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Strategies for youth employment

Strategies for youth employment
Yes

Youth employment strategy planned in the next 2 years

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

Youth in the national development / employment strategy

Youth in the national development / employment strategy
Yes

Additional information:
• Comprehensive Policy on Childhood, Adolescence and Youth • Decent Work Programme

Countries with national goals for youth employment

Countries with national goals for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
Cuba’s approach to promoting youth employment includes the Decent Work Programme and the implementation of territorial employment management services.

Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment

Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
Yes

Policy areas in national youth employment strategies

Macroeconomic and Sectoral policies
Yes
Enterprise Development
No
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)
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
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)
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
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)
Employers
Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
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)
Consulted
Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
Fully involved

Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy

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

Countries with national partnerships for youth employment

Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
2025: PARTNERSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS AND YOUTH AND MASS ORGANISATIONS. ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES SUCH AS JOB FAIRS. PARTNERSHIPS WITH TRAINING CENTRES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULA AND COMPETENCIES AS PART OF CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHEMES. 2024: Lineamientos de la Política Económica y Social del Partido y la Revolución. approved at the VIII Party Congress for the period 2021-2026. In particular number 109. Macro-programme Human Development, Equity and Social Justice, Project: Promotion and access to quality employment Project: Integral transformation of communities, groups, families/households and people in vulnerable situations. Programme for the Advancement of Women (PAM) Decree-Law 56/2021 "On the maternity of working women and the responsibility of families". _______________ Creation of alliances with the network of labour studies. Establishment of the Technical Advisory Council of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Creation of the Social and Labour Observatory, attached to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Local and socio-cultural development projects in the communities.

Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies

Women
Yes
Migrant Workers
No
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: ILO CUBA MEXICO RISPE 2024 Subscribed between the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Office for Mexico and Cuba in the field of their competences, in order to Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Mexico and Cuba, within the scope of their competencies, in order to jointly ensure the implementation of the project entitled: "Strengthening national capacities to promote green jobs and decent work in Cuba". decent work in Cuba". ____ ILO on participation in CINTERFOR