Cameroon

1.Series

Title:

Databank of job-seekers.

Starting year:

1991.

2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons

Name of the agency:

Fonds national de l’Emploi
  • FNE (National Fund for Employment).

    Type of agency:

    Parastatal Agency.

    Location of the local offices making the registrations:

    In six out of 10 provinces; however, the geographic coverage is progressively increasing.

    Type of services provided/administered by the agency:

  • Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
  • Assisting job-seekers to establish their own business;
  • Assisting employers to find workers;
  • Vocational guidance;
  • Job-related training.

    Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:

    30%.

    3.The following information is registered about a person:

  • Name;
  • Sex;
  • Date of birth;
  • Citizenship;
  • Nationality;
  • Vocational attainment. Links to ISCED have not been established;
  • Current/past activity status;
  • Type of work (occupation) of past or present job with two categories distinguished. Links to ISCO-88 have not been established;
  • Type of work (occupation) of job sought, with two categories distinguished.

    4.Criteria used for inclusion of a person in the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):

  • Being without work (R) and (S);
  • Seeking work (R) and (S);
  • Availability for work (R) and (S);
  • Age (lower limit: 18 years; upper limit: 55 years) (R) and (S).

    5.Criteria used for exclusion of a person from the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):

  • Death (R) and (S);
  • Commencement of a (new) job (R) and (S);
  • Failure to contact the agency/service (R) and (S).

    6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics

    Unemployed persons from 18 to 55 years old who are without work, looking for a job and available for work.

    7.Updating of the registers

    The registers are updated daily.

    8.Unemployment rates

    Statistics from the registers are not used to obtain unemployment rates.

    9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced

    Frequency of production:

    Yearly.

    Descriptive variables used:

  • Sex;
  • Age;
  • Educational level;
  • Occupation;
  • Industry;
  • Previous work experience;
  • Duration of unemployment.

    Form of publication:

    On paper, for general audience.

    Agency responsible for publication:

    FNE.

    Title and periodicity of the publication:

    Rapport annuel d’activités du FNE (Annual activities Report of the FNE), available series 1991-2000.

    10.Methodological information about the statistics

    Form of release:

    On paper, for general audience.

    Agency responsible for the release:

    FNE.

    11.Comparisons with unemployment statistics from other sources

    Comparisons have not been made with unemployment statistics from other sources.

    12.Major changes since the start of the statistics

    There have been no major changes in legislation, capacity of the agency and/or administrative procedures which had a significant influence on the statistics.