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4-6-2020
The minister of labor, Lamia Yammin, yesterday discussed with ESCWA Executive Secretary, Rola Dashti, labor matters and possibilities to create jobs for the youth to counter the alarming rate of unemployment caused by the worsening economic situation coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic. To this effect, Dashti said discussions covered several topics, including, frameworks of cooperation on the strategy of the labor sector in Lebanon; bridging the educational sector and labor market needs, and the rehabilitation and training of university graduates for future jobs. Many jobs, require specific skills that are not supported in current curricula, Dashti maintained, stressing the need to reorient and train the young generation and fresh graduates to qualify for the most-in-demand jobs. Dashti said talks with the labor minister also tackled the labor law which is currently being upgraded to contribute to the economic recovery, as well as serve the private sector and the small enterprises that prop jobs for the youth and encourage them to work independently. (Al Diyar, June 4, 2020)
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