Occupied Territories
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2020
- 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
- -
- Employers’ organisations
- Yes
- ILO
- Yes
- Regional
- No
- 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
- -
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- Yes
- Full employment
- Yes
- Poverty reduction
- -
- Productive employment
- Yes
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
The vision of national employment is to “achieve full, productive and freely chosen employment for jobseekers, particularly youth and women”.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- The NES 2021-2025 will achieve this vision via its objectives to:
1. Strengthen labour market governance and develop active labour market policies and programmes, ensuring stronger linkages and more efficient alignment between supply and demand.
2. Improve alignment of education and higher education with labour market needs.
3. Strengthen private sector resilience and ability to increase productivity while creating decent employment opportunities for jobseekers, particularly youth and women.
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:
- Increase in the number of workers (by gender) registered as formal workers in sectors with predominantly informal sectors by 5 per cent annually.Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- -
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- NA
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- Yes
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- Yes
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- Yes
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- Yes
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
Additional information:
For detailed information on indicators, please see from pages 104 to 122 of the National Employment Strategy 2021-2025.Target groups
- Youth
- Yes
- Women
- Yes
- Informal workers
- Yes
- Rural workers
- -
- Older persons
- -
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- -
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Other: social assistance programme beneficiaries, including workers who experience involuntary unemployment; child labour.