Review of the national employment policy which prioritize young people and women: Focus on pro-employment budgeting
Burkina Faso
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In Burkina Faso, the working age population is relatively abundant and young but the level of employability remains generally low. Youth face multiple decent work deficits both in quantity and quality such as precarious and vulnerable employment, working poverty and informality. With over three quarters of total youth employment, the agricultural sector is by far the largest labour pool of young people, followed by the non-agricultural informal economy and the formal sector.
Burkina Faso is one of the first countries in the sub-region to have adopted a National Employment Policy in 2008 that provide a framework for all employment interventions at the national level, which had previously been undertaken in an isolated and uncoordinated manner. In order to meet the new employment challenges at the national level and taking into account the changing environment at various levels (institutional, economic and social) in recent years, the Government of Burkina Faso has requested the ILO support to revise its national employment policy, with a focus on young people and women. An in-depth diagnosis is undertaken to obtain an overview of the employment and the labour market situation in the country as well as the challenges and opportunities for productive employment creation in particular for young people and women. The diagnosis feeds the revision of the National Employment Policy process, together with various capacity building initiatives and policy dialogues.
In addition, in order to better mainstream employment in national development frameworks and sectoral policies, various tools and approaches are being developed. These include a methodological guide on how to integrate employment in sectoral policies and program budgets.
Finally, a gradual approach to pro-employment budgeting is currently being undertaken and aims at better incorporating employment issues in in the national budget process. It also aims at increasing resources mobilization in favour of employment initiatives together with an increasing involvement of stakeholders and social partners on employment promotion and decent work issues.
Burkina Faso is one of the first countries in the sub-region to have adopted a National Employment Policy in 2008 that provide a framework for all employment interventions at the national level, which had previously been undertaken in an isolated and uncoordinated manner. In order to meet the new employment challenges at the national level and taking into account the changing environment at various levels (institutional, economic and social) in recent years, the Government of Burkina Faso has requested the ILO support to revise its national employment policy, with a focus on young people and women. An in-depth diagnosis is undertaken to obtain an overview of the employment and the labour market situation in the country as well as the challenges and opportunities for productive employment creation in particular for young people and women. The diagnosis feeds the revision of the National Employment Policy process, together with various capacity building initiatives and policy dialogues.
In addition, in order to better mainstream employment in national development frameworks and sectoral policies, various tools and approaches are being developed. These include a methodological guide on how to integrate employment in sectoral policies and program budgets.
Finally, a gradual approach to pro-employment budgeting is currently being undertaken and aims at better incorporating employment issues in in the national budget process. It also aims at increasing resources mobilization in favour of employment initiatives together with an increasing involvement of stakeholders and social partners on employment promotion and decent work issues.