Seychelles
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)
- Yes
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:
National Budget is allocated annually for implementation of National Policies and Strategies.Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
The National Employment Policy and the Seychelles National Development Strategy.Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
Youth employment is at the heart of the National Employment Policy. Youth employment is included in specific strategies: - Strategy 2: Human Resources and Skills Development and Employability. Focusing on promoting an education system that is industry relevant. - Strategy 3: Active Labour Market Policies, Employment Services and Labour Market Information System focusing on implementing employment programmes that will specifically assist the youths in entering the labour market. - Strategy 6: Youth Employment focusing on policies and supporting activities that help promote youth employment.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
National Development Strategy : - 7% of students with Special Education Needs going for tertiary education by 2023; - 20% of students with disabilities going for tertiary education by 2023; - 70% of trained personnel employed in their areas of specialization by 2023; - Youth unemployment Rate from 14.5% in 2018 to 12.6% by 2023.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)
- Consulted
- 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)
- Informed
- 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)
- Informed
- 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)
- 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)
- Informed
- 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)
- Informed
Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy
- Fully involved
- No
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- No
- Consulted
- Yes
- Informed
- No
- Not involved
- No
Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
2023: The Employment Department continually engages with the private sector to increase their participation on youth employment programmes _____ 2022 survey: As per current procedure, national consultation is always undertaken when introducing new policies and legislation, as such all relevant social partners a consulted. Seychelles also currently has a National Consultative Committee on Employment which is chaired by the Minister responsible for Employment on which all representative social partners are members. The aim of the Committee is to advice the Minister on any employment and related labour issue or policy decision being made. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020 survey: The Government of Seychelles has re-introduced the Unemployment Relief Scheme in November 2017, which brings about a more consolidated approach to tackling unemployment by reinforcing the work of the Employment Department, the Agency for Social Protection, the Agency for Prevention of Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation, and the private sector for the placement of welfare recipients, drug addicts and ex-convicts.Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies
- Women
- Yes
- Migrant Workers
- No
- NEETs
- Yes
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- 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:
2024 The ILO provides technical and financial support on research, policy development and implementation of youth employment programmes ------ 2023: The ILO provided financial assistance in the implementation of youth re-skilling employment programmes in Seychelles ________________ 2022 survey: The ILO is currently assisting in regards to re-skilling programmes in the country in relations to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ILO and other UN bodies also provide technical and financial assistance on a number of national priority areas in the country. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020 survey: International Labour Organization (ILO): Policy advice and technical/financial supports to the National Employment Policy/Labour Migration Policy, the integration of ‘Know About Business’ (KAB) module in the curricula of secondary education to further promote entrepreneurship, the improvement of Labour Market Information System, the organization of the School to work transition survey. UNECA