National Youth Conference

The National Employment Centre

OBJECTIVES

• Background of the NEC;• What is NEC?• Achievement since 2010;• The Challenges and way forward;

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Vision

“Productive utilization of human capital for decent work opportunities”

Mission

a) Enables the quality of employability and; b) creating opportunities for a

decent;productive; meaningful ; and sustainable

employment for the unemployed people of Fiji.

NEC LOGO

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Formal Employment Services

Fiji Volunteer Services

Foreign Employment Services

Self Employment ServicesGreen color – green Job

Person celebrating

Policy Position Internationally

• The 2009 ILO Global Jobs Pact to address the jobless growth of economies after the Global Financial and Economic Crisis;

• ILO Convention 122 - to promote the goal of ‘full employment for all disadvantage unemployed persons’;

• MDG 1 - eradicate extreme poverty and hunger;

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Policy Position - locally

• Achieving Higher Economic Growth while ensuring sustainability

• NEC Decree - Gazette on Tuesday 22 December 2009;

• Launched by Minister on 1st June 2010 – seconded of 41 MLIRE staff to implement policy;

• Reducing Poverty to a Negligible level by 2015

PRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIMARY SCHOOLS

SECONDARY SCHOOLSSECONDARY SCHOOLS

TERTIARY TRAINING INSTITUTESTERTIARY TRAINING INSTITUTES

COMPULSORY REGISTRATION OFALL UNEMPLOYED PERSONS

COMPULSORY REGISTRATION OFALL UNEMPLOYED PERSONS

DATABASE MANAGEMENT OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION/AUDIT

DATABASE MANAGEMENT OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION/AUDIT

PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING SERVICESAPTITUDE & HRD TESTS

PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING SERVICESAPTITUDE & HRD TESTS

LIFE SKILLS TRAINING BY THE NEC SECRETARIAT

LIFE SKILLS TRAINING BY THE NEC SECRETARIAT

FORMAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICEFORMAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

SELF EMPLOYMENT SERVICESELF EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

FIJI VOLUNTEERS SERVICEFIJI VOLUNTEERS SERVICE

FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT SERVICEFOREIGN EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

SCHEMATIC CHART OF NEC POLICY STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR NEC DECREE 2009SCHEMATIC CHART OF NEC POLICY STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR NEC DECREE 2009

Issuance of NEC ID CardsIssuance of NEC ID Cards

Network with National Information Centers – BOS, MNP, MOE, FNU, TPAF, MOL, ILO etc

Network with National Information Centers – BOS, MNP, MOE, FNU, TPAF, MOL, ILO etc

Network with Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Institution Counseling Services

Network with Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Institution Counseling Services

HQ & 8 Divisional & District Labour Offices

HQ & 8 Divisional & District Labour Offices

15 Years +15 Years +

Full time Data Operators and one ITSupervising assistant programmer

Full time Data Operators and one ITSupervising assistant programmer

Professionally trained counselors (Outsource)

Professionally trained counselors (Outsource)

Information & Research based criteria with counseling & aptitude assessment result

Information & Research based criteria with counseling & aptitude assessment result

ALL EMPLOYMENT CREATION SERVICES TO BE CERTIFIED/COMPATIBLE TO ISO 9001 & ISO 26000 STANDARDS AND FBEAALL HRD COMPONENTS OF THE EMPLOYMENT CREATION SERVICES ARE TO BE CERTIFIED TO THE NATIONAL QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK

ALL TRAINERS ARE TO BE ACCREDITED WITH THE NATIONAL TRAINING & PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL OR RECOGNIZED INSTITUTIONS

ALL EMPLOYMENT CREATION SERVICES TO BE CERTIFIED/COMPATIBLE TO ISO 9001 & ISO 26000 STANDARDS AND FBEAALL HRD COMPONENTS OF THE EMPLOYMENT CREATION SERVICES ARE TO BE CERTIFIED TO THE NATIONAL QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK

ALL TRAINERS ARE TO BE ACCREDITED WITH THE NATIONAL TRAINING & PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL OR RECOGNIZED INSTITUTIONS

Network with Training Providers & Institutions to train unemployed to their employment preferences

Network with Training Providers & Institutions to train unemployed to their employment preferences

SELECTION OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONSINTO RESPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT

SKILL TRAINING

SELECTION OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONSINTO RESPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT

SKILL TRAINING

Person to person training modePerson to person training mode

NEC Secretariat to facilitateNEC Secretariat to facilitate

RETIREESRETIREES

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WORK ATTACHMENT OF TRAINEES INTO RESPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT

SERVICES

WORK ATTACHMENT OF TRAINEES INTO RESPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT

SERVICESNetwork with employers and international volunteer and aid services for needy and conflict areas locally/regionally/globally.

Network with employers and international volunteer and aid services for needy and conflict areas locally/regionally/globally.

Research and development into Green Productivity

Research and development into Green Productivity

One Stop Shop Institutions

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Permanent Secretaries General Manager TLTB Divisional Commissioners Representatives of Youths Representatives of employers Representatives of workers Representatives of Civil Society Representatives of vocational

institutions

Responsible to MLIRE

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ACTIVITIES` ACP TARGET TOTAL 2010 - 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 April 2014

REGISTRATION 2,000 33,773 9,549 13,283 3,696 6,225 1,020

COUNSELLING 2,500 18,474 3,825 9,976 2,832 1,284 557

APTITUDE ASSESSMENT 2,500 17,953 3,338 9,976 2,830 1,252 557

LIFE SKILLS TRAINING 2,500 10,216 2,351 5,431 1,333 1,014 87

EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TRAINING 1,000 2,696 152 2,360 184 -

WORK ATTACHMENTS 200 3,304 72 1,012 762 1,256 202

VOLUNTEER SERVICE 100 563 14 242 112 91 104

PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT 200 2,454 145 444 990 652 223

FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT 20 46 - 1 44 - 1

SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT 15 8 - 1 7 -

MOU from EMPLOYERS 50 389 - 139 87 133 30

NEC AWARENESS 468 - 196 53 208 11

Achievement by April 2014

NEC PROCESSES

Registration by Sex by Age

Registration by Tertiary Qualifications

The Challenges

• Contacting and locating Clients;• Budget allocation;• Training of unemployed; and• Agencies non-collaboration

The Way Forward

• Enhancing partnership;• Training of unemployed to be employed;• Empowering of individual to utilize own

resource.

Standard of Righteousness

GRACE/MERCYSPIRIT OF THE LAW

GOSPELPREVENTATIVE

PROACTIVELOVE

JUSTICELETTER OF THE LAW

COMMANDMENT CURATIVEREACTIVE

OBEDIENCE

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