Human Resources Development, Employment and HIV/AIDS

Sub-cluster: Employment

Action Plans | Activities | Indicators of Achievement | Achievements to date | Next Steps |

Action Plan

• Finalisation of draft Social Policy Framework for AU/NEPAD.

• Coordination of collective support to the proposed AU Summit on Employment and Poverty Alleviation. Lead Agency, ILO, Participating agencies: all cluster members.

• Finalization of Draft Declaration and Plan of Action on Employment and Poverty Alleviation: Lead Agency ILO, Participating agencies, all cluster members.

• Support to AU/NEPAD to mainstream employment in its activities: ILO and participating cluster members.

• Making education more relevant to employment needs;

• Halting and reversing the brain drain that is rapidly diminishing the availability of human capacity in key development areas.

Activities

Regional Level

• Joint action towards assisting the AU/NEPAD to formulate a policy on employment and poverty in accordance with the Draft Declaration and Plan of Action on Poverty and Employment adopted by the AU Summit, Durban 2002; Lead Agency, ILO; Participating Agencies, UNDP, ECA, all cluster members;

• Collective support for the proposed AU Special Summit on Employment and Poverty, Lead Agency ILO, Participating Agencies, all cluster members;

• Support employment-related activities of the tripartite AU, Labour and Social Affairs Commission; Lead Agency, ILO; Participating Agencies, all cluster members;

• Establish inventory of best practices to support the mainstreaming of employment and labour issues into national PRSPs, and encourage the participation of social partners in the dialogue;

• Translate the MDGs into specific targets in the area of employment promotion; Lead Agencies, ILO, UNDP, Participating Agencies, all cluster members. Agencies: WHO, UNFPA, UNDP, IOM and UNICEF

  Indicators of Achievement

• Development of a Social Policy Framework for NEPAD.

• Assist NEPAD to develop a plan of action on employment in Africa.

• Establish a database on best practices for employment promotion and participation of social partners in PRSP.

  Achievements to date

• Employment Sub-Sector: ILO engaged with NEPAD/AU in preparation of the draft Social Policy Framework for Africa.

  Next Steps

• Joint advocacy for development of collective strategies for markets, labour standards, centers of certification through NEPAD to ensure quality of African export products through domestic industrial product controls.