Namibia
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 2ND revision in 2013
- Is the NEP under revision?
- Yes
Additional information:
A first national employment policy was adopted in 1997.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
- children
- -
- N.A.
- 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
- Yes
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- -
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- Yes
- Full employment
- Yes
- 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 goal of the National Employment Policy is to promote full, productive, decent and freely chosen employment which will eradicate poverty and reduce income inequality.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- Specific objectives of the policy are:
- Policy harmonisation and coherence in order create conducive environment for employment creation;
- Promoting skills development and employability;
- Ensuring gender equality in all areas of employment;
- Improving working conditions;
- Creating at least 90 000 additional permanent jobs as set out in NDP 4 by 2017;
- Facilitating the transition to decent work and formality;
- Improving and widening social protection;
- Strengthening labour market information systems;
- Strengthening labour administration and social dialogue.
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
- Yes
Additional information:
- Creating at least 90 000 additional permanent jobs as set out in NDP 4 by 2017. - The specific desired outcomes with regard to reduction of extreme poverty is that, by 2017, the proportion of severely poor individuals has decreased significantly from 15.8% in 2009/10 to below 10%, based on the Namibian poverty line.Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- Yes
- 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
- -