Action-employment programs generates 2,500 jobs monthly

The "Action-Employment" program devised by the Moroccan government to fight unemployment among young university graduates generates 2,500 jobs monthly, said a Moroccan minister.

Minister of social development, solidarity, employment and vocational training, Khalid Alioua, told the upper chamber of the Moroccan parliament that unemployment has not increased and according to statistics, employment rate improved by one point in the last three months, from 41 to 42.

He also predicted that unemployment rate will decrease for the first time in five years.

The minister, who is also spokesman of the government, added that his department will submit, at a national encounter on unemployment slated for this December 12-14, a series of proposals for the hiring of young graduates in enterprises, regulating occupational relations and the regional policy in employment.