Labour Statistics Initiatives in SADC Countries International Labour Organisation

Content Context Country level initiatives SADC / Regional How can the ILO support the UNSD/SADC Statistical Capacity-Building project?

Context Millennium Declaration and MDGs Increasing recognition of the centrality of employment for poverty reduction Declaration and Plan of Action of the Extra- ordinary Summit on Employment Creation and Poverty Alleviation SADC Regional Indicative Strategic development Plan (RISDP) National Development Frameworks place poverty alleviation through employment creation as key national priority

Country Level Interventions Support to Labour Force Surveys in South Africa, Zambia, Mauritius and Zimbabwe Training on Labour Market Information in Botswana and Tanzania Support to Zambia and Mauritius to revise compilation of CPI

SADC Supported SADC training on CPI Labour Market Information (LMI) and LMI Systems training for eight SADC countries Initiated dialogue with the defunct SADC - ELS to develop an LMIS project with SADC

Regional New African Labour Market Indicators Library project Build upon the ILO’s global Labour Market Indicators Library Network (LMIL) Along the line of the Global Employment Trends and Panorama Laboral Feed into the proposed “Employment Trend Report for Africa”

How can the ILO support the project? Support training on labour force surveys and LMIS Including more specific interventions targeting LMI in the informal economy Facilitate study tours to foster ‘learnings’ and networks on key aspects of Labour Statistics Other areas identified by this meeting

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