Ministry of Labor: Launching the National Youth Employment Policy at the end of this year

by **claud39** Wed May 26, 2021 10:11 am

Ministry of Labor: Launching the National Youth Employment Policy at the end of this year

05/26/2021

Economy News _ Baghdad

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs announced, on Wednesday, that the national policy for youth employment and vocational training will be launched at the end of this year and will include 37 programs aimed at advancing their professional status.

The Director-General of the Department of Labor and Vocational Training at the Ministry, Dr. Raed Jabbar Bahed, said in an interview with Al-Sabah newspaper, which was followed by Al-Eqtisad News, that “the new policy that the ministry targets unemployed youth includes a real action plan to be implemented in coordination with the International Labor Organization and a group of experts. The ministry’s specialists in the field of work and vocational training ».

He added that "the new policy aims to absorb unemployment rates in society, reduce the number of unemployed, and provide them with job opportunities commensurate with their professional orientation, in addition to supplying the labor market with what it needs from them, with an indication of the real role of cooperation of governmental and non-governmental institutions in this regard."

“It is hoped that it will be announced at the end of this year, and it will be implemented and launched after it is approved by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers by adopting an implementation plan of its own,” Bahed said, expressing that “it will include 37 programs for professional employment, which will do justice to the working class in the country through the passage of a law. Labor and Social Security in coordination with the Parliamentary Labor and Social Affairs Committee, ”expressing his“ hope that the second reading of the law will take place within the next few days. ”

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