Employment: Public Sector Recruitment in Tunisia
24 September 2011
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Near 25,000 public sector recruitments in Tunisia - "150,000 young people currently benefit from the Amal program implemented by the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment. 29,000 opportunities for internships in professional life (Sivp) have been offered to young people while 25,000 others benefit from the apprenticeship and professional integration contract mechanism (Caip)".
The representative of the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment insisted, providing these figures to journalists yesterday during the bi-weekly press briefing at the Prime Ministry, on the deterioration of the employment situation after the revolution of January 14, 2011.
This situation is marked in particular by the increase in the number of unemployed, which today stands at around 700,000, including 200,000 graduates. The national unemployment rate is between 19 and 20%. 30 to 35% of the workforce are university graduates.
And to specify again that the 800 competitions opened by the different ministries (which took place in parallel) led to the recruitment of 24,288 civil servants in the Public Service who will join their posts in the next 4 months.
On the other hand, public companies have decided to recruit 10,000 young people using the website of the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment as well as the criteria it has determined for participation in competitions relating to the Public Service.
Private companies are also preparing, in coordination with the ministry, to announce the creation of 23,000 jobs. Recruitments will be carried out on the basis of transparent criteria that will be submitted by the ministry to companies seeking job applicants.
The advisor to the Minister of Vocational Training and Employment announces that it has been decided to create partnership projects between the State and the private sector in the regions. These projects will be revealed to the public on September 27.
On another note, field visits carried out by the Minister of Vocational Training and Employment, throughout the regions, have revealed that 8,000 project promoters have received approval from the BTS. Unfortunately, they failed to set up their projects due to lack of self-financing.
"The State has decided," he announced, "to take charge of the self-financing of 3,000 of these promoters at a rate of 7MD envelope."
As for Tunisian workers returning from Libya, whose number amounts to 60,000, "they have the right to benefit from the various mechanisms put in place to access a job or create their own projects". When asked whether they will return to Libya, to take part in the reconstruction of this brother country, he will only specify that "for the moment, Tunisia has sent food aid and doctors to offer health services, in accordance with the requests expressed by Libyan officials".
A public debt rate of 40%
For his part, Mr. Jamel Belhaj, chief of staff to the Minister of Finance, presented some indicators on Tunisia's debt, whose public debt is estimated at 26.5 billion dinars, or 40% of the gross national product (GNP) also estimated at 63 billion dinars.
In other countries, the debt ratio is even higher, as in Egypt and France where it is 80% or in Japan where it is 180%.
Mr. Belhaj indicated that 55% of Tunisian debt is in euros due to the importance of our country's exchanges with the European Union. 25% of our debt is in US dollars and 11% in Japanese yen.
"After the revolution of January 14, 2011 and with the support of international financial institutions, Tunisia has managed to obtain a credit of 500MD from the World Bank and a second credit from the AfDB of 500MD," he added.
A. Dermech
La Presse
Afriquejet.com
Published on September 21, 2011.
Posted online on September 24, 2011.
The representative of the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment insisted, providing these figures to journalists yesterday during the bi-weekly press briefing at the Prime Ministry, on the deterioration of the employment situation after the revolution of January 14, 2011.
This situation is marked in particular by the increase in the number of unemployed, which today stands at around 700,000, including 200,000 graduates. The national unemployment rate is between 19 and 20%. 30 to 35% of the workforce are university graduates.
And to specify again that the 800 competitions opened by the different ministries (which took place in parallel) led to the recruitment of 24,288 civil servants in the Public Service who will join their posts in the next 4 months.
On the other hand, public companies have decided to recruit 10,000 young people using the website of the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment as well as the criteria it has determined for participation in competitions relating to the Public Service.
Private companies are also preparing, in coordination with the ministry, to announce the creation of 23,000 jobs. Recruitments will be carried out on the basis of transparent criteria that will be submitted by the ministry to companies seeking job applicants.
The advisor to the Minister of Vocational Training and Employment announces that it has been decided to create partnership projects between the State and the private sector in the regions. These projects will be revealed to the public on September 27.
On another note, field visits carried out by the Minister of Vocational Training and Employment, throughout the regions, have revealed that 8,000 project promoters have received approval from the BTS. Unfortunately, they failed to set up their projects due to lack of self-financing.
"The State has decided," he announced, "to take charge of the self-financing of 3,000 of these promoters at a rate of 7MD envelope."
As for Tunisian workers returning from Libya, whose number amounts to 60,000, "they have the right to benefit from the various mechanisms put in place to access a job or create their own projects". When asked whether they will return to Libya, to take part in the reconstruction of this brother country, he will only specify that "for the moment, Tunisia has sent food aid and doctors to offer health services, in accordance with the requests expressed by Libyan officials".
A public debt rate of 40%
For his part, Mr. Jamel Belhaj, chief of staff to the Minister of Finance, presented some indicators on Tunisia's debt, whose public debt is estimated at 26.5 billion dinars, or 40% of the gross national product (GNP) also estimated at 63 billion dinars.
In other countries, the debt ratio is even higher, as in Egypt and France where it is 80% or in Japan where it is 180%.
Mr. Belhaj indicated that 55% of Tunisian debt is in euros due to the importance of our country's exchanges with the European Union. 25% of our debt is in US dollars and 11% in Japanese yen.
"After the revolution of January 14, 2011 and with the support of international financial institutions, Tunisia has managed to obtain a credit of 500MD from the World Bank and a second credit from the AfDB of 500MD," he added.
A. Dermech
La Presse
Afriquejet.com
Published on September 21, 2011.
Posted online on September 24, 2011.
