Support to the Ministry of Social Affairs in LMI and employment policy

An essential element in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of national HRD strategies is to have regularly reliable data available on occupational supply and demand, skills gaps, employment opportunities and employer needs. Over the past years, the “LMIS and HRD Strategy” project (UNDP funded, MoSAL implemented with the ILO technical support) has succeeded in laying a solid groundwork for providing this type of information. MoSAL has identified a further need for additional capacity to continue and to strengthen its labour market monitoring and policy-oriented analysis functions. These are critical to the successful implementation of the NES and its associated Action Plan, including its full integration into the DPPR. The Action Plan identifies the activities, their timeframe, monitoring indicators, resources, as well as cooperating partners, that have to be undertaken in the next two years in order to further face Yemen’s unemployment challenge covering the following areas: 1. decent and productive work for all; 2. macroeconomic and sectoral policies; 3. labour legislation and administration; 4. employment offices; 5. technical education and vocational training; 6. labour market information; 7. social protection and safety nets; 8. micro, small and medium enterprises development; 9. youth; and 10. gender. ILO and UNDP have committed themselves to provide technical assistance to the MoSAL LMIA Unit in support of its objectives, including the promotion, implementation and monitoring of the NES. By collecting, processing, analysing and disseminating updated quality labour market data this JP will enable the GoY, at the central and decentralized levels, as well as its key national and development partners to better allocate scarce resources for diversification and revitalisation of the local economy.

Project symbol

YEM/09/01/UND

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

Start date

01/09/2009

End date

30/06/2012

Total allocation

355342

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

355342

Development Partners

United Nations Development Programme

Country/Countries

Yemen

Outcomes

Employment Promotion