Session 4 - 18th Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners
Summary of the discussions at the 18th Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners held in Tunisia on September 9-13, 2019
18th Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practioners “Towards sustainable and inclusive local development: local resource-based approaches and decent job creation”, 9-13 September 2019, Tunis, Tunisia.
Session 4: Job creation and employment impact assessments of infrastructure investments - Tuesday, September 10
Part 1: Employment Impact Assessments in different contexts and using different approaches (Moderator: Aya Frioui)
Presentation 1: Analyses of employment effects in the preparation of regional investment plans in in Tunisia, by Zouhair Bel Kadi from Tunisian Institute for Quantitative Studies (ETUQ)
Mr. El Kadi presented the methodology as well as the results of the assessment of various road in Tunis.
Presentation 2: Strengthen project: Employment Impact Assessments of Infrastructure Investments: Approaches and results from Rwanda and Ghana, Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song, EIIP, Geneva, ILO
Mr. Lieuw-Kie-Song presented the results and policy implications of the assessments done in Ghana and Rwanda as part of the Strengthen project.
Part 2: Panel on the importance of Public Investments in National Employment Policies and how Employment Impact Assessments can assist in mainstreaming employment (Moderator : Halim Hamzaoui, ILO Director for Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco and Mauretania)
Panellists:
Each of the panellists provided specific examples of how they engaged with other departments responsible for infrastructure other than the Ministries of Labour. This included requirements for reporting, as well as other measures such as placement of graduates on government financed projects and the use of EIIP on some types of infrastructure.
Session 4: Job creation and employment impact assessments of infrastructure investments - Tuesday, September 10
Part 1: Employment Impact Assessments in different contexts and using different approaches (Moderator: Aya Frioui)
Presentation 1: Analyses of employment effects in the preparation of regional investment plans in in Tunisia, by Zouhair Bel Kadi from Tunisian Institute for Quantitative Studies (ETUQ)
Mr. El Kadi presented the methodology as well as the results of the assessment of various road in Tunis.
Presentation 2: Strengthen project: Employment Impact Assessments of Infrastructure Investments: Approaches and results from Rwanda and Ghana, Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song, EIIP, Geneva, ILO
Mr. Lieuw-Kie-Song presented the results and policy implications of the assessments done in Ghana and Rwanda as part of the Strengthen project.
Part 2: Panel on the importance of Public Investments in National Employment Policies and how Employment Impact Assessments can assist in mainstreaming employment (Moderator : Halim Hamzaoui, ILO Director for Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco and Mauretania)
Panellists:
- Mr. Gaspard Musonera, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Servcie and Labour Rwanda,
- Hon. Bright Wireko Brobby, Deputy Minister, Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ghana
- Mr. Naoufel Ben Labiadh, Conseiller de Ministre de Emploi et Formation Professionnelle, Tunisia
Each of the panellists provided specific examples of how they engaged with other departments responsible for infrastructure other than the Ministries of Labour. This included requirements for reporting, as well as other measures such as placement of graduates on government financed projects and the use of EIIP on some types of infrastructure.