Guide for the formulation of national employment policies.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manpower policy.

Full employment policies.

Labor supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : Employment Policy Dept., International Labour Office, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This guide has been prepared as a capacity-building tool for governments (Ministries of Labour, but also Finance, Planning, Economy, and others), trade unions, employers' organisations, ILO technical staff and a variety of national stakeholders who are engaged in the formulation and implementation of national employment policies (NEPs). This guide provides a clear and value-based framework in which to develop NEPs adapted to local contexts and conditions.

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Challenges of inclusive and sustainable policy-making for full and productive employment; Contents; I. The rationale for employment policies; A. An increasingly complex employment reality to address; B. A new momentum for employment policies; C. Definition and scope of national employment policies; II. The ILO's approach to national employment policies; A. The main ILO frameworks for employment policies; B The approach at the institutional level

C. The approach at the policy level Annex 1 Main international labour standards on employment policies; Annex 2 Countries that ratified Convention No. 122; Chapter 2 Overview of the employment policy process; Contents; I. Prerequisites for a successful policy process; A. Sustainability in action; Figure 1: ILO support for Employment Policy Processes across the world; B. Clear institutional anchorage; C. An inclusive and accountable process; II. Phases for developing a NEP: where to start?; A. The preparation phase; B. The issue identification phase; C. The formulation phase

D. The validation, adoption, and communication phase E. The programming and budgeting phase; Box 2.3 Letting people know what the NEP is about: the example of Sri Lanka's dedicated web site; F. The implementation phase; G. The evaluation phase; Annex 1 Checklist for the policy planning process; Annex 2 Matrix of tasks and responsibilities for policy formulation; Annex 3 A process that is neither quick nor cheap; Chapter 3 Building knowledge: the issue identification phase; Contents; I. Why build a solid knowledge base?; A. A decision-making tool in a strategic planning approach

B. A tool to strengthen and intensify social dialogue C. A key moment in an evaluation approach; Box 3.1 How the NEP process strengthened the trade unions in Burkina Faso -Creation of an inter-trade-union working group for research on employment policies and poverty reduction (Commission Intersyndicale Chargée de la Recherche sur l'Emploi et le DSRP); II. How to efficiently build knowledge? Entry points; Box 3.2 Ethiopia: Anchoring the employment situation analysis in the national development planning process; III. Methodologies and tools to build knowledge

A. Analysis of employment and labour market data B. Comprehensive employment policy reviews; Box 3.3 Outline of a country employment policy review: Example from Yemen; Box 3.4 Outline of a country employment policy review: Example from Serbia; C. Thematic analyses; D. Review of existing programmes and projects,including mapping of bi- and multilateral initiatives; E. Review of the institutional framework and institutional audits; Box 3.5 Institutional audit of the Ministry in charge of employment - the case of Burkina Faso

F. Review of the financial resources allocated (directly or indirectly) to employment

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

92-2-126424-6

OCLC:

843200362