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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)
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

Youth in the national development / employment strategy

Youth in the national development / employment strategy
Yes

Additional information:
> The implementation of the new active employment programmes- SSE: - The completion of the legislative framework of Law No. 30 of 2020 of 30 June 2020 on the social and solidarity economy, accelerating the preparation of regulatory texts and starting to simplify its procedures and improve its content in order to provide a legislative framework, an effective governance system, flexible incentive mechanisms and the intention to achieve integration with company law. > The implementation of Decree No. 21 of 2021 of the Finance Act of 2022 relating to the creation of a line of financing for institutions of the social and solidarity economy, with an allocation of 30 million dinars spread over 3 years. Within this framework, a partnership agreement was concluded between the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training and the Tunisian Solidarity Bank and an organisational protocol was prepared in accordance with the requirements of this agreement to set the practical and executive modalities and make a decision on the setting of the missions and modalities of operation of the joint management committee. > The Small Business Act (development of entrepreneurial spirit) - A national plan for short-term training and retraining - the self-employed entrepreneur: - A national distance learning programme (e-learning and m-learning); - Reintegration and support programmes for school dropouts; - A specific support approach for each actor; > The finance law for the year 2023 : Supporting the financing of micro-projects for higher education graduates through: - Allocation of an additional 20 million dinars to the resources of the national employment fund for the Tunisian Solidarity Bank in order to increase the amount of loans granted by the bank to holders of higher education diplomas from 150 thousand dinars to the limit of 200 thousand dinars per loan. > Supporting the financing of projects within the framework of the economic empowerment of vulnerable and limited income groups through: -The creation of a financing line for the benefit of weak and limited income groups, dedicated to the granting of interest-free loans not exceeding five thousand dinars per loan, to finance activities in all economic fields, during the period from 1 January to 31 December 2023, and it is repayable over a maximum period of 6 years. -An amount of 10 million dinars is allocated to the resources of the National Operating Fund for this line. -It is assigned to the Banque de Tunisie de Solidarité by virtue of a convention concluded to this effect with the ministry in charge of finance and the ministry in charge of exploitation which sets the conditions and modalities of assignment of the said financing. (Information provided in 2023)

Countries with national goals for youth employment

Countries with national goals for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
- Innovation in labour market mechanisms and active employment programmes for young jobseekers and the digitalisation of youth employment services. - Reintegration and support programmes for young job seekers. - Initiation and awareness-raising in the trades provided by professionals for the benefit of young people. - Implementing programmes for the promotion of employment and integration of young people, the implementation of which is entrusted to it by the supervisory authority. - Providing the necessary support for the promotion of small businesses and self-employment. - Providing vocational information and guidance to training applicants with a view to their integration into working life. - Providing employment services and vocational training to youth job seekers. - The National Entrepreneurship Strategy (SNE) provides 5 programmes aimed at young people: 1. "Edupreneurship" programme: Development of entrepreneurial culture; 2. Take-off programme: Financial and non-financial support to entrepreneurs; 3. New Exporters" programme: Improving market access - mainly through export promotion - to SEDCs; 4. "Cataly-SME" Programme: Programme dedicated to the development of an institutional and regulatory framework conducive to entrepreneurship; 5. "Generation+" programme: Improving market access - mainly public procurement - to SPPEs. (Information provided in 2023)

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

Countries with national partnerships for youth employment

Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
2024 In the area of complementary training, agreements have been signed to strengthen partnerships at both national and regional level, in particular with the national federation of building and public works companies. --- 2023: The agreement with BTS for the financing of the creation of micro-enterprises, - The agreement with the ELIF association for the training of young people in the field of ICT, - The agreement with the federations (e.g. hotel federation) for the complementary training of job seekers ____ 2022 survey partnership agreements with civil society: -skills enhancement - improving employability - business creation __________________________________________________________________________________ 2020 survey: Decree 627 of 26 July 2018 on the creation of the Tripartite Steering Committee of the national employment strategy -Decisions to set up Steering Committees for the various cooperation projects: MOUBADIROUN, PR0MESS, JEMP, EDJEF, PAFIP, IRADA, Support for the empowerment of rural women in Tunisia, Making skills visible: improving vocational guidance, apprenticeship and skills recognition in Tunisia, Meeting the challenges of the labour market for equitable opportunities for women in Tunisia, creation of micro-enterprises in the regions of Tataouine and Médenine, Green jobs platform.

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:
2024 Assistance technique: • OIT • KOICA • UE/ETF • AFD • GIZ • Swisscontact • PNUD • UNOPS • UNICEF • IECD • USAID • AICS • Banque Mondiale • BAD • EOF/UNICEF/SECO --- 2023: - ILO: (NES) Elaboration and implementation of the national employment strategy and other projects for the promotion of employability - UNDP: Elaboration and implementation of the SNET - GIZ: Projects in the framework of the reform of vocational training programmes and the setting up of an information and management system for the vocational training system _______ 2022 survey: The ILO supports the development and implementation of the national employment strategy. Cooperation projects with the ILO in the fields of employment (youth employability), entrepreneurship and the social and solidarity economy (SSE) GIZ supports social dialogue and employment in rural areas and the promotion of SSE UNDP supports entrepreneurship and the implementation of the National Strategy for Entrepreneurship in Tunisia _________________________________________________________________________________ 2020 survey: ILO European Union World Bank UNDP UNOPS GIZ BBW AFD Italian Technical Cooperation Dutch Technical Cooperation Swiss Technical Cooperation (Swiss Contact)