As customary, same Pan-Arab recommendations for developing employment and entrepreneurship!

The Pan-Arab forum organised by the Arab Labor Organization (ALO) called for supporting in-country employment offices through the proper provision, training and rehabilitation of potential workforce and the removal of restrictions limiting their efficiency and performance. The event was held under the patronage of Lebanese Labor Minister, Sajaan Azzi, under the heading of ‘Development of Employment and Vocational Guidance Offices and Enhancement of their Role in the Recruitment of Arab Youth’. Recommendations issued at the close of the 3-day seminar underlined the importance of: the following: regulating the work of such offices in Arab countries through expending their geographic in proportion with the deployment of workforce and unemployed cadres; linking employment with economic establishments and business owners organizations in order to stimulate the creation of jobs; coordinating with formal and non-formal vocational training institutions; urging Arab governments to set up an integrated labor market structure associated with the training and educational system and aimed to providing accurate data that helps identify the present and future needs for talents, skills and university degrees; developing legislations that facilitate the launching and mobilization of private recruitment offices that will be monitored by the concerned ministries and departments; and finally, providing support self-employment programs, individual initiatives and entrepreneurships, as well as develop and assist small and medium enterprises to overcome all obstacles facing their institution. (As Safir, March 4, 2016)