CFAF135,000,000,000144 focuses on the following strategic thrusts: matching employment to
training, enhancing the employment information system, promoting decent work for youths,
promoting and developing youth entrepreneurship, and promoting labour market governance
for youths.
192- During the execution phase, in 2017, PANEJ enabled the establishment of the Green
Jobs Promotion Programme (2018-2022) with the aim of creating 108,500 jobs although there
was insufficient financial mobilisation145.
(b) Special Youth Emergency Plan (PLUS-JEUN) for the
Consolidation of Civic Education and Youth Integration
193- The Special Three-year Youth Emergency Plan146launched on 11 January 2017with a
budget of CFAF102,000,000,000147, is a Government Programme for youth economic
integration that aims at supporting 1,500,000 youths. It has 3 components.
194- The first component is related to the establishment of a National Youth Observatory
(NYO) that will serve as an intermediary between youth employment demand and youth
employment supply service based on an inventory of their real aspirations.
195- In this regard, the NYO was instituted by Decision No. 9/2016/D/MINJEC/CAB of 23
February 2016 and placed under the supervisory authority of the Ministry of Youth Affairs
and Civic Education (MINJEC). The NYO that was established within the Youth Promotion
Multi-purpose Centres (YPMC) Project, is a platform for mapping, mobilisation and guidance
of youths towards appropriate channels for the achievement of their needs. The duty of the
NYO is to facilitate the access of youths to institutions and programmes/projects that have a
direct impact on their civic education, social integration, and economic promotion. It is an
institution that welcomes, registers and listens to youths, provides them with information and
guidance towards Government non-government programmes and projects developed for them.
196- The second component concerns specialization and capacity development of existing
operational programmes or some other youth programmes on their civic education and
national integration. In this regard, national training programmes on citizenship and national
integration were organised by the National Civic Service Agency for Participation
in Development. Youths were registered for voluntary services to use their skills and
experience for national development. Financing was also provided to youths either
individually or in groups for their self-employment in promising new areas.
197- Thus, FONIJ, an instrument to finance and guarantee youth projects was established by
Decision No. 10/2016/D/MINJEC/CAB of 23 February 2016. It results from the financial
sustainability of the Rural and Urban Youth Support Programme (PAJER-U) and the Youth
Socioeconomic Integration Project for the establishment of micro-enterprises for the
manufacture of sports material (PIFMAS). The goal of the Fund is to promote youth
integration into production channels through the financing of their projects, and remuneration
of intermediary organizations that prepare and guide youths towards self-employment and
entrepreneurship.
198- The third component focuses on socio-educative infrastructure development with the
construction and equipment of YPMC. As at 20 December 2018, the number of YPMCs stood
at 434.
144
About 206,106,870 Euros.
The Programme is estimated at CFAF21,000,000,000.
146
The goal was to set up a mechanism that matches demand to supply and that enables youths through
mobilisation, orientation and supervision, to join the labour market depending on their needs and the different
opportunities available. Besides, such matching resulted from the determination to record the efficiency and
impacts of Government action towards youths.
147
About 155,725,190 Euros
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