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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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)
Yes
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:
Young people are included as a target group in the national development strategy and in the National Employment and Vocational Training Policy (namely on axis 5: promoting the employment of young people, women and vulnerable people).

Countries with national goals for youth employment

Countries with national goals for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
The following programmes and initiatives have specific goals and objectives to promote youth employment: - National Youth Employment Programme; - Graduate Employment Programme (PED) placed at the Public Employment Service of the DRC(ONEM); - Project for Youth Employment in the Ex-Province of Katanga placed at the Social Fund of the Republic.

Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment

Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
No

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)
Informed
Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
Informed
Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
Informed
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)
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)
Informed
Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
Informed
Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
Informed
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)
Consulted

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:
From 2009 to date, several initiatives that strenghten partnerships to promote youth employment have been put in place (such as PROYEN, PROCER, YEN, PED, PEJAB, Youth Employment Project/Social Fund, Youth Employment Project/INPP).

Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies

Women
Yes
Migrant Workers
No
NEETs
No
People with disabilities
Yes
Low skilled workers
Yes
Rural workers
Yes
Other (please specify)
No

Youth employment strategies and international cooperation

Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
Yes

Additional information:
Graduate Employment Programme (PED) by ADB; PEJAB by ADB; Institutional capacity building by the ILO; Youth Entrepreneurship Project (INPP);