Tunisia Employment DPL

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The Employment Development Policy Loan Program as part of the overall program's objective of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of job entry in Tunisia, this first Development Policy Loan (DPL) will improve active labor market programs, labor intermediation and the information base for guiding employment policies. The Government of Tunisia declared employment the number one priority in its Eleventh National Development Plan (NDP-XI) 2007-2011. Achieving a lower unemployment rate will require demand side interventions, including private sector development, increased competitiveness, and innovation; supply side interventions, including education and vocational training systems; and effective labor market intermediation to match demand and supply. This program document (PD) summarizes the program agreed during the last 12 months during various missions, by the Bank, the European Commission (EC), and representatives of the Government. The identified policy matrix covers: (i) short-term measures supported by this first DPL (DPL I), to be realized by May 2010, (ii) potential medium-term measures, to be realized in a second DPL (DPL II) by mid 2011, and (iii) a shared vision of achievements, to be realized by the end of this 5-year program. It also contains performance indicators to be achieved by May 2012 (one year after the end of DPL II).