Organisation : Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MOLESS)
Facility Name : Prime Minister Employment Program
Country : Nepal
Website : https://pmep.gov.np/
What is PMEP Prime Minister Employment Program?
The Prime Minister’s Employment Program is being implemented in a coordinated and planned manner to create a sufficient number of additional jobs in public works and other public sector programs of the Government of Nepal, State Government, and local levels. By creating employment in this way, there will be demand for workers in public sector development programs and projects, and the supply of workers as per demand will be through employment service centers and a formal mechanism of labor demand and supply at all local levels will also be developed.
Long-term thinking of the program:
The long-term vision of this program is to achieve economic prosperity by making full use of the labor force in the country through the development of a competitive workforce with knowledge, skills, and abilities and the creation of productive internal employment.
Goal of PMEP Program:
The aim of this program is to end the compulsion to go abroad for employment by creating adequate employment opportunities in the country and developing a culture of respect for work.
Objectives of PMEP Program
The objectives of this program are as follows:
** To implement the right of employment as a fundamental right by guaranteeing minimum employment to all citizens.
** To reduce the growing dependence on foreign employment by promoting internal employment and entrepreneurship.
** To contribute to poverty reduction and social protection through remuneration for work.
** To help to improve the living standard of the local people by building public capital through development works at the local level.
PMEP Program Strategy
The following key strategies will be used to implement this program:
** To use labor-intensive technology as much as possible in public works for the promotion of employment at the local level.
** To coordinate inter-sectoral and inter-sector for employment creation.
** To develop and supply manpower in line with the market demand through skill-based training.
** To cooperate with private, cooperative, and community sectors in job creation.
** To use employment-related information by regularly updating it through the establishment of an employment management information system.
Area of PMEP Program
** This program will be conducted in the public sector activities at the federal, state, and local levels. The local level will play a major role in its implementation.
** The thematic ministries of the federal government, the ministries of the state governments, and the local levels will be responsible for the implementation of this program within their respective areas.
** This program will be conducted through 7 provinces and all 753 local levels of the country. Minimum employment will be provided to the unemployed persons by giving priority to the use of labor-based technology in the public works programs at the federal, state, and local levels.
** The major areas of employment creation under this program are roads, drinking water, sewage management, irrigation, energy, urban development, education, health, reconstruction, tourism, forest, community infrastructure, agriculture and cooperatives, information technology, environment protection, and climate adaptation or other employment opportunities. The area will be taken.
** Minimum employment can be ensured by creating employment in the private sector, cooperative and non-government sectors besides the public works sector in collaboration with the concerned sector.
Key Parts of PMEP Program
In order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives related to job creation and employment management, the program has made arrangements to carry out the following activities in different sectors:-
PMEP Program Target Group:
The target group of this program will be unemployed persons in the age group of 18 to 59 years and their families.