Pathways to Employment: What works, what does not, and how can we innovate?
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ILO
The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org
Youth employability
Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work, and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.
Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market.
Policy and strategy
Recommendations and advice on resolving policy challenges related to skills development systems and their linkages to the world of work. Concise syntheses of experience from the international organizations.
organized “Pathways to Employment: What works, what does not, and how can we innovate?” workshop on
March 2, 2020. The event included national stakeholders and partners working on employment programmes
for young people in Egypt. The workshop aimed at raising the awareness of stakeholders and ensuring the
effectiveness and efficiency of employment programmes and interventions through sharing of experiences and
best practices, and addressing challenges facing the ecosystem. The workshop addressed certain gaps in
the labour market policies that address macroeconomic and sectoral growth policies but overlook the lack of
decent and sustainable work opportunities and the rising unemployment amongst Egypt’s youth. The
brief will emphasize the challenges that hinder the effectiveness and impact of a number of employment
programmes in terms of absence of coherent policies, strategies frameworks, synergies and coordination
schemes.
This policy brief will provide an overview of the workshop activities as well as provide a concise summary of presented recommendations and action plans shared by the participants. It will start by highlighting the mandate and role of the ILO in actualizing decent employment opportunities for the Egyptian youth and workshop objectives. It will then provide an overview of the employment scene in Egypt as it was presented by ILO and key stakeholders. The brief will emphasize the policy issues facing employment in Egypt and the outcomes of the three working groups held during the workshop which tackled major employability schemes including ‘Training for Employment (TfE)’, ‘Job Fairs, Job Search Clubs and Online Platforms’ and ‘Wage Subsidies and Apprenticeship’. Finally, it will provide policy and programme-related recommendations to help promote and achieve sustainable employment in Egypt.
Employability
Africa
