Program Objectives
Main Objectives
Wage employment
Food security
Financial inclusion
Self-employment
Market access
Social services
Income diversification
Women's empowerment
Social cohesion
Productivity
Social inclusion
Climate resilience
Program Description
Through this program, UNHCR supports refugees by matching professional qualifications with employment opportunities, providing cash grants for new businesses or expanding existing ones, and refugee artisans in exhibitions and bazaars.
Program Components
Transfer
Coaching
Business capital
Financial services facilitation
Wage employment facilitation
Market links
Skills training
Climate resilience support
Average program duration for participants
Under one year
Between one and three years
More than three years
Do participants access components in a specific sequence?
Digitization
COMPONENTS DELIVERED DIGITALLY
Transfer
Coaching
Business capital
Financial services facilitation
Market links
Skills training
Climate resilience support
Wage employment
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
TARGETED POVERTY GROUPS
Poor
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Displacement-affected
Women
Youth
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Behavioral attributes
Other eligible criteria
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Categorical targeting
Basic Program Information
Country
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Region
Middle East & North Africa
Lead implementing agency
Catholic Relief Services, Caritas, and Refuge Egypt
Type lead implementing agency
NGO
Start date
End date
P-code (WB programs)
DNA
Global Practice (World Bank)
Non-WB
Country Information
Lending category (WB only)
IBRD
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
No
Total Population (million)
109.26
Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)
32.50%
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)
1.50%
Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)
5.24%
No. Economic inclusion programs in the country
2
No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country
150,735
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Name research partners
TBA
Date when impact evaluation results available
TBA
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
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Program Coverage
Direct participants
629
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
2,598
Percentage female participants
26-50% of participants
Share of country population (%)
: < 0.01
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: < 0.01
Area/s
: Urban/Peri-urban only
Geographic coverage
: Several states/regions
Institutional Arrangements
Organizations | Involved In Implementation | Providing Financing |
---|---|---|
National/central government | ||
Regional/district government | ||
Local/municipal government | ||
Non-governmental organization | ||
Community | ||
Financial Service Provider | ||
World Bank | ||
Multilateral (not WB) | ||
Bilateral organization | ||
Private sector organization |
Community Engagement
Components Delivered Through Community
- Transfer
- Business capital
- Wage employment facilitation
- Skills training
- Coaching
- Financial services facilitation
- Market links
- Climate resilience support
Community Structures Leveraged for Program delivery
- Informal community groups
- Formal community groups
- Local governance groups
- Community individuals
- Other community structures
DNA: Does Not Apply; FY: Fiscal Year; FCV: Fragility, Conflict, and Violence; MPI: Multidimensional Poverty Index; NPL: National Poverty Line; N/A: Not available; WB: World Bank |