This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
The head of government, Aziz Akhannouch, chaired on Tuesday in Rabat, a meeting devoted to monitoring the implementation of the employment roadmap in order to ensure efficient monitoring of the implementation of this roadmap and set up governance mechanisms and coordination tools between the various stakeholders.
This meeting, the second of its kind chaired by Mr. Akhannouch since the broadcast last February of the circular relating to the roadmap, was an opportunity to examine the mechanisms capable of strengthening the social and professional integration of the most vulnerable categories, in particular young people and women, and to provide support to families in rural areas, categories that constitute a major axis of the job road, and The rate of job losses in the agricultural sector, to flatten the difficulties confronting the access of women to work and to fight against school loss, said a press release from the Department of the Head of Government.
The meeting made it possible to address the modes of implementation and effective operationalization of these initiatives, focused on the promotion of employment in rural areas, particularly the encouragement of the young people to create active startups in the agricultural sector, specifies the same source.
Emphasis has also been placed on the measures adopted to combat school loss and lower the number of students who have stopped schooling, through the strengthening of pioneering establishments, expanding the concept of the second chance school and the implementation of measures capable of encouraging students to continue their education or access professional training.
Among the other measures examined, is the promotion of women’s access to the job market, mainly by the flattening of obstacles, in particular those relating to childcare, and this through the strengthening of the daycare supply.
The Head of Government has, at the same time, reiterated the government’s attachment to ensure the mobilization of the various sectors and the convergence of their actions in order to guarantee the efficiency of the government measures contained in the employment roadmap, emphasizing the importance of the establishment of a system of good governance guaranteeing the coordination of the interventions of all the departments concerned.
He also stressed that the roadmap will help to breathe a multisectoral dynamic for the promotion of employment through practical measures illustrating the conviction of the government that employment constitutes a major national priority, due to its contribution to preserving the dignity of citizens and guaranteeing the conditions of a decent life for families.
It should be noted that the employment roadmap, which includes 8 practical initiatives to strengthen the dynamics of employment and reduce unemployment, was endowed by the government with a budget envelope of around 15 billion dirhams.
