Don Bosco institutes. To prepare the new school year, several activities were
set up around the SoH project.
In July, 4 professors from Cairo and Alexandria participated to a 7-day training
session on robotics and automation. A textbook was made after this session,
and both themes would be integrated into the course program.
From September 4th to 6th, two people from the Guidance and Employment
Offices of Cairo and Alexandria were invited to Beirut to take part to the training
session organized by the “Guidance Employment & Training” (GET) project. The
3-day training session aimed at vocational integration sessions devoted to
students, but also guidance to support the youth in their job research. It offered
rich exchanges of ideas and experiences with Lebanese employees.
Financed by Schneider-Electric Egypt, the 1st material order for the renovation
of electro-technical laboratories of Cairo and Alexandria were finalized.
? DID YOU
KNOW
Nigeria: Safety first in IIT
In Nigeria, personal sensitivity to safety
notions is far from requirements imposed
by international standards. Yet, this aspect
is fundamental on a daily basis.
Thus, IECD decided to emphasize this point
and has provided IIT teachers of the
Electrotechnics program with an
“Industrial Safety” training. It was
performed in two batches by Cummins HSE
manager in Nigeria and focused on major
safety issues in a professional environment
including: Hand Safety, Crane Awareness,
Environmental Awareness, Material Safety
Data Sheets and Job Safety Assessment.
1 feasibility study, financed by the Drosos
Foundation, is in progress in Lebanon. It aims at
drawing-up a project of social entrepreneurship
in the national electricity sector.
3 orders in progress with Schneider-Electric to
equip 3 technical platforms in new SoH
countries.
Working session during the 3-day teachers training in Beirut
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