ILO and Comoros agree to implement new DWCP
The ILO, the Government and the social partners of Comoros signed in Moroni a new MoU to implement the 2015-2019 Decent Work Country Programme focused on employment and social protection.
MORONI (ILO News) – The ILO and the tripartite constituents of Comoros gathered in Moroni officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the new Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for the period 2015-2019.
Mr Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa paid a courtesy visit to H.E. Dr Ikililou DHOININE, President of the Republic of the Comoros before attending the official signing ceremony of the new DWCP together with the Minister of Employment, Labour , vocational training and women entrepreneurship, senior members of the CABINET as well as representatives of the Comoros Employers' and Workers’ organizations.
“For the first time since the ILO established a presence in the Indian Ocean Sub-Region, 40 years ago, a Regional Director is visiting the Comoros and I am delighted to make this first visit”, Chuma said at the onset of a mission which is also part of ILO's efforts to step up support to the g7+ group of fragile states.
The second generation of DWCP for Comoros has identified two priorities areas for 2015 - 2019: employment promotion and extension of social protection. The ILO will provide technical support for the effective implementation of the DWCP.
“These two main priorities are complementary and the achievement of the related outcomes on skills matching, institutional capacity building, creation of quantity and quality jobs, improvement of social protection, mainly for vulnerable groups (women, youth), would lead the country into a real and inclusive growth”, Aeneas Chuma emphasized.
The Comoros was the first country to sign a Decent Work Country Programme in the Sub-Region (2010 – 2014) and it becomes now the first country to sign a second generation Decent Work Country Programme.
Unemployment rates remain high and are rising in the Comoros – 10.4% in 2010 to 14.3% in 2013. The youth unemployment rate in 2013 stood at 34%. There is also an increase in informal employment, characterized by precarious working conditions.
“That is why this second generation of the Decent Work Country Programme becomes even more relevant. Implementing the Programme entails leading the country into a job-rich and inclusive recovery through addressing key social and economic challenges”, Chuma underscored.
The ILO and Comoros strategic cooperation lead to the establishment of the Consultative Council of Labour and Employment; the elaboration of the National Employment Policy and the Plan for Youth Employment; the implementation of technical cooperation projects to fight child labour and promote youth employment; the institutional support and capacity building made available to government and social partners; the creation of the “Employment House”; and the mainstreaming of employment in the national development framework entitled “Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy”.
“I urge you to foster broad national ownership over the Programme as an important determinant of its success”, concluded the ILO Chief for Africa who's on official visit to Comoros from 02-05 May 2015 before heading to Madagascar.
Mr Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa paid a courtesy visit to H.E. Dr Ikililou DHOININE, President of the Republic of the Comoros before attending the official signing ceremony of the new DWCP together with the Minister of Employment, Labour , vocational training and women entrepreneurship, senior members of the CABINET as well as representatives of the Comoros Employers' and Workers’ organizations.
“For the first time since the ILO established a presence in the Indian Ocean Sub-Region, 40 years ago, a Regional Director is visiting the Comoros and I am delighted to make this first visit”, Chuma said at the onset of a mission which is also part of ILO's efforts to step up support to the g7+ group of fragile states.
The second generation of DWCP for Comoros has identified two priorities areas for 2015 - 2019: employment promotion and extension of social protection. The ILO will provide technical support for the effective implementation of the DWCP.
“These two main priorities are complementary and the achievement of the related outcomes on skills matching, institutional capacity building, creation of quantity and quality jobs, improvement of social protection, mainly for vulnerable groups (women, youth), would lead the country into a real and inclusive growth”, Aeneas Chuma emphasized.
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Unemployment rates remain high and are rising in the Comoros – 10.4% in 2010 to 14.3% in 2013. The youth unemployment rate in 2013 stood at 34%. There is also an increase in informal employment, characterized by precarious working conditions.
“That is why this second generation of the Decent Work Country Programme becomes even more relevant. Implementing the Programme entails leading the country into a job-rich and inclusive recovery through addressing key social and economic challenges”, Chuma underscored.
The ILO and Comoros strategic cooperation lead to the establishment of the Consultative Council of Labour and Employment; the elaboration of the National Employment Policy and the Plan for Youth Employment; the implementation of technical cooperation projects to fight child labour and promote youth employment; the institutional support and capacity building made available to government and social partners; the creation of the “Employment House”; and the mainstreaming of employment in the national development framework entitled “Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy”.
“I urge you to foster broad national ownership over the Programme as an important determinant of its success”, concluded the ILO Chief for Africa who's on official visit to Comoros from 02-05 May 2015 before heading to Madagascar.