Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills Younes Sekkouri stressed on Saturday in Tetouan that the government has drawn up a new employment plan to combat unemployment.
Speaking at a conference on “Employment policies in Morocco: challenges and opportunities”, held as part of the Authenticity and Modernity Party’s (PAM) open days, Sekkouri, a member of the party’s political bureau, noted that the new government plan requires a budget of MAD 14 billion, specifying that the aim is to reduce the unemployment rate among young people, particularly those with no diploma or training to help them access the job market.
In this context, the Minister highlighted the programs to be implemented by the government starting the beginning of next year, including a program to support companies through the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills (ANAPEC), in order to hire workers without diplomas.
Sekkouri focused on the work-study training program aimed at integrating unemployed young people into small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and cooperatives in rural areas, with plans to increase the number of beneficiaries nationwide from 20,000 to 100,000 by 2025, stressing that “this training model has proved effective in terms of integration into the job market”.
In addition, the Minister noted that the government’s efforts had led to the creation of 300,000 jobs in the 3rd quarter of 2024, in key sectors such as industry, trade, tourism, construction and public works (BTP) as well as handicrafts.
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