13th UfM Regional Platform on Employment and Labour
The 13th Regional Platform took place exactly five months after the fifth Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial on Employment and Labour, held last May in Morocco where an ambitious Ministerial Declaration, now called the Marrakech Declaration, has been adopted.
On 18 October 2022 in Brussels, Jordi Curell, Director in charge of Labour Mobility and International Affairs at the Directorate-General for employment, social affairs and inclusion of the European Commission, opened the 13th Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Regional Platform on Employment and Labour, with her Excellency Ms Raghda H. Al Faouri, Chief Executive Officer of the Technical and Vocational Skills Development Commission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Dr Abdelkader El Khissassi, UfM Deputy Secretary-General in charge of Economic Development and Employment.
The Ministers tasked the UfM Regional Platform on Employment and Labour to present a Roadmap for Action 2022-2025 to concretely implement the Marrakech Declaration.
The Roadmap discussed at the 13th Regional Platform is articulated around the main topics of:
- youth employment and focus on the young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEETs)
- vocational education and training
- digital and green transitions
- social economy for more decent job creation
- well-functioning monitoring processes
The concrete actions are supported by Community of practices, the Regional Team Europe Initiative on Jobs through Trade and Investment, events as well as regional programmes. In 2023, the Roadmap will include several actions under the European Year of Skills.