Botswana
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2021
- Is the NEP under revision?
- No
Dialogue and stakeholders in the formulation process
- National
- Ministry in charge of economy/planning/finance
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of employment
- Yes
- Sectoral ministries
- Yes
- Trade unions
- Yes
- children
- -
- UN agencies
- Yes
- Civil society groups, such as women or youth associations
- Yes
- Employers’ organisations
- Yes
- ILO
- Yes
- Regional
- No
- Local
- No
- N.A.
- -
Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy
- Ministry in charge of employment/labour
- -
- Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
- Yes
- Sectoral ministry
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.Employment policy goals
- Economic growth
- -
- Decent work
- Yes
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- -
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- -
- Full employment
- -
- Poverty reduction
- Yes
- Productive employment
- Yes
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
The overall policy goal of the NEP is to promote productive, gainful and decent employment for Batswana led by the private sector, in order to contribute to the reduction of income inequality and to support poverty eradication efforts.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- To achieve the goal of productive, gainful and decent employment for Batswana will require additional interventions in the following five strategic focus areas of the Policy:
i. Strengthening the growth of employment in the private sector;
ii. Reforming the education and training system;
iii. Improving the flow of information between job seekers and job openings;
iv. Strengthening of employment programmes; and,
v. Developing a framework for coherent and coordinated policies with systematic monitoring and evaluation.
Employment targets
- Employment opportunities
- Yes
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Additional information:
The aim of the Policy is to reduce the overall unemployment rate to a single digit, which is, from 17.7 percent in 2015 to less than ten percent by 2030.Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- -
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- No
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- -
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Target groups
- Youth
- Yes
- Women
- Yes
- Informal workers
- -
- Rural workers
- Yes
- Older persons
- -
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- -
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Other: persons residing in high-poverty areas; poor persons.