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Djibouti

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.)
Yes
A draft strategy already exists
Yes
Other (please specify)
Yes

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)
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:
Ministry of Finance

Youth in the national development / employment strategy

Youth in the national development / employment strategy
Yes

Additional information:
Youth are included as a target group in Djibouti’s employment policy framework. This is reflected in the Operational Action Plan (PAO 2) of the National Employment Policy (PNE) 2021–2024, which outlines concrete measures to promote youth employment and improve their integration into the labour market.

Countries with national goals for youth employment

Countries with national goals for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
Djibouti has established several institutional mechanisms to promote youth employment, including: • The National Agency for Employment, Integration and Vocational Training; • The Labour and Social Laws Inspectorate; • The National Institute of Public Administration; • The establishment of a Multisectoral Coordination Committee to ensure coherence and synergy across youth employment initiatives.

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
No
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)
Fully involved
Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
Fully involved
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)
Fully involved
Employers
Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
Fully involved
Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
Fully involved
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)
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 The declaration on employment signed on 20 February 2021 by the leaders of employers' and trade union organisations, civil society and the United Nations system coordinator. 2024 The declaration for employment signed on 20/02/21 by the leaders of employers' organisations and trade unions, civil society, the coordinator of the United Nations system

Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies

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

Youth employment strategies and international cooperation

Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
Yes

Additional information:
2025 The ILO; UNDP; USAID; JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) AND THE EMBASSY OF JAPAN. 2024 BIT PNUD USAID Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Japan Embassy