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5.
FINALLY RE-AFFIRM our determination to end with the challenge of high levels
of unemployment, underemployment and poverty, in particular among the youth
and women, over the next decade, through a speedy, measurable and wellresourced implementation of the following Key Priority Areas:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Political Leadership, Accountability and Good governance;
Youth and Women Employment;
Social Protection and Productivity for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth;
Well-functioning and inclusive Labour Market Institutions;
Labour Migration and Regional Economic Integration;
Partnership and Resource Mobilization.
TO THIS END WE COMMIT TO:
6.
EFFECT reforms at national, regional and continental levels to address structural
constraints in view of improving governance, in particular fighting against
corruption, improving the TVET Systems, and accelerating creation of sustainable
enterprises,
7.
TAKE urgent measures to improve the level of growth inclusiveness, productivity
and competitiveness of our economies, targeting the SMEs, Micro Enterprises in
the Informal Economy, the rural sector;
8.
ENHANCE AND DEVELOP labour market institutions governance; AND
EMPOWER local collectivities to actively participate in local development,
including local entrepreneurship;
9.
IMPLEMENT the relevant African and international instruments to protect all
people in their relation to the labour market; and ENSURE equal opportunities
and employment conditions for all, particularly the vulnerable and marginalized
groups;
10.
FACILITATE effective and productive labour migration, free movement of
workers to promote regional economic integration and cooperation;
11.
INCREASE significantly and appropriately the budgetary resources allocated to
employment policies financing and put employment among our development
priorities with international partners in the true spirit of the Paris Declaration and
Accra Call for Action;
12.
IMPLEMENT the commitments in the present Declaration, its Plan of Action and
Follow-Up Mechanisms, as well as ADOPT for implementation: (a) the Labour
Migration Governance for Development and Integration; (b) and the PublicPrivate Partnerships Framework for Jobs Creation and Inclusive Development
annexed herewith;