Dominican Republic
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.)
- 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)
- 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:
The Ministry of Labour is the institution responsible for implementing the Priority Results-Oriented Programme (PPOR) for Increasing Employment, which receives annual financial resources to fund employment subsidies and sustain the operations of the National Employment Service (SENAE). In addition, the Ministry has launched the RDTRABAJA Project, financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This project supports measures to promote the labour market inclusion of more than 16,000 young people, while also strengthening the management and outreach of the National Employment Service across the country.Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
The National Employment Plan prioritises support for vulnerable populations in both urban and rural areas, with a particular focus on young people aged 18 to 29 of all genders. Additionally, under the implementation of the Ministry of Labour, the Priority Results-Oriented Programme (PPOR) for Increasing Employment includes a specific target (Output No. 1.014) to implement the Youth Employability Programme. This initiative aims to benefit 3,862 young people through subsidised employment opportunities by the year 2025.Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
The Multiannual Public Sector Plan includes a policy on Decent, Formal, and Adequate Employment, which identifies the promotion of youth employment in the formal economy as one of its national objectives. The policy has been formally approved, although it has not yet been published. Its implementation is scheduled for the period 2025–2028.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
• Reduce the open unemployment rate among individuals aged 15 to 24 from 11.27% in 2023 to 10.55% by 2025. • Reduce the open unemployment rate among individuals aged 25 to 35 from 6.93% in 2023 to 6.81% by 2025. • Reduce the percentage of young people aged 15 to 24 who are not studying and are unemployed from 20.52% in 2023 to 19.99% by 2025. • Reduce the percentage of young people aged 18 to 24 who are neither studying nor employed from 24.25% in 2023 to 23.84% by 2025. • Reduce the percentage of young people aged 25 to 35 who are neither studying nor employed from 20.50% in 2023 to 20.20% by 2025. • Increase the percentage of young people aged 15 to 24 employed in the formal sector from 50.64% in 2023 to 50.91% by 2025. • Increase the percentage of young people aged 25 to 35 employed in the formal sector from 57.53% in 2023 to 57.73% by 2025. • The overall labour force participation rate for the population aged 18 to 35 is targeted to increase from 74.80% in 2023 to 75.00% by 2025.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)
- Yes
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)
- Informed
- 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)
- Informed
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- 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)
- Informed
- 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)
- Informed
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- 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:
2025: no answer 2020 The Chambers of Commerce are a key ally in the presentation of the National First Employment Plan to companies with the capacity to form part of this plan. Exchanges with the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) aim ai establishing alliances for the implementation of the National First Employment Plan. The National Council on Disability (CONADIS) participated in order to achieve the goal of 620 young people with disabilities inserted in formal jobs out of some 6,200 young people in first jobs under the Plan. Alliances have been established with representatives of the Civil Society, with the aim of facilitating the selection process of the most vulnerable young first job seekers, so that they can be inserted in formal jobs.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)
- No
Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Yes
Additional information:
2025 International Labour Organisation (ILO) Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID 2020 The ILO supported the implementation of the National Plan for First Employment, through the World Bank for a project managed by the Office for the Coordination of Social Policies of the Office of the Vice-President - "Progresando con Solidaridad". Through an alliance with "Progresando con Solidaridad", a financial allocation was obtained for the benefit of 600 young people in first employment, of whom 10% must be persons with disabilities and 60% must be women.