Designing Public Employment Programmes for Sustainable Recovery

Start Date: 2023-02-20 End Date: 2023-02-24

Scheduled Dates:

     20-24 February 2023

     24-28 July 2023

Venue:                      Windhoek, Namibia

Duration:                  5 days

Course Fee:             USD 1700.00

Course Description

The World today faces numerous challenges with the current employment crisis further worsened by myriad factors, such as climate change and environmental degradation, protracted conflicts, technological changes and demographic shifts, and the devastating impacts from the global Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.  The human tragedy and economic devastation that the pandemic has bestowed on the global condition, forces all to profoundly reflect on how we rebuild a sustainable future.  The unprecedented health crisis we face today caused by global COVID-19 has turned to massive economic shock demanding both public and private sectors to institute massive responses to high levels of chronic unemployment caused by the pandemic. Thus done through immediate and decisive action to rejuvenate the economies to generate sufficient numbers of jobs, improve the quality of employment, and ensure inclusive growth. However, one way to ensure quick recovery and ensure sustainability is through Public Employment Programmes (PEPs). PEPs focus on the provision of public goods and services as a way to generate employment opportunities. They are an  wide array of interventions and have a long track record of deployment in response to cyclical shocks, seasonal deprivation, and severe macro-economic crisis involving sharp income loss and large under- and unemployment. This course aims provide participants with knowledge on the significant role of PEPs as a  social protection instrument for reducing poverty and design programmes to effectively respond to and recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and any other World challenges.

Course Objectives

By the end of this training, delegates should be able to:

• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge on the significant role of peps as a social protection instrument for reducing poverty
• To identify transformative public works programmes that achieve poverty alleviation goals
• Design programmes to effectively respond to and recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and any other World challenges
• Design peps that deliver unanticipated opportunities for transformation and systemic change, with implications for both social and economic policy
• Appreciate the benefits of social participation and inclusion in recovery strategies.

Target Group

• Government Agencies
• NGOs,
• Labour Consultants
• Public employment Officers
• Senior Gvnt Executives
• Human Resources Practitioners
• Representatives of social partners