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Cameroon

Strategies for youth employment

Strategies for youth employment
Yes

Youth employment strategy planned in the next 2 years

Discussions within the government
Yes
Consultations with national-level stakeholders (e.g. employers’ and workers’ associations, youth councils, etc.)
Yes
A draft strategy already exists
Yes
Other (please specify)
No

Countries with national action plans for youth employment

Monitoring framework (timeline and activity/outcome indicators, e.g. youth labour market indicators)
No
Funding (indicative budget to implement the plan)
Yes
Institutional responsibilities (e.g. ministries/agencies in charge of specific planned activities )
Yes
Other, specify
No

Public funding for the national youth employment strategy

Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
Yes

Additional information:
Financing is provided by the State budget of Cameroon as well as by Technical and Financial Partners (TFPs). However, the limited mobilisation of financial resources has posed a significant challenge to the effective and efficient implementation of planned activities of the National Action Plan for Youth Employment, Phase 2 (“Plan d’Action National pour l’Emploi des Jeunes – PANEJ 2”) in Cameroon. .

Youth in the national development / employment strategy

Youth in the national development / employment strategy
Yes

Additional information:
Cameroon includes youth as a target group in several national strategies and policies: • The National Development Strategy (SND30) • The National Action Plan for Youth Employment (PANEJ2), covering the period 2016–2020 • The National Youth Policy, covering the period 2015–2020

Countries with national goals for youth employment

Countries with national goals for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
Cameroon has established a range of objectives and actions to promote youth employment, as reflected in national strategies: • Developing incentives to support youth employment, as outlined in the National Development Strategy (SND30); • Strengthening the skills of young people for employment, through the National Action Plan for Youth Employment (PANEJ); • Reinforcing emergency initiatives to support the employment of youth in vulnerable or fragile situations (PANEJ); • Aligning young people's professional qualifications with labour market needs, to improve employability and job placement.

Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment

Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
• Reduce the overall unemployment rate from 6.1% in 2021 to 4% by 2030. • Reduce the overall underemployment rate from 65% in 2020 to below 50.1% by 2030.

Policy areas in national youth employment strategies

Macroeconomic and Sectoral policies
Yes
Enterprise Development
Yes
Education, Training and skills development
Yes
Labour Demand
Yes
Labour Law and Legislation
Yes
Labour Market Policies
Yes
Other (please specify)
No

Social partners' inclusion in the youth employment strategy

Workers
Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
Consulted
Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
Consulted
Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
Fully involved
Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
Fully involved
Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
Fully involved
Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
Consulted
Employers
Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
Consulted
Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
Consulted
Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
Consulted
Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
Consulted
Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
Consulted
Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)

Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy

Fully involved
Yes
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
No
Consulted
Yes
Informed
Yes
Not involved
No

Countries with national partnerships for youth employment

Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
2025: Partnership agreement between the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training (MINEFOP) and the PUENE Françoise Foundation for Freedom (FPFL) on promoting youth employment as part of the Youth Connekt Cameroon (YCC) project. 2024: partnership agreement between the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training (MINEFOP) and the Fondation PUENE Françoise pour la Liberté (FPFL) on the promotion of Youth Employment within the framework of the Youth Connekt Cameroon (YCC) Project

Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies

Women
Yes
Migrant Workers
Yes
NEETs
Yes
People with disabilities
Yes
Low skilled workers
Yes
Rural workers
Yes
Other (please specify)
Yes

Youth employment strategies and international cooperation

Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
Yes

Additional information:
2025: The International Labour Office provides technical and financial support for all employment issues in general and youth employment in particular. 2024: The International Labour Office provides technical and financial support for employment issues in general and youth employment in particular.