By Patience Longwe
Lilongwe, September 16, Mana: Minister of Labour, Agnes Nyalonje has underscored the importance of employment impact assessment saying it was the key for sustainable development and achieving the objectives of Malawi 2063.
Speaking during the Employment Impact Assessment Workshop on Monday at Sunbird Capital Hotel in Lilongwe, she said the employment impact assessment aims at building a critical mass of knowledge and skills to allow the country adopt coordinated strategies to large scale job creation.
NyaLonje highlighted the workshop was a significant initial step towards building national employment impact assessment capacity and institutionalizing employment impact assessment process in bringing together players from across public sector, private sector, academia and civil society.
“We need to leverage employment impact assessment to promote the creation of more and better jobs in the country and through the same tool, be able to make quality decisions about big investments that are employment-intensive,” the Minister stated.
European Union (EU) Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, Rune Skinnebach has reiterated its commitment to providing financial support for country to realize Malawi 2063.
“We are deeply committed to supporting efforts to reduce unemployment, our investment of over six million euros in the strengthen two projects demonstrate this commitment we are dedicated to ensuring that decisions made in meetings like this translate into tangible support for employment and job creative,” she said.
Chief Technical Advisor, Ralf Kruger said United Nations (UN) and international Labour Organizations (ILO) are to support and the tools offers significant opportunities for informed decision making through evidence- based policy making.
“As a technician, I believe this tool is vital for everyday decision making related to employment, regarding the importance of job quality I think it is essential to consider that sometimes people might be employed without the necessary skills for the job,” he said.
