Gabon
1.Series
Title:
Activity Report of the National Employment Office.
Starting year:
1994.
2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons
Name of the agency:
Office national de l’Emploi - ONE (National Employment Office).
Type of agency:
Public service under a national authority.
Name of the national authority:
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Vocational Training.
Location of the local offices making the registrations:
Libreville and Port-Gentil.
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;
Job-related training.
Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:
34%.
3.The following information is registered about a person:
Name;
Sex;
Address of usual residence;
Date of birth;
Citizenship;
Educational/vocational attainment, with four categories distinguished. Links to ISCED have not been established;
Current/past activity status, with three categories distinguished;
Type of work (occupation) of past or present job with four categories distinguished. Links to ISCO have not been established;
Type of work (occupation) of job sought, with four categories distinguished;
Name and address of present or previous employer or work place;
Type of business (industry) of present/previous employer/workplace, with 60 categories distinguished. Links to ISIC have not been established;
Type of diplomas obtained, type of training.
4.Criteria used for inclusion of a person in the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):
Being without work (R);
Seeking work (R);
Availability for work (R);
Age (lower limit: 16 years; upper limit: 65 years) (R).
5.Criteria used for exclusion of a person from the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):
Death (R);
Taking up residency abroad (R);
Commencement of a (new) job (R);
Commencement of military service (R);
Participation in an employment promotion scheme, public works programme, etc (R);
Studying or undergoing training (R);
Failure to contact the agency/service (R);
Receipt of a pension (retirement, etc) (R);
Inability to work (R).
6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics
Not applicable.
7.Updating of the registers
The registers are updated daily.
8.-12.
Not applicable. The ONE is not in charge of producing unemployment statistics. This is the responsibility of other public administrations.