A National Employment Strategy, Starting December 17
30 June 2012
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The national employment strategy will be launched on December 17, announced the Minister of Professional Training and Employment, Abdelwaheb Maattar, at the National Congress for Employment, opened Thursday, June 28, 2012, in a hotel in the Tunis suburbs.
The national employment strategy, which aims to absorb the maximum number of unemployed, is the result of more than 4 months of work by the Ministry of Training in collaboration with experts, associations of unemployed young people, representatives of civil society and members of the Constituent Assembly. However, to successfully implement this strategy, it is necessary, according to the minister, to find the best solutions, through the implementation of a development strategy based on investment, education, training, good governance and the role of civil society.
The minister also called on all parties and persons concerned to increase their efforts to implement a national strategy, the first of its kind in the field of employment.
He stated that his department is working to take the necessary measures to implement this strategy despite the material, administrative and legislative obstacles. It is in this context that he recommended the reform of the programs of state employment funds which, according to him, are marginalized and do not contribute to job creation. Abdelwaheb Maater also called for defining the orientations of the state budget for 2013, from today.
For his part, Youssef Kariouti, director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) office, indicated that to create jobs, it is first necessary to ensure the economic and social security of the country. According to him, job creation is not the responsibility of the government but rather of business people, civil society and social organizations who should work more harmoniously together.
As for Mohamed Msselmi, a member of the executive office of the UGTT who spoke on behalf of Houcine Abassi, general secretary of the Union, he stated that Tunisia does not need any more diagnoses. "Several diagnoses have already been made, in 2008 and 2010, and have not yielded the expected results. According to him, 55% of Tunisians who have a job worked without a contract during 2011, meaning more than half work outside the regulations and social coverage.
Mohamed Mssalmi also indicated that 44% of people who work do so under an open-ended contract.
The organization of the National Employment Congress aims to define a consensual approach to objectives and orientations. The ministry has already undertaken regional consultations, discussions with members of the Constituent Assembly and think tanks including experts, academics, unemployed people and civil society actors.
The aim is also, through this Congress, to establish a precise and common diagnosis of the employment situation and problems in Tunisia. The objective is also to put in place an emergency plan to relaunch employment. Four teams from the Ministry of Employment and Professional Training are already mobilized to find urgent measures. The congress is also an opportunity to define the main lines of a national employment promotion strategy which will be based mainly on tax reform, the development of national employment projects, the development of microfinance, investment and regional priorities.
Khadija Taboubi.
Africanmanager.com
Published June 28, 2012.
Posted online June 30, 2012.
The national employment strategy, which aims to absorb the maximum number of unemployed, is the result of more than 4 months of work by the Ministry of Training in collaboration with experts, associations of unemployed young people, representatives of civil society and members of the Constituent Assembly. However, to successfully implement this strategy, it is necessary, according to the minister, to find the best solutions, through the implementation of a development strategy based on investment, education, training, good governance and the role of civil society.
The minister also called on all parties and persons concerned to increase their efforts to implement a national strategy, the first of its kind in the field of employment.
He stated that his department is working to take the necessary measures to implement this strategy despite the material, administrative and legislative obstacles. It is in this context that he recommended the reform of the programs of state employment funds which, according to him, are marginalized and do not contribute to job creation. Abdelwaheb Maater also called for defining the orientations of the state budget for 2013, from today.
For his part, Youssef Kariouti, director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) office, indicated that to create jobs, it is first necessary to ensure the economic and social security of the country. According to him, job creation is not the responsibility of the government but rather of business people, civil society and social organizations who should work more harmoniously together.
As for Mohamed Msselmi, a member of the executive office of the UGTT who spoke on behalf of Houcine Abassi, general secretary of the Union, he stated that Tunisia does not need any more diagnoses. "Several diagnoses have already been made, in 2008 and 2010, and have not yielded the expected results. According to him, 55% of Tunisians who have a job worked without a contract during 2011, meaning more than half work outside the regulations and social coverage.
Mohamed Mssalmi also indicated that 44% of people who work do so under an open-ended contract.
The organization of the National Employment Congress aims to define a consensual approach to objectives and orientations. The ministry has already undertaken regional consultations, discussions with members of the Constituent Assembly and think tanks including experts, academics, unemployed people and civil society actors.
The aim is also, through this Congress, to establish a precise and common diagnosis of the employment situation and problems in Tunisia. The objective is also to put in place an emergency plan to relaunch employment. Four teams from the Ministry of Employment and Professional Training are already mobilized to find urgent measures. The congress is also an opportunity to define the main lines of a national employment promotion strategy which will be based mainly on tax reform, the development of national employment projects, the development of microfinance, investment and regional priorities.
Khadija Taboubi.
Africanmanager.com
Published June 28, 2012.
Posted online June 30, 2012.
