Namibia
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)
- No
- Funding (indicative budget to implement the plan)
- No
- Institutional responsibilities (e.g. ministries/agencies in charge of specific planned activities )
- No
- 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:
- National Youth Policy - National Development Plan (NDP5) - National Employment Policy II - Harambee Prosperity Plan II - Vision 2030Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
The different goals and objectives are found in: - National Youth Policy - Namibia Youth Credit Scheme (Entrepreneurship Development Programme). The issue of youth employment in Namibia is multifaceted, which is why the National Youth Policy serves as an integrated framework for various ministries, agencies, and the private sector to collaborate on targeted interventions aimed at increasing youth employment. The policy focuses particularly on sectors with high potential for job creation, such as agriculture, manufacturing, ICT, and tourism, to provide more opportunities for the youth. By aligning different stakeholders, the goal is to enhance youth employment through a coordinated effort across these key sectors.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Yes
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)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- 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)
- Fully 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)
- 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)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- 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)
- Fully 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: Partnership with Government Ministries and different Stakeholders ___ 2024: answered no --------------- 2023:- Collaboration with UNDP; - Collaboration with AGRIBANK; - MTC internship schemesInclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies
- Women
- Yes
- Migrant Workers
- No
- NEETs
- No
- 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: The UN, through UNICEF and UNFPA, offers Life Skills programs to help young people develop essential personal and social capabilities. Meanwhile, USAID supports initiatives focused on economic empowerment, especially for adolescent girls and boys, by providing opportunities for financial independence and economic growth through skills training, job creation, and entrepreneurship. 2024: answered no. ----------- 2023 ILO - statistical data and research on youth employment status; UNDP - grants for you