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5.4. Youth employment
As part of the fight against unemployment, in 2012 the Government put in
place a programme titled “Special Employment Creation Programme for
Youth and Women (PSCE/JF)”. The programme aims to foster access by
young graduates to employment, facilitate access by young school dropouts
and out-of-school youths to employment, build the productive capacity of
rural youths and enhance access by women to production and processing
technologies.
For
the
year
2012,
the
direct
beneficiaries
of
the
implementation of the PSCE/JF activities totalled 52,559 youths and
women. Jobs created by the programme are estimated at 55,537 including
26,545 direct jobs and 28,992 indirect jobs. In terms of youth occupation,
the programme helped create 18,362 job positions. The number of
beneficiaries of training stands at 7,209 youths and women.
The main challenge noted in the PSCE/JF implementation relates to the
delay in the release of funds. For the next editions, it is advisable that the
Ministry of Economy and Finance releases the funds on a timely-basis.
Furthermore, 1,187 youths benefited from the implementation of the Driving
License Operation in 2012. This helped build competencies and skills to
facilitate the employment of the youth by private enterprises, household,
public administration or in self-employment. However, it would be
worthwhile allocating greater resources for the deconcentration of the
operation to enable the broad participation by potential beneficiaries. It
would therefore be advisable to deconcentrate the operation at the provincial
level. The implementation of the programme in support of the socioprofessional
integration
of
young
graduates
helped
train
and
find
employment for 1463 young graduates undergoing internship. This action,
implemented by the National Employment Agency (ANPE), helped enhance
the employability of tertiary education graduates through internship,
training in job search techniques and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, in
2012, ANPE supplied 28 installation kits to trained youths.
As part of the development of technical and vocational skills, 420 youths