employment aspect was operating within the Ministry of Labour and Public Service. 194. This reflects the will of the highest authorities of the country to make this sector play its full role in the country’s economic and social development. Indeed, the objective assigned to the department, through the CSCRP is to find answers to securing jobs, reducing unemployment, adapting training to the needs of the market. 195. Hence, vocational training and development of human resources are priorities mentioned time and again in relation to youth employment in growth sectors such as agro-pastoral businesses, also in connection with the development of the private sector particularly SMEsSMIs. 196. This is how through Decree No. 09-164/P-RM of 17 April 2009 laying down specific responsibilities of members of the Government, the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training (MEFP) is in charge of preparing and implementing the national policy in the areas of employment and vocational training. 197. A national policy document for vocational training was adopted by the Government in June 2009, and the process of formulating a new national employment policy is currently underway. 198. This policy has identified five priority areas: local employment, promotion of high intensity labour jobs, vocational and technical training, business development and employment in the informal sector. 199. To ensure better implementation of various programmes, implementing agencies namely ANPE FAFPA and FARE have been restructured and strengthened. Faced with serious youth unemployment, a new agency was created to deal exclusively with the problem of youth employment. This is the National Youth Employment Promotion Agency (APEJ) and its regulatory programme dubbed Youth Employment Programme (PEJ). 200. In addition, employment and vocational training programmes have been designed and are currently being implemented. These include, among others, PNA/ERP, PEJ II, PAPESPRIM, PRODEFPE, the PAFIP, PISE (Training of young school dropouts, CED finalists and the newly literate). 201. A vast vocational training and employment reform through projects and programmes was undertaken with the support of PTF. Thus, we also note the PCFP and PAFPE. It is within the context of this reform that structures such as FAFPA, OEF, the UFAE were also created to help improve the provision of vocational training and ensure its financing. 202. ILO programmes to assist in the implementation of employment and vocational training policies are equally going on. Currently, seven ILO technical cooperation projects are underway in Mali (PEJIMO, ISFP, APERP, Migrant, HIV/AIDS, TACKLE and AECID). 203. Other bilateral or multilateral partners are increasingly interested in issues of employment and vocational training for instance the World Bank, UNDP, WFP, FAO, IFAD, UNIDO, UNESCO, France, the United States, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, etc. 42