Mai leads launch of three-year employers’ strategic plan

Mai leads launch of three-year employers’ strategic plan
Officials posed for a group photo during the Launch of the strategic plan for South Sudan employers ]Photo: courtesy]

The national ministry of labour launched the Employers’ Association Strategic Plan for 2022 to 2025.

The strategic plans aim to strengthen the number of assessors and enhance their training to promote the objectives of straight work and a well-regulated labour market in South Sudan.

The strategic plan will govern how employers will relate to employees in areas of economic growth within the country.

During the launch of the strategy on Thursday, the Minister of Labour, James Hoth Mai, urged the Employers Association of South Sudan to focus on the strategic plan and promote good relations between employers and employees.

He urged the association to focus on reflecting the voices of workers on labour and social issues.

Hoth pledged the government’s commitment to making sure that the association promotes peace that can lead to economic growth in the region.

“The Ministry of Labour will support their commitment wherever because there is hope the confederation of IGAD Employers and Employers Association of South Sudan as well the entire business community will enjoy peace economically as a result of September 2018 Revitalised Peace Agreement as well the current formation Revitalised Transitional of Government of National Unity,” he stressed.

Meanwhile, Bol Andrew Wieu, President of the Confederation of IGAD Employers, who also serves as the head of the South Sudan Employers Association, said the association will focus on building cooperation between the workers and employers in the region.

He further said that the confederation of IGAD employers and the Horn of Africa confederation of trade unions (HACTU) on July 9, 2021, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation between the workers and employers.

“The confederation of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Employers (CIE) was established on 11 December 2019 in a region that has an estimated population of 286 million in 2020 and projected to increase to 523 million in 2050,” he narrated.

He added that employers’ organizations from Djibouti, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda signed the by-laws in the presence of the horn of Africa confederation of trade unions (HACTU).

“The confederation has great vision although there was match plan to be executed in the previous four years due to Covid-19 pandemic, the most task could not be performed. The board members of the confederation have been conducting meetings via the platform to keep communication and return activities,” he said.

South Sudan has been elected to lead the Confederation of Intergovernmental Authority Development (IGAD) head of employers association for one year.

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