GO4YOUTH project: steering committee meets

The Steering Committee of the GO4YOUTH project met Friday under the chairmanship of Minister of Employment and Vocational Training Lotfi Dhieb.The project is carried out in partnership with the National Agency for Employment and Self-Employment (French : ANETI) and the World Bank, with the support of the European Union.The meeting was attended by a number of ministry and ANETI officials and a team of experts from the WB and the EU.The project, part of ANETI's vision by 2030, is designed to enhance labour market intermediation and better meet the expectations of job seekers and the needs of enterprises by means of digitising services and modernising support mechanisms.A pilot experience was conducted, as part of the implementation of the project, in six emplopyment and self-employment offices in Tunis, Ben Arous, Gafsa, Gabés, Kef and Sousse. Access to services will be expanded to more offices by 2025.The minister commended progress in implementing the project as part of a participatory approach invo lving the ANETI and the WB.The project is part of the ministry's strategic guidelines to develop services made available by ANETI to job seekers, entrepreneurs and businesses.This project fits within an integrated programme for the modernisation and digitisation of services and is designed to upgrade the agency's performances.There is need to build on positive results and forge ahead with efforts to attain gaols set, the minister further said.Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse