Mozambique
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)
- 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:
State Secretariat for Youth and Employment - SEJEYouth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
• National Employment Policy (NEP): The NEP includes a dedicated section (5.2.6) on employment measures for youth, focusing on enhancing employability, promoting entrepreneurship, and integrating youth into the formal labour market. • Youth Policy (2013–2023): Approved by the Council of Ministers through Resolution No. 16/2013, this policy outlines strategies to ensure youth access to decent work, quality education, and social well-being. • Youth Policy Implementation Strategy (2014–2023): Operationalizes the Youth Policy through annual work plans, focusing on areas such as education, employment, and youth participation in decision-making. • Youth Policy Implementation Strategy (2024–2033): The government is in the process of finalizing this new strategy, which will guide youth development initiatives for the upcoming decade.Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
• Encouraging youth entrepreneurship through targeted training programs, with special emphasis on rural areas, combined with improved access to credit and ongoing support for young entrepreneurs. • Investing in skills development and training, both domestically and abroad, for youth in emerging sectors, particularly those linked to new technologies and evolving professions. • Expanding opportunities for pre-professional internships to enhance practical experience and ease the transition into the labor market. • Promoting the establishment of business incubators aimed specifically at supporting young entrepreneurs and startups.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
- No
- Labour Law and Legislation
- No
- 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)
- Consulted
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Not involved
- 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)
- Not involved
- 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)
- Consulted
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Not involved
- 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)
- Not involved
- 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
- 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: In all forums and workshops on employment and employability, with the support of the ILO, the National Youth Council is invited to give its contributions. 2024: The State Secretariat for Youth and Employment has entered into a set of Memorandum of Understanding with the business sector to promote internship programs and also for allocation of self-employment kits and skills developmentInclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies
- Women
- No
- Migrant Workers
- No
- NEETs
- No
- People with disabilities
- No
- Low skilled workers
- No
- 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 supports the design of the Employment Policy Action Plan, as well as the monitoring and evaluation of its implementation. It also supports institutional capacity building, providing courses to equip employment technicians and others with tools to better promote youth employment, through the various active measures to promote employment. 2024: 1. European Union through Instituto Camões (+EMPREGO Program); 2. GIZ Deustsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit ( support TVET and rural employment programs) 3. World Bank (75 million USD EMPREGA Program) for training and business development initiatives. 4. Italian Cooperation through the PRETEP PLUS Program (TVET capacity building and public employment services)