Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Morocco (Ratification: 1979)

Implementation of an active employment policy. Participation of the social partners. The Committee takes note of the information sent by the Government in September 2013 in response to the comments made in 2011. The Government indicates that sustained economic growth with improved job content is a top priority. The Committee notes with interest that, in 2012, with technical assistance from the ILO, the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training launched a process to devise the National Employment Strategy (SNE). The first stage of the process includes carrying out a study on the employment situation in Morocco, which will be a reliable and up-to-date source of labour market information to enrich the social partners’ discussions. The Government also provides information on the job promotion activities undertaken by the National Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. It reports on the opening of an extended dialogue to gather the views of all stakeholders, and the establishment of a national advisory committee, which will facilitate a common understanding of the development context and the employment situation. The Committee also notes that in 2011, discussions with the social partners led to the implementation of arrangements to promote decent work and explore measures for youth employment. The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report detailed information on progress made in the adoption and application of the National Employment Strategy (Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention). In this connection, it requests the Government to provide examples of how full account has been taken of the experience and views of the social partners, particularly in the rural sector and the informal economy, that are affected by the employment policy measures (Article 3). Please also include relevant extracts of studies conducted to collect and analyse statistical information on the labour market and disseminate recent data on the volume and distribution of the workforce, and on the nature, extent and trends of unemployment and underemployment.

Labour market programmes. The Committee notes the detailed information on the implementation of several programmes: the Idmaj programme for the development of human resources in enterprises and the improvement of human resource management through the recruitment of young graduates (thanks to which 55,399 persons joined the labour market in 2012). At the time of its evaluation, 75 per cent of the beneficiaries had gained access to the labour market (63 per cent under indefinite contracts). The Taehil programme to improve the acquisition of vocational skills, from which 18,313 persons benefited in 2012. A sample of some 1,400 beneficiaries bears witness, in retrospect, to the effectiveness of the employment-oriented training received under the Taehil programme. The Moukawalati programme to promote very small enterprises and encourage self-employment among project initiators. In 2012, 749 small enterprises were established, and they have generated some 2,000 jobs. The Committee also notes the substantial participation of women in the three programmes mentioned. The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report detailed information on labour market entry among the beneficiaries of the three programmes, and particularly on sustainable employment among young people and its impact in terms of reducing unemployment. The Committee also invites the Government to continue to provide information allowing an assessment of the extent to which the initiatives undertaken have ensured freedom of choice of employment and the fullest possible opportunity for each worker to qualify for, and to use his or her skills and endowments in, a job for which he/she is well suited, in accordance with Article 1(2)(c) of the Convention.