Progress on Sustainable Employment Initiatives in North Africa
Progress review of sub-regional activities for development in North Africa during the second quarter of 2020 focusing on stimulating sustainable employment for youth and women. Updates include policy discussions, innovative employment creation policies, joint collaborations, training workshops, and advocacy efforts to enhance productivity and create new jobs. Additionally, the response to COVID-19 crisis in North Africa and the promotion of the African Continental Free Trade Area as a platform for economic growth are highlighted.
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Sub-programme 7.1: Sub-regional activities for Development in North Africa SRO North Africa 2020 Second Quarter Accountability and Programme Performance Review Meeting 8 10 July 2020 [Virtual]
2020 Progress on achievements (all budget sources: 18, 23, 11, 35) Objective: To stimulate sustainable employment for youth and women in North Africa. Result Area : Enhanced capacity of North African countries to identify gaps and introduce innovative employment creation policies. Progress made to achieving the result area Sudanese Government is currently discussing policy options provided in ECA policy brief on mobilization of foreign currency. The joint work with HCP in Morocco supported the government to measure the distortion in the manufacturing sector, thus the government decided to extend the work to include all economic sectors. The outcomes of the project will help the government to modify economic policies, enhance productivity and general new jobs. As a result of the training workshops provided to SDGs Teams in Egypt and Morocco, both countries are currently using the IPRT Toolkit and sharing their national data with other African countries. IPRT is the main methodology in both countries to assess and monitor progress towards achieving the SDGs. The Mauritanian government is committed to implement the AfCFTA national strategy developed in partnership with ECA to enhance trade, promote manufacturing and create new jobs. Thanks to ECA advocacy work and initiatives supporting member states along other international and regional partners, North African countries have followed ECA advice, for example: - Egypt has removed the stamp duties on imported medical supplies; And in the spirit of strengthening South-South Cooperation, Member states have carried out several actions including: - Algeria sent 90 and 57 tons of food and medicines for the fight against COVID19 to Mali and Niger; - Egypt providing medical supplies to 12 African countries; - Morocco provided medical supplies to 15 African countries.
HOW? Delivery modalities RA Alignment with ECA s strategic directions Joint delivery in Countries of Focus Target countries 1. Algeria 2. Egypt 3. Libya 4. Mauritania 5. Morocco 6. Sudan 7. Tunisia (pick the relevant ECA SD icon) The office is jointly delivering in Egypt, Mauritania, Sudan, mainly: ATPC to build AfCFTA National Strategies, MGD to build Marco models, MGD & ITCS to implement the IPRT and GSPD, ACS, SRO-WA, SRO-SA to provide technical assistance to achieve migration-related targets of SDGs and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Response to COVID-19 SRO NA: Carried out a detailed analysis on COVID-19 Crisis in North Africa: The Impact and Mitigation Responses ; Contributed to reports on the impact of COVID-19 on Morocco and Algeria, in cooperation with the WB and UNDP in Morocco and BCR in Algeria; Presented to UNCT Morocco the Impact of COVID-19 on Africa and $100 billion initiative to support Africa; Preparing a Policy brief on COVID-19 impact in Morocco, in cooperation with HCP; Preparing the sub regional profile on socioeconomic developments and the impact of COVID-19 crisis; Promoting the idea of using the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as a platform for the continent to speak in one voice with the rest of the world, and call for effective implementation of the AfCFTA to enable African countries to realize their potential to expand and accelerate the dynamism of markets diversification.
HOW? Delivery modalities - RA Partnerships (external) Follow-up on ARFSD res. Contribution to the SDGs 1. External partnerships: Policy Center for the New South on employment through south-south cooperation UN system on migration and macroeconomic policies High Commissioner for Planning (HCP) to establish a working relationship and encourage sharing of knowledge and information between the two institutions Economic, Social and Environmental Council of Morocco (CESE) in the field of employment ILO, DESA, IOM to provide technical assistance to achieve migration-related targets of SDGs and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Internal partnerships: IDEP for capacity building to design and implement policies to reduce unemployment ATPC to build CFTA National Strategies MGD to build Marco models MGD & ITCS to implement the IPRT GSPD, ACS, SRO-WA, SRO-SA to provide technical assistance to achieve migration- related targets of SDGs and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Work with UNCT Morocco to prepare the VNR second report. The office is involved in the series of the Global Workshop for 2020 VNR countries. Goal 8 (targets 8.2 and 8.3) Goal 9 (targets 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3) Goal 17 (targets 17.1, 17.2, 17.3 and 17.4) Gender Mainstreaming OIBCs (if applicable) Specific analysis of the gender dimension of unemployment embedded in areas of work Gender aspects is mainstreamed in policy orientation and advisory services Specific work on gender aspects is included in all outputs. Involvement in mobilizing resources and activating the women leadership fund established by ECA. OIBC 1 OIBC 2 OIBC 7 2.
Status update: Key challenges and lessons learnt RA Key challenges Lessons learnt 1. The COVID-19 crisis delayed the organization of some activities that have been planned initially under normal conditions. Thus, some activities including scoping and technical support missions have been affected. 1. Importance of the following action to contain the consequences of COVID-19 crisis : Promoting virtual meetings and webinars where it is possible and useful; Postponement of the planned activities necessitating the presence of stakeholders until the return to a better situation; Activation of office's business continuity plan and telecommuting work arrangements and ensure a regular monitoring of office s activities. 2. Political instability and transition in NA could result in low level of implementation of policy recommendations and policy changes proposed by the office because the countries' attention is focused on short term difficulties related to security and political instability. Also, those factors hamper office's work and activities in countries that are subject to this kind of tension for some time. 2. Importance of promoting the participation of selected experts from all countries to participate and contribute to the work of the Commission and to ensure effective follow up by: Strengthening sharing of experiences and dissemination of good practices with proven results; Strengthening south-south cooperation and the networking among experts in the region.
Status of budget utilization/implementation Status update on the component s budget utilization/implementation by budget source (all budget sources: RB, XB, RPTC, DA) Regular budget: 48% RPTC: 70% DA: 0%
