Development Division

Development Division

An intervention that responds to the needs, capacities, and incentives of youth, is more likely to be efficient and effective compared to alternative models.

Effective Interventions need to respond to the root causes of the target group’s challenges, induce effective market system change, and incorporate dimensions that ensure the sustainability and scalability of change. Through a robust theory of change and results chain, these interventions would result in fostering and promoting youth – females and males – empowerment, inclusion, and participation.

Enroot follows this process; in utilizing the main recommendations of our diagnostic studies to inform our implemented/recommended interventions and activities.

Market System

With focus on:

  • Value Chain Development
  • Cluster Development
  • Market Linkage

Capacity Development

With focus on

  • Tailored Training programs
  • Entrepreneurship and incubation programs
  • Employability Programs

Projects

MASAAR Phase II (Sohag and Luxor)

Location

Egypt

Year

2021

Client

The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Objective

To boost local development and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Upper Egypt, through establishing incubators specifically in Sohag and Qena to develop and implement 8 incubation cycles (4 per governorate of six-months), each supporting a minimum of 15 young startups per governorate for two years.

Enhancing Rural Incomes in Tahta through Market System Development

Location

Egypt

Year

2021

Client

Swiss Embassy (The Government of Switzerland)

Objective

To enhance rural incomes of selected communities in Tahta - Sohag, with focus on the loofah cluster and surrounding economic activities. The project includes the upgrade of the Loofah value chain in the targeted localities and empowering the local community to utilize surrounding business opportunities.

Job Search Club (JSC) – PROSPECTS

Location

Egypt

Year

2020

Client

ILO

Objective

To implement a series of Job Search Club workshops under the PROSPECTS EGYPT project, promoting economic inclusiveness through education and improving the quality of living, which boost youth job searching abilities and employability. This is implemented in conjunction with the ILO and the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Massar-Aswan

Location

Egypt

Year

2020

Client

Drosos Foundation

Objective

To develop selected clusters of agribusiness, agro-waste, and handicrafts through conducting a cluster diagnostic study which aims to recommend project intervents. The project also includes an entrepreneurship component that aims to provide various activities to develop 23 youth-led startups around the selected sectors.

USAID SEED – Enroot Entrepreneurship Competition in Upper Egypt

Location

Egypt

Year

2019

Client

USAID-SEED

Objective

To implement an entrepreneurship competition targeting 3 governorates in Upper Egypt. The project aims to promote MSMEs development and strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem while promoting youth-led start-ups and increasing youths’ economic participation.

Youth Entrepreneurs as Sustainable Development Solution (Massar – Sohag)

Location

Egypt

Year

2018

Client

The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Objective

The overall objective of the project is to empower youth socially and economically, through establishing and implementing sustainable Business Development Service (BDS) Units in Sohag university that ensure the provision of nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs, in particular females in Upper Egypt.

Entrepreneurship Training at Upper Egyptian Universities

Location

Egypt

Year

2018

Client

USAID-SEED

Objective

Prompting the entrepreneurial attitude of students and graduates of Sohag, South Valley, Aswan and New Valley universities and improving their employability options, done through a series of activities including entrepreneurship workshops and competency-based trainings focusing on relevant personal qualities and engagement in the business environment, as well as a  entrepreneurship competition to provide potential start-ups from the targeted governorates with access to different enabling factors including technical support, and potential funding and/or linkages opportunities. and TOT for university staff.