Problem of qualification of the workforce ;
Problem of mismatch of education with jobs ;
Weak modern private sector (less than 10% of the total employment) and
the fact that more than 90% of the jobs are informal or rural and they are
mostly insecure and less decent ;
Low level of investment due to low savings at the local level and low
foreign direct investments, though the situation is now improving.
261. To address this problem, the government of Senegal made a lot of
initiatives aimed at developing the skills of the youth to promote their integration
and keep them in employment or even promote well-paid self-employed jobs
and the entrepreneurial spirit. These include:
Initiatives aimed at providing financial and technical support :
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National Youth Development Fund (FNPJ);
National Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Fund (FNPEF) ;
ASC/Employment/Youth Project ;
Youth Placement Fund (FIJ);
Animal Husbandry Stabilization Fund (FSE) ; and
Youth Placement Fund in the Environmental Sector (FISE).
Support and Placement Structures :
o National Youth Employment Agency (ANEJ) ;
o National Civic Service ;
o National Suburban Youth Employment Office (OFEJBAN) ; and the
o National REVA Plan Agency.
Training and Training Financing structures :
o Technical and Vocational Training Development Fund (FONDEF) ;
o National Vocational Training Office (OFP) ; and
o National Employment and Qualifications Centre (CNEQUF).
262. In this regard, the intervention by ANEJ, which has since 2009 been a
Member of the High Council for Employment and Training for graduates and
non graduates, illustrates the enormous efforts made the Government of
Senegal to assist this social category to exercise their right to work . In fact,
since its creation, this organization has carried out the following, at the
institutional level:
-In 2006, it validated a National Youth Employment Plan for the period 2006-2015
(PANEJ) which, among others, was intended to:
Make the Youth Sector Development Policy Letter operational ;
Coordinate initiatives taken to promote youth employment;
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