Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment (METI) in the Southern Neighbourhood of the European Union

“Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment in the Southern Neighbourhood” is a regional programme (hereafter referred to as the programme) implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and financed by the European Union (EU). The overall objective of the programme is to enable policy makers in the Southern Neighbourhood to incorporate employment issues into trade and investment policies and design and implement interventions related to trade and investment that ultimately optimise the quantity and quality of employment created in the region. It will also facilitate the operationalisation of the third pillar of the External Investment Plan (i.e., promoting a conducive investment climate) through policy dialogue. The target groups are government officials from Ministries responsible for Trade and Investment, Labour, Economic Affairs, Planning and other relevant line Ministries; staff in National Statistical Agencies; representatives from Trade Unions and Employers’ Organizations; private sector representatives; technical specialists from National and Regional Institutions and development practitioners. The final beneficiaries are workers (especially women and youth) and employers (SMEs, in particular) in the tradable sectors of the partner countries. The four outcome areas of the programme will focus respectively on: (i) synthesizing existing evidence and generating new knowledge on what works and what does not work with regard to creating employment through trade and investment policies in the Southern Neighbourhood, (ii) guiding policy actors by building a comprehensive understanding of the employment effects of trade and investment policies to allow for the design and implementation of coherent policies at national and sectoral level, (iii) using the ILO’s TRAVERA (Trade and Value Chains in Employment-Rich Activities) in order to develop recommendations for key stakeholders in selected countries and (iv) assessing the potential trade and employment impact of relevant public investments in the infrastructure sector in selected partner countries and developing recommendations through public-private dialogue.

Project symbol

GLO/19/12/EUR

Admin unit

EMPINVEST

Start date

01/09/2020

End date

31/12/2024

Total allocation

4959375

Total expenditure

Status

Active

4752411

Development Partners

European Commission, DG for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

Country/Countries

Global

Outcomes

Outcome 3: Full and productive employment for just transitions