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Emerging La Labor Market Data Sou

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towards digital TVET ET: The case of Mozambique

Pedro S. Martins

June 2018

Mozambique - Overview

• GDP per capita of USD 700 but significant growth since late 1990s
• Rich natural resources, incl natural gas, coal, iron and copper
• 28 million inhabitants (incl 5m aged 15-25)
• Fewer than 3m with secondary schooling or above
• Unemployment of 20.7% (2015): higher in urban areas, for the young, women

and better educated

• Labour market information system: Observatory, PES, training agency,
• nline portals, etc

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Labour M r Market Observatory

• Public agency with the Ministry for Work, Labour and Social Security

(MITESS), launched in 2016

• Goal: to increase information about labour market issues, so to improve the capacity
• f the Government and other stakeholders on the ‘design and implementation of the

employment policy’, based on the ‘analysis of accurate data on employment, training and socio-economic trends’

• Supported by 2015 grant from African Development Bank (USD 740k) to

establish the labour market information system

• Currently five staff; ILO recent proposal of significant further investment
• Main partner is the Statistical Agency. Other partners include:
• Ministries of Public Administration; of Education; of Science, Technology, Higher and

Vocational; of Industry and Trade;

• Province directorates of Labour and Social Security;
• the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency; the National Institute of Social Security;

the Confederation of Economic Associations; the Commission for Labour Mediation and Arbitration; and the National Directorate on Migrant Labour

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Labour M r Market Observatory

• Publication of quarterly and annual reports, based on processing and

compiling labour data from multiple agencies

• Registered formal jobs, by types, provinces and industries
• 4th quarter of 2017: Stock: 460k; Flow: 81k
• Active labour market policies and training
• Immigration and emigration
• Approved investment projects and expected jobs
• Analysis of vacancy data, from online portals and newpapers

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Public Employment Services

• Instituto Nacional de Emprego (INEP, National Institute for

Employment), created in 2016, from the former INEFP

• Goal: deliver (free) services of labour market matching, career

information and guidance, traineeships, and labour market information

• 25 jobcentres across the country, with a total of 128 officials
• 4th quarter: 2,105 vacancies, 2,063 placements and 179,018 registered

unemployed jobseekers

• Online portal launched in May: 14 vacancies and 2,350 jobseeker

registrations

• Private sector: 23 registered private employment agencies

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Training Agency

• Instituto de Formação Profissional e Estudos Laborais Alberto Cassimo

(IFPELAC), created in 2016, from the former INEFP

• 42,804 individuals attended vocational training, 62.7% of which in private

training centres (4th quarter of 2017)

• Several ongoing partnership with multinationals (eg mining sector)
• Example: recent MoU with an Australian mining company, including construction of

training centre and support over 100 trainees per year over at least five years

• ‘Integrated reform programme of TVET’ (PIREP)
• Four components: Development of an Institutional Framework, Standards-based

Qualifications and Training System, Quality Improvements in TVET Institutions, and a Skills Development Fund

• 2015: 140 technical education schools (67 public) and 67k students (43k public)

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Additional public/survey data sources

• Household budget survey, conducted in 2014/15, 2008/09, 2002/03 and

1996/97 by the Statistical Agency, incl Employment section

• Last LFS in 2005, new one planned for 2019
• Census conducted in 2017, incl employment status
• Individual formal employees per firm: ‘Folha de Relação Nominal (FRN)’

(matched employer-employee panel data)

• Social security: ‘Sistema de Informação da Segurança Social de

Moçambique (SISSMO)’

• Migrant workers: ‘Sistema de Gestão do Fenómeno Migratório (SIMIGRA)’
• 2017 survey of over 500 manufacturing sector firms conducted by

universities (Eduardo Mondlane, Copenhagen, UN-WIDER)

• Ongoing survey of graduates

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‘Folha de Relação Nominal (FRN)’ (matched data) variables (examples)

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Online Portals – The Case of UX

emprego.co.mz online jobs portal:

• Online registration and matching of formal labour market vacancies and

(employed or unemployed) jobseekers

• 2014-2018: 127,833 jobseekers, 12,837 vacancies and 1,608 firms
• Detailed background info & microdata on labour demand and supply

biscate.co.mz online gigs portal:

• GSM USSD technology (basic mobile phone network)
• Large number of pre-defined occupations (gardening, plumbing, etc)
• 2016-2018: 59,355 self-employed individuals and 40,118 users

Skills for Oil ad Gas (SOGA) collaboration

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Applicants’ schooling and vacancies’ schooling (analysis of emprego.co.mz micro data )

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Conclusions

• Despite gaps in resources, labour market information system is now

established, with important contribution from Labour Market Observatory

• A number of challenges and opportunities remain:
• Information from (huge) informal sector incomplete
• Monitoring and (impact) evaluation of training activities still in early stage of

development

• Novel sources of data, including from the private sector, offer great potential
• Opportunities for partnerships with international organisations

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