Zimbabwe
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
- Yes
Additional information:
Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational TrainingYouth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
• National Youth Policy • National Development Strategy • Zimbabwe National Employment Policy FrameworkCountries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
Zimbabwe aims to increase employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for young people, as outlined in the National Youth Policy (2020–2025). The policy prioritizes youth empowerment through skills development, job creation, and enterprise support. Additionally, the National Development Strategy 1 (2021–2025) reinforces this objective by promoting increased access to empowerment opportunities across all sectors of the economy. A key performance indicator under this strategy is the number of young people who successfully access and benefit from these opportunities.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
• Increase youth participation in decision-making and development processes from 3.3% in 2020 to 25% by 2025. • Increase the number of youth who accessed empowerment opportunities in all sectors of the economy from 16,000 in 2020 to 200,000 by 2025.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)
- No
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- No
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- No
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Fully involved
- 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)
- No
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- No
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- No
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Fully involved
Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy
- Fully involved
- Yes
- 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:
The Zimbabwe Youth Council is a government institution established by the Zimbabwe Youth Council Act (Chapter 25:19).The Zimbabwe Youth Council is an important institution for promoting youth development and empowerment in the country. It works closely with government ministries, youth organizations, and international partners to address the challenges faced by young people and create a better future for them. --- 2024: opportunities for youth employment project with Swedish international coop. agency (SIDA) --- 2020 Initiatives to promote internships, development training facilities, retooling of training instructions, and joint life skills training.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:
2025: In addition to the ILO, other international agencies such as the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the African Development Bank (AfDB) also support youth employment initiatives in Zimbabwe through various programs and projects. These initiatives often focus on skills development, entrepreneurship, and job creation in specific sectors such as agriculture, tourism, and technology. 2024: -ILO:technical and financial -UNFPA: technical -AFDP: financial -UNICEF:leadership and development -SNV: technical -UNDP: technical and financial