Table 5 Policy Framework for Improving the Delivery of Publicly Provided ALMPs in the MENA region

Limited administrative capacity

Insufficient ratio of counselors to registered unemployed

Develop results-based PPPs

Insufficient national coverage

Inadequate skills of counselors

Lack of performance incentives

Weak intermediation capacity (prospection)

Poor data quality of registries (nomenclature, qualifications)

Promote systems and program integration

System and Program fragmentation

Too many public players in the provision of ALMPs

Lack of integration of ALMPs with safety net systems

Lack of inter-institutional coordination

Program fragmentation (too many small programs and lack of coherence across programs)

Lack of results based M&E

Lack of results-based M&E systems and frameworks

Develop results-based M&E frameworks

Lack of systems to promote user feedback

Lack of accreditation of private providers

Lack of information about quality of private providers

Flawed program design

Poor insertion rates

Poor targeting

Lack of graduation/exit strategies

Promote systems and program integration

Lack of involvement by the private sector in program design

Promote entrepreneurship/self-employment, on-the-job-training, and life skills training among job seekers

Failure to focus on provision of soft skills and/or on-the-job-training

Entrepreneurship programs that are limited in focus and scope