Unemployment in Somaliland Report By Mohamed Muse Haji Abdi

Unemployment in Somaliland

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Mohamed Muse H.Abdi

Director General

Ministry of labor and social affairs


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Somaliland Republic

REPORT

UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOMALILAND

Mohamed Musa H. Abdi

Director General

Minister of Labor & Social Affairs

H a r g e i s a June 2014


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Table of Contents

1. List of Abbreviation.

2. Executive Summery.

3. Introduction.

4. Visit and Assessments.

4.1 Awdal and Saahil Regions.

4.2 Togdheer and Sanaag Regions.

4.3 Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

4.4 Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism.

4.5 SONYO Survey.

5. Solution for Employment Generation.

6. Conclusion.

7. Recommendation.

8. References.

9. Biblography.


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List of Abbreviations.

MOLSA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs

MOYST Ministry of Youth ,Sports and Tourisum

MOE Ministry of Education and higher Education.

CSC Civil Services Commission

REO Regional Education Officer

SONYO Somaliland National Youth Organization

ILO International Labor Organization

IOM International Office of Migration

UN United nation

EU European union


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EXECUTIVE SUMMERY

This is the first report about unemployment that the ministry of labor social affairs

(molsa) conducted in 2014.

The purpose of the report is to show the level of unemployment, it’s causes, and the

solutions that can be applied to it.the first stp that molsa tool was to collect

reliable date. A summary of the collected data shows:

65% of the people of Somaliland are unemployed.

30%are young females

20% are young males

15% are adults

The data also showed some major causes of unemployment and these are :

1. Wide spread illiteracy,

2. A considerable number of graduates from high schools and universities,and

3. Undeveloped economy and natural recourses.

On the basis of the outcomes of the report, the government has formed policies and

strategies to solve the unemployment problem.

Some of these solutions are:

The establishment of a national development plan (NDP)

Setting up priorities for economic development.

Aiming to achieve quality education for all.

Streamlining vocational and technical training.

Supporting entrepreneurship and small business.

Planning the use of natural resources.

Encouraging the development of manufacturing based on local recourses.

Taking industries and jobs to rural areas.


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INTRODUCTION

Unemployment is major problem for the Somaliland Government therefore the

government strives to reduce the unemployment rate in the country.

The last assessment of unemployment rate indicates that the number of people

are unemployed about 65%. The Ministry of labor and Social Affairs (molsa)

prepared policies that can deal with the problem and find lasting solutions for

it.part of this initiative to deal with the unemployment problem is a servey

conducted by molsa to find the unemployment rate and some of the social effects

that it has on the public. This survey has covered four regions in the country,

namely Sanaag, Togdheer, Saaxil And Awdal. The people interviewed were

classified according to age, gender and education. Below are samples taken from

the results.

VISIT AND ASSESMENTS

1. An Interviewees From Awdal .

Mohamed jama said: iam 45 years old, I was born in borama , iam married and I

have seven children, iam a carpenter . usually iam a daily laborer and a aern daily

wages, but there are times that I do not work. I tjink lack of regular employment is

the main reason that pushes young people to dangerous migration.

2. Ali awale said : Iam 30 years old, I was born in barama I graduated from

amoud university in 2008, but I still do not have a regular job, I often think of

going on these dangerous migration trying my luck to safely land in Europe

and get decent job there.

3. An interviewee from saaxil.

Nura Hassan said: Iam 25years old, I was born in berbera and Iam not

married, I graduated secondary school and I cannot find a job either. Many of

my friends are the same as iam, we are very disappointed and we do not see

any Prospects for as in our country. As a result, many of us are thinking of

migration although it is very dangerous.

An interviewee from Togdheer:


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Abdi Adam said: Iam 26 years old and I graduated from the university. Iam

stiil unemployed and do not see any opportunities for employment,

therefore, I have to immigrate and seek employment abroad.

An interviewee from Togdheer :

Sadia saleman said: iam 30 years old woman, and I have rhis small teashop, where

I also sell qad. I came from the rural area, where our family lives with a small stock

of sheep and goats. Iam illiterate and iam poor, I come to town to work, what I do

now is not good work , therefore, I went to collect some money and travel to Saudi

Arabia to as housemaid sice the wages are high there.

An interviewee from sanaag:

Faysal faarax a 40 years old car driver with a large family said: I drive big lorries,

the owner gives me small wages that cannot satisfy the needs of my family, such as

food, rent, medication and their education. It better than nothing but it is not a real

job, therefore iam thinking about going abroad.

An interviewee from sanaag:

Mubarak Hussein said: Iam 17 year old, and I was born in the rural areas near

Erigabo. Iam illiterate and I do not have any skills, as a result, I work in a restaurant

as a dishwasher, this is not a good job for a young man, therefore, I plan to learn

how to read and write, then I will gain good skills that will enable me to get a

better job.

Ministry of Education and higher studies

Director General of higher studies told the researchers that there are 16

Universalities in Somaliland,they produces alarge number of graduates. He said

that the labor market can not absorb them, therefore, many of them may turn to

dangerous migration. Many secondary school graduates have the same experience,

the break unemployment situation may force them to emigrate from Somaliland

illegally.


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Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism.

Director General of MOLSA visited the office of minster of Youth, Sports, and Truism

and asked the minster about the Situation of unemployment among the young.

The Minister said: our youth face is a very serious unemployment problem, as you

know, the government is trying to do something about it, the problem is being

tackled by many ministries, for example, our ministry has developed policies and

programs, such as developing reliable date base for youth population, keeping

tracking of their frequency of movement. More ever, we are developing training

centers, job centers, and inspirational programs that can help the youth to either

get jobs or create business.

SONYO SURVEY

After interviewing him, SONYO chairman, mr wa,ays said that SONYO carries out a

study on youth unemployment. The study surveyed 800 respondents from six

regions of Somaliland it revealed that 70% of the youth are unemployed; most of

the illegal migrants are either secondary school or university graduates. This is a

huge loss for Somaliland.


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Major Causes of the Unemployment

The major causes of unemployment are:

Illiteracy or lack of education

Movement of people from rural areas to urban areas

Lack of government policies to tackle the problems that cause

unemployment, such as illiteracy, lack of infrastructure and lack of

investment.

Some solutions for employment generation

There are numerous ways to tackle unemployment, we can only mention some

major ones in this short report.

A strategic national development plan, which is setting up policies and

priorities.

A plan to achieve universal primary education.

Intensification and upgrading of vocational and technical education.

Encouragement of entrepreneurship and small business

Encouragement of manufacturing, using local resourses.

Modernization and development of infrastructure.


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Conclusion.

Molsa conducted a survey on unemployment situation on four regions of

Somaliland.

The aim of the research was to know about the about the situation of

unemployment in the Somaliland.

The survey revealed that unemployment in the country is very high.

The researchers found out that 65% of the people of Somaliland are

unemployed.

Most of the respondents believe that the major causes of unemployment are:

Lack education and Skills, Lack of employment opportunities increasing

school and university graduates, poor infrastructure and poor economic

planning.

The government is working to change this by making and following a

national development plan.

It plans to expand education and training, encourage entrepreneurship and

small business, develop local recourses, local industries, and build the

infrastructure.


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Recommendation.

Ministry of labor and Social Affairs must regularly evaluate the situation of

unemployment and it affects the stability the society.

The government should prepare Strategic plans and policies and innovative

ways to create job opportunities.

The government must focus on developing the natural resources of the

Country.


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List of references.

Unemployment rate among Somali Youth. UN report 17/12/2012.

Somali civilian- WWW.Civiliians Conflict.Org.

Unemployment people WWW.Webcrowler.com

Somali Human Development Repot 2012 UNDP.

Unemployment Rare of Somalia WWW.Somalinet.com

View topic Nov 09/2010.

Unemployment among Somaliland youth WWW.SOYDA.COM .

A p p e n d i x.

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (2 Meetings).

Ministry of Youth, Sport and Truisms (2 Meetings).

Ministry of Education and High Education (2 Meetings).

Regional Education Officers for four Regions (4 Meetings).

I L O (1 Meeting).

I O M (1 Meeting).

C S C (1 Meeting).

http://www.civiliians/

http://www.webcrowler.com/

http://www.somalinet.com/

http://www.soyda.com/


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