AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Agriculture and Agricultural Infrastructure
  • Veterinary Services and Animal Health
  • Food Safety and Food Security
  • Agribusiness Development
  • Rural Development
  • Farm Management
  • Plant Health
  • Fishery
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Agriculture and Agricultural Infrastructure
  • Veterinary Services and Animal Health
  • Food Safety and Food Security
  • Agribusiness Development
  • Rural Development
  • Farm Management
  • Plant Health
  • Fishery
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Agriculture and Agricultural Infrastructure
  • Veterinary Services and Animal Health
  • Food Safety and Food Security
  • Agribusiness Development
  • Rural Development
  • Farm Management
  • Plant Health
  • Fishery
Environment
  • Coastal & Marine Resources Management
  •  Pollution and Waste Management
  • Watershed Management
  • Climate Change
  • Forestry 
  • Water Resources
  • Management
Environment
  • Coastal & Marine Resources Management
  •  Pollution and Waste Management
  • Watershed Management
  • Climate Change
  • Forestry 
  • Water Resources
  • Management
Social Development
  • Human Resources Development
  • Labor Market Interventions
  • Local Development
  • Education
  • Health
  • Civil Society Strengthening
Social Development
  • Human Resources Development
  • Labor Market Interventions
  • Local Development
  • Education
  • Health
  • Civil Society Strengthening
Economic Development
  • Trade Development
  • Investment Promotion
  • Regional Economic Integration
  • Regional Development
  • Private Sector Development
Economic Development
  • Trade Development
  • Investment Promotion
  • Regional Economic Integration
  • Regional Development
  • Private Sector Development

TA to enhance Employment coordination function of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) to ensure implementation of the NEP

Country: Ghana

Sector(s): Social development

Date: 02/2018 - 02/2021

Client / Beneficiary: EUD – NAO

Financing Agency: EDF 11th

Project Value: 2,496,910 €

Description of the project and Services provided:

This project seeks to improve Employment Policy Management at central and local level.

The specific purposes of this project are to:

  • Provide support to the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) for effective management of the National Employment Policy priorities
  • Strengthen the Labour Department (LD) at national, regional and local level, including the Public Employment Centres
  • Enhance linkages and cooperation with relevant stakeholders notably in the areas of social protection, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and business and cooperative development

The results issued are:

improved implementation of the national employment policy (NEP)

  • Strengthened human resource management capacities of the MELR
  • Employment legal framework is improved
  • Systems to manage, monitor and evaluate employment programmes are improved
  • Coordination system and mainstreaming of employment policy improved

Strengthening the labour department, its regional offices and public employment centres for an effective labour administration system

  • Labour Administration Management of the Labour Department (LD) improved
  • Improved services delivery of the Labour Department at all levels

creation of the synergies among the key stakeholders in the areas of social protection, technical and vocational and training (TVET), business and cooperative development.

  • Strengthened coordination with the other GESP components

The services provided are:

  • Application of procedures
  • Budget preparation
  • Data management and processing
  • Design and implementation of awareness campaings
  • Human resource management/development
  • Institutional capacity building/strengthening
  • Know how transfer
  • Policy advice
  • Seminars and conferences organisation
  • Training
  • Training needs analysis

Subsectors of activities:

  • Decentralisation of regions and municipalities
  • Local government/local authorities
  • Public administration/ Management/ Reform
  • Employment Policy
  • Macroeconomics/ Structural Adjustment
  • Public Finances/Budget
  • Building and developing local capacity
  • Curriculum Development
  • Vocational and job training
  • VET (Vocational Educational training)
  • Employment Policy/ HRD
  • HRD (Human Resources Development) / Human Resource Management
  • Poverty Alleviation
  • Social Exclusion/ Social Inclusion