Friday, January 11, 2008
Government to formulate a national plan of action
By: NAMPA
Date: 2008-01-10
The Namibian government is to formulate a national plan of action on youth employment as a step towards ensuring employment for all young Namibians.
The development of this national plan of action would be a collaborative effort involving all representatives of local youth organizations, the Youth Employment Network (YEN), all major national stakeholders, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank.
Government, through the Ministry of Youth and National Service, announced Wednesday that it is organizing a national symposium on youth employment to be held in the Namibian capital, Windhoek on 9 February 2008 and will be preceded by a one-day workshop which would serve to prepare the youth for that symposium. The Symposium is expected to draw more than one-thousand attendees from across the country and from other countries, international agencies and non-governmental organizations. Apart from unemployment, symposium attendees are also expected to address all other challenges facing the youth to ensure that they gain improved access to health care, education and job training benefits. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Dr Peingondjambi Shipoh, said the symposium on youth employment will jump-start the National Plan of Action on Youth Employment
formulation process, as part of Namibia's commitment as a Youth Employment Network (YEN) lead country. Namibia has an unemployment rate of nearly 37 per cent and the country became a Youth Employment Network lead country in 2002.
***** The date of the conference and the number of attendees are incorrect, but I have contacted the journalist at Nampa and he is going to send out a notification of the error *******
Date: 2008-01-10
The Namibian government is to formulate a national plan of action on youth employment as a step towards ensuring employment for all young Namibians.
The development of this national plan of action would be a collaborative effort involving all representatives of local youth organizations, the Youth Employment Network (YEN), all major national stakeholders, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank.
Government, through the Ministry of Youth and National Service, announced Wednesday that it is organizing a national symposium on youth employment to be held in the Namibian capital, Windhoek on 9 February 2008 and will be preceded by a one-day workshop which would serve to prepare the youth for that symposium. The Symposium is expected to draw more than one-thousand attendees from across the country and from other countries, international agencies and non-governmental organizations. Apart from unemployment, symposium attendees are also expected to address all other challenges facing the youth to ensure that they gain improved access to health care, education and job training benefits. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Dr Peingondjambi Shipoh, said the symposium on youth employment will jump-start the National Plan of Action on Youth Employment
formulation process, as part of Namibia's commitment as a Youth Employment Network (YEN) lead country. Namibia has an unemployment rate of nearly 37 per cent and the country became a Youth Employment Network lead country in 2002.
***** The date of the conference and the number of attendees are incorrect, but I have contacted the journalist at Nampa and he is going to send out a notification of the error *******
