Strengthening the capacity of key labour statistics institutions in Tanzania
The ILO is training experts from labour statistics institutions on new International Statistical Standards and key Labour Market Information Systems.
25 May 2016
DAR ES SALAAM (ILO News) - The ILO in collaboration with the Ministries of Labour and Employment in Tanzania and Zanzibar organized a training workshop from 16 to 19 May 2016, in Dar es Salaam, aimed at strengthening the country’s labour market information and analysis systems.
The training which involved about 20 officials engaged in labour force surveys from key line ministries, National Bureau of Statistics, and the Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar came in the wake of new international statistical standards and amid intense discussions on the post 2015 development agenda.
The main objective was to enhance the participants’ capacity to collect, process, disseminate, analyse, and interpret labour market information that is aligned with the latest international statistical standards, in particular, the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) Resolution of 2013 concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization, for the formulation of evidence-based policies in support of decent work.
More specifically, the training focused on:
The Labour Market Information System (LMIS), which is an integrated framework, includes collection and analysis of labour market information through inter-institutional partnership, used as key macroeconomic tool to better inform labour and sector policies to ensure that there is an adequate supply of quality skills to meet the evolving demands of the labour market
Employment promotion is a national priority as identified in a number of policy frameworks including the vision 2015, Poverty reduction Strategies, and the Five Year Development Plan. The ILO Decent Work Country programme (DWCP) is therefore aligned to these national policy frameworks to ensure that employment and particularly youth employment issues are at the centre of the national development agenda.
Demand for quality statistical data for policy makers and social partners, as a prerequisite for achieving the post development objectives that highlight sustainable and inclusive growth as an overarching development priority has been a subject of concern over recent years. This was reaffirmed by one of the trainers, Mr. Coffi Agossou, ILO Senior Labour Market Specialist that,
“…To meet the challenges posed by the ever-increasing demand for high quality information and changing statistics standards, Tanzania needs a well-developed capacity, especially now the country is preparing for the 2019 Integrated Labour force Survey… We need a strong analytical capacity to produce relevant analysis based on the new standards”.
The training which involved about 20 officials engaged in labour force surveys from key line ministries, National Bureau of Statistics, and the Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar came in the wake of new international statistical standards and amid intense discussions on the post 2015 development agenda.
The main objective was to enhance the participants’ capacity to collect, process, disseminate, analyse, and interpret labour market information that is aligned with the latest international statistical standards, in particular, the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) Resolution of 2013 concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization, for the formulation of evidence-based policies in support of decent work.
More specifically, the training focused on:
- Interpretation of the key decent work indicators and distinguish different forms of work e.g. employment, own use production, unpaid work and Volunteer work
- Calculation of the new labour underutilization indicators and analyse the labour force survey data in line with the 19th ICLS Resolution
- Identifying the key challenges in the implementation of the new resolution, designing questionnaires in line with the new resolution and preparation of national labour force survey reports and
- Internalization of the 19th ICLS resolution Framework and develop an action plan for its implementation.
The Labour Market Information System (LMIS), which is an integrated framework, includes collection and analysis of labour market information through inter-institutional partnership, used as key macroeconomic tool to better inform labour and sector policies to ensure that there is an adequate supply of quality skills to meet the evolving demands of the labour market
Employment promotion is a national priority as identified in a number of policy frameworks including the vision 2015, Poverty reduction Strategies, and the Five Year Development Plan. The ILO Decent Work Country programme (DWCP) is therefore aligned to these national policy frameworks to ensure that employment and particularly youth employment issues are at the centre of the national development agenda.
Demand for quality statistical data for policy makers and social partners, as a prerequisite for achieving the post development objectives that highlight sustainable and inclusive growth as an overarching development priority has been a subject of concern over recent years. This was reaffirmed by one of the trainers, Mr. Coffi Agossou, ILO Senior Labour Market Specialist that,
“…To meet the challenges posed by the ever-increasing demand for high quality information and changing statistics standards, Tanzania needs a well-developed capacity, especially now the country is preparing for the 2019 Integrated Labour force Survey… We need a strong analytical capacity to produce relevant analysis based on the new standards”.