Abstract
The “Egypt Youth Employment (EYE): Jobs and Private Sector Development in Rural Egypt” Project is a 3-year, Norway-funded project running from 2017 to 2020. A core component of the project is value chain and enterprise development, through which the project aims to promote decent private sector employment in rural Egypt, making rural areas more attractive to Egyptian youth. This is to be accomplished through both increased opportunities for direct employment created by large private investors and for indirect employment in rural micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and as small-scale producers along value chains. The project is in the process of identifying value chains/sub-sectors within the rural economies of the governorates where assistance can be provided.