The Presidency answers your questions - Youth employment: Issues at stake and outlook

This month, for this session of “The Presidency answers your questions”, we invited you to ask anything you wish about the topic of youth employment. The President of the Republic was very clear in his message to the Nation: “Along with education and training, youth employment remains a priority nationwide. It is the focus of the new initiative for integration into the workplace, endowed with a National Fund for Fast-Track Entrepreneurship”. The FCFA 30 billion dedicated to self-employment for youth and women, are aimed at working alongside and supporting the endeavours of the self-employed and small entrepreneurs. A very large number of you submitted questions and we want to thank you. Below are the main questions that were addressed to us and the responses we provided.

Criteria for receiving DER aid

You asked for further details about the procedures for benefiting from DER:

DER fund granting procedures

You requested further details about the procedures for receiving funds:

The political incentives instituted

You asked us about the means provided for to stimulate youth employment: