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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
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:
Youth are included and targeted in HRD strategy, National framework for empowerment and employment (NFEE), National Service Program. These programs target youth specifically in addition to women.

Countries with national goals for youth employment

Countries with national goals for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
-Education and training and entrepreneurship support (NFEE program). -Employment of youth (especially NEET) in the National Service Program, with technical and military training.

Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment

Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
-For the National framework for empowerment and employment (NFEE) program, the target is to create 30,000 jobs by 2019. For the National Service Program, the target is to train and empower 20,000 youth by 2020.

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)
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)
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
Informed
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)
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)
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
Informed
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)

Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy

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

Countries with national partnerships for youth employment

Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
Jordanian government and Ministry of Labour have focused on the public-private partnerships (PPP) by establishing partnership councils for specific sectors: agriculture and construction. In addition, they have established sector skills council for ICT and water sectors. Those councils contains representatives from the government, employers, and workers.

Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies

Women
Yes
Migrant Workers
Yes
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:
ILO, GIZ, JICA, UNICEF, EU They provide technical assistance to the ministry.