Skills Mismatch persists
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Driving economic growth requires the appropriate skills that respond to the demands of employers. Addressing how to close the skills mismatch is not happening at the required pace and quantity. Turn-around times to get youth from learning to earning a decent living wage are further widening.
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Furthermore contracting economies due to the impacts of COVID-19 means no job growth and workplace productivity is impacted, few jobs created and, in many instances, job losses and therefore no new jobs for labour market entrants;
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The downside is an expanding informality in self-employment or temporary work placement resulting in unemployment and underemployment of youth, lack of funding to transform TVET national systems to be responsive to demand-side needs.
Our Assumptions for the ACJ
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Member States, individually and collectively are grappling with how to bring about transformative results in the development and growth of their economies. With the ACJ, we believe that by bringing together all stakeholders that influence the skills and employment agenda into the ‘same room’, through dialogue and drawing from the different perspectives and experiences, we can together shape solutions.
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The ACJ Continental Dialogue is a platform for dialogue with purpose, to provide reflection and learning as key drivers for innovations as well as to develop possible solutions and responsive actions to unlock opportunities for the millions of African Youth.