On-Job Vocational Training Project

The on-the-job vocational training project was designed in the context of a package of interventions that the Palestinian National Foundation for Economic Empowerment (Tamkeen) has constructed in response to the consequences of the Corona pandemic on the exposed and economically fragile families that have been directly affected, and where unemployment rates increased dramatically to the inability of small businesses to pay their workers' wages. Accordingly, the Foundation worked through a paid on-the-job vocational training project to expedite the acquisition of practical experience in the vocational fields for young men and women on the one hand, and to pump laborers into small and medium-sized enterprises that lost the ability to employ workers on the other hand.

Training of 51 young men and women through hours for a period of 6 months, 46 of whom completed the full term.

The trainees mastering practical skills and experience aligned with their professions and which enable themto enter the labor market in return for sustainable wages.

Providing a sum of money for the trainees, which in some cases was the only income for some families, and which helped many in providing them and their families with requirements, such as buying a kit, issuing a driver's license, paying a debt, or rehabilitating the family's home.

The vast majority of them are still working in their professions for a wage after the end of the training period, whether with the same employers or others.

Enhancing the income of poor families by introducing an additional family individual to the labor market in return for a wage supporting the family's main breadwinner.

The project was a lifeline for many trainees whose training period coincided with the Corona pandemic, during which work was intermittent and witnessed complete closures for months, undermining the skills learned due to lack of continuity.

The project helped the owners of small and medium-sized workshops by providing unpaid labor for a period of 6 months, which enhanced their continuity and their ability to sustain operations.