Key Action Areas for Youth Employment Policy in Senegal
Young people in Senegal face precarious working conditions with there being only one-tenth of formal jobs available in the market each year as against the need. Despite the fact that the government has created thousands of jobs for young people through several public youth employment programmes over recent decades, these challenges remain.
Following an in-depth empirical review of youth employment policies and programs (YEPs) in Senegal, a team of local researchers and stakeholders recommended specific actions to improve the efficiency and outcomes of these interventions:
- Integrating the national employment promotion strategy into a development strategy for the priority sectors in Senegal’s second Priority Action Plan (PAP 2A),
- Specifically, ensuring inclusive dialogue with the private sector to identify bottlenecks, and reorienting technical and vocational education and training (TVET) to align with the 10 priority sectors identified in the PAP 2A.
Find out more about the research methods, findings and policy recommendations in the following PEP publications:
- Reports: Working Paper 2023-17 | Policy Paper 2023-04 | Policy Brief 275
- Project team: Malick Diallo | Amoudath Mazu | Fatou Mboup | Abdoulaye Dieye | Marième Fatou Seye | Thiané Tall | Ibrahima Ndiaye
More about the What Works for Youth Employment in Africa initiative, supported in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation
- Senegal project link: Go to project
