In an effort to collect and maintain better statistical information on labor statistics, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by officials from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Wednesday.
An MoU is a non-legal document outlining plans for a collaboration or partnership. The MoU signed by ILO and UNECA officials provides ideas for data collection and analysis through 2019. Further, it sets forth plans for population censuses and labor force surveys and provides better tools for data producers and those who use labor and employment statistics to make policy decisions.
These statistics and information will be shared with many stakeholders, including the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank.
ILO Regional Director for Africa Aeneas Chuma expressed hope that the MoU would help to provide more reliable labor statistics and that the ILO-UNECA collaboration might even lead to improved international standards for labor statistics collection.
More Stories
- US Rep. Hill on Tigran Gambaryan: 'It’s well past time he return home safely'
- Sierra Leone's president seeks US collaboration on agriculture
- ECOWAS funds youth training programs in agroforestry and fisheries
- ECOWAS experts meet in Lomé to discuss future strategic plans
- ECOWAS delegation assesses Guinea-Bissau stabilisation efforts
- ECOWAS partners with Ecobank on empowerment programme for women traders
- Former Nigerian VP Namadi Sambo to lead ECOWAS election observers in Ghana
- Sierra Leone's president joins Iowa corn harvest during US visit
- Regional economic communities strengthen collaboration on competition rules
- ECOWAS completes joint testing session for new agriculture web application