Luanda – The Action Plan for Promotion of Employability (PAPE) has already generated 116,000 jobs and exceeded the forecast of 83,500 jobs, after almost three years.
The plan led by the Ministry of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security (MAPTSS), which began in 2018, is expected to conclude in the first quarter of this year, according to the secretary of State, Pedro Filipe.
The figures that recently have also been presented to the deputies of the 5th Committee of Economy and Finance of the National Assembly, by the secretary of State of MAPTSS, point to the generation of employment in the 18 provinces of the country, with emphasis on the provinces of Luanda, Huila and Moxico.
“We had very encouraging results, although they fall short of the employment needs of young people in Angola”, the official admitted before the members of parliament.
The opportunities were open to young graduates, unemployed people and also to entrepreneurs who needed support to make their businesses viable and young people who wanted to start up their business activities.
The programme had a target of 60,000 short and medium term courses, reaching 53,366 trained citizens, which represents 86% execution.
This number is added to others that took place under the normal grid, which in the last few years were over 280,000 courses delivered, according to secretary of State Pedro Filipe.
With the PAPE, according to MAPTSS, more than 31,000 professional kits were distributed nationwide, in specialties such as plumbing, carpentry, electricity, painting, tiling, welding, civil construction, metalwork, hairdressing, cutting and sewing, agriculture, among others.
In the period 2018 to 2022, the Programme reached the goal of 10,000 micro-credits, of which 6,995 have already been granted, corresponding to 69.95%.
Regarding professional internships, more than six were registered in various fields.
Restructuring of PAPE
According to ANGOP´s source, some of PAPE´s support programmes will be restructured and incorporated in the priority programmes for the implementation of the national employment policy and strategy for 2023-2027.
The strategy 2023-2027 foresees contributing to the increase of employability, in the scope of the national policy and strategy for employment.
These are programmes such as professional internships, fostering self-employment and entrepreneurship and coordination.
It is estimated that by the first quarter of 2022, about 459,775 formal jobs were recorded, an average of 108,855 jobs per year, with 2019 recording the highest number of jobs, approximately 15,3034 positions.
The jobs were created as part of a wide variety of employability initiatives implemented by MAPTSS.
Source: Angola Press News Agency
