Cambodian Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (MoLVT) opened a two-day meeting here on Thursday to promote employment in the country.

Ways to promote employment will be the subject of the meeting, which is attended by representatives of the Cambodian government, the International Labor Organization (ILO) and other international organizations including the United Nations Development Program ( UNDP), an ILO statement said.

Participants will discuss policies and strategies to create jobs for new entrants to the labor force and raise earnings of men and women working in rural areas and the informal sector, it said.

The meeting agenda covers skills for livelihoods and employability, enterprise development for job creation and increased productivity, improving linkages between domestic markets and the global economy, maximizing the benefits from the oil and gas industries for decent work, and labor migration management and policies, it added.

Despite rapid recent economic growth that has created work in manufacturing and tourism sectors in Cambodia, good jobs are not readily available, the statement said, adding that challenges facing the country include youth unemployment in urban areas and low productivity with inadequate earnings in the agricultural sector.

The meeting is organized by the MoLVT of Cambodia with support from the ILO, the statement said.

Source: Xinhua