Ethiopia
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2016; 2ND revision in 2019
- 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
- Other
- Yes
- Civil society groups, such as women or youth associations
- Yes
- Employers’ organisations
- Yes
- ILO
- Yes
- Regional
- Sectoral ministries
- Yes
- children
- -
- Civil society groups, such as women or youth associations
- Yes
- Local
- No
- N.A.
- -
Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy
- Ministry in charge of employment/labour
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
- -
- Sectoral ministry
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Employment policy goals
- Economic growth
- -
- Decent work
- -
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- Yes
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- -
- Full employment
- -
- Poverty reduction
- -
- Productive employment
- -
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
The Plan of Action for Job Creation proposes holistic interventions to solve the employment and job creation challenges and provides a new vision of employment in Ethiopia. The plan aims to foster the business environment and conditions necessary to create 14 million jobs by 2025, to absorb the currently unemployed, and to ensure that jobs are waiting for new entrants to the labor force.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- The Plan of Action for Job Creation is structured around six main strategic objectives:
1. Ensuring job-rich macro-policies;
2. Transforming the business ecosystem to build vibrant and growth-oriented MSMEs;
3. Developing human capital to meet the changing needs of the labor market;
4. Strengthening labor market intermediation and linkages;
5. Improving the inclusiveness of the labor market;
6. Realizing the job-potential of prospective high-yield sectors.
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 plan aims to foster the business environment and conditions necessary to create 14 million jobs by 2025, to absorb the currently unemployed, and to ensure that jobs are waiting for new entrants to the labor force.Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- Yes
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- Yes
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
- Yes
- Rural workers
- Yes
- Older persons
- -
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Other: populations excluded from the labor market as well as to vulnerable populations, such as refugees; university students; youth NEET, long-term unemployed tertiary graduates and up-to secondary education youth; internal rural-to-urban migrants; refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs); pastoralists; farmers; artisanal miners.