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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
Yes
Consultations with national-level stakeholders (e.g. employers’ and workers’ associations, youth councils, etc.)
Yes
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 )
No
Other, specify
Yes

Public funding for the national youth employment strategy

Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
Yes

Additional information:
With European Union funding: Support for vocational training and integration (AFIP) https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/on_2012_022-182.pdf MINISTRY OF EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, INTEGRATION AND REINTEGRATION, GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON Youth Apprenticeship Contract (CAJ) amounting to 151,599,676 CFA francs "ONE-Entreprendre" is made up of a Fund whose initial amount is more than 150 million CFA F to which will be monthly subscribed the sum of 3,000,000 CFA F, i.e. 36,000,000 million CFA F per year thanks to the sustainability of the management fee sharing mechanism in the implementation of the CAJ. The "ONE-Entreprendre" fund will be domiciled in a micro-finance institution (EDG) to serve as a guarantee fund facilitating the granting of micro-credits to project leaders.

Youth in the national development / employment strategy

Youth in the national development / employment strategy
Yes

Additional information:
National Employment Policy.

Countries with national goals for youth employment

Countries with national goals for youth employment
No

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
No
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)
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)
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
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)
Fully involved
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)
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:
-As part of the professional integration of young people, the Minister of Labour, Employment and Vocational Training, chaired, on 23 October 2017 in Libreville, the signing ceremony of the Framework Partnership Contract "Youth Apprenticeship" between the Office of Ports and Harbors of Gabon (Oprag) and the Fund to support vocational integration and reintegration (FIR), in the presence of the Director General of the National Employment Office (ONE) The introduction of the youth apprenticeship contract is one of the decisions resulting from the first social conferences held in 2014. Since then, it has engaged youth in sectors and industries such as mining, food and beverages, and machinery.

Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies

Women
Yes
Migrant Workers
No
NEETs
No
People with disabilities
No
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:
- The European Union; - UNDP.