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National Employment Policy, 2008.

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United Republic of Tanzania
Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services
2008
National
Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

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Based on the National Development Vision 2025, the goal of the National Employment Policy is to achieve full and productive employment for all Tanzanians. The aim of this National Employment Policy is therefore to stimulate an adequate employment growth in our economy, in order to reduce Unemployment and Underemployment rates and eventually attain full, productive, and decent employment for all Tanzanians.
The overall vision of this National employment Policy is to have society engaged in decent gainful employment capable of generating adequate income to sustain it, and reduce poverty as envisaged by the Tanzania Development Vision 2025, the National Strategy for Growth and the Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA), as well as facing the challenges of labour Market gaps in the globalized economy.
The Specific Objectives of the National Employment Policy are:
1. Enhance skills and competencies for those in the formal and informal sector especially rural areas;
2. Promote the goal of decent and productive employment as a national priority and enable all participants in the labour force to gain productive and full employment;
3. Promote equal access to employment opportunities and resources endowments for marginalized and vulnerable groups, including women, youth and People with Disabilities (PWDs);
4. Put in place conducive and enabling environment to promote growth of the private sector and transformation of the informal sector into formal;
5. Ensure income security and social inclusion;
6. Safeguard the basic rights and interests of workers in accordance with International Labour Standards; and
7. Foster faster economic growth and adequate allocation of investment resources to employment potential sectors such as agriculture, non- farm activities in rural areas, manufacturing and agro-processing industries, and infrastructure and social services sectors.

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