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Missions & responsibilities

What the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training does for employment, training and vocational integration.

General mission

The Minister of Employment and Vocational Training is responsible for drawing up and implementing the Government's policy on employment, training and vocational integration.

Decree n° 2012/644 of 28 December 2012 - Article 1

Our responsibilities

In this capacity, the Minister has thirteen responsibilities, presented here by field.

Employment and the labour market

  1. Drawing up employment and vocational training policy
  2. Studies on the evolution of employment and the labour market
  3. Studies on the evolution of job qualifications
  4. Employment promotion
  5. Relations with enterprises and professional organisations, in liaison with the sectoral Ministerial Departments concerned

Vocational training

  1. Definition of vocational training and vocational integration programmes, in liaison with the Administrations and Bodies concerned
  2. Definition of the organisational standards for apprenticeship and vocational qualification systems, and monitoring of their application
  3. Design and organisation of short-cycle training activities
  4. Monitoring and control of vocational training institutions, in liaison with the Ministerial Departments concerned

Guidance, integration and training-employment match

  1. Guidance and placement of the workforce
  2. Organisation and follow-up of the vocational integration of trained young people
  3. Organisation of retraining or reskilling activities for workers in employment and those who have lost their jobs
  4. Monitoring of the match between training and employment

Monitoring and supervision

  • Monitoring of the activities of bodies involved in job prospecting
  • Supervision of the National Employment Fund (FNE)
  • Attached bodies: ONEFOP, PIAASI and COSUP
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To carry out these missions, the Minister has

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Legal reference: Decree n° 2012/644 of 28 December 2012 on the organisation of the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training, Article 1. View the full text

Our values

  • Fairness and equal opportunity, at any age
  • Quality and excellence in training
  • Transparency and accountability
  • Public-private partnership
  • Training-employment alignment