Christian Ntsay à la tribune
Revue du Programme Pays pour Travail Décent (PPTD) de Maurice avec renforcement des capacités des mandants tripartites en Gestion Axée sur les Résultats, en Suivi-Evaluation et en Mobilisation de Ressources, Hôtel MARITIM, Balaclava, Maurice, du 27 au 29 octobre 2014
Les concertations ont été axées sur les étapes et actions prioritaires à mener pour les prochaines années et la validité du PPTD a été prolongée jusqu’à fin 2015.
La revue à mi-parcours du PPTD de Maurice s’est tenue le 27 octobre 2014 à Maurice et a vu la participation des mandants et des partenaires concernés par la mise en œuvre du programme. Malgré les efforts déployés jusqu’à présent et compte tenu des activités à réaliser et les résultats encore à atteindre, les participants mauriciens ont émis parmi les principales recommandations l’extension de la période de mise en œuvre du programme jusqu’à décembre 2015. La revue a bénéficié des appuis du Bureau Régional de l’OIT pour l’Afrique et du Bureau de Pays à Antananarivo.
Le pays a enregistré 40% de réalisations et, vu l'enjeu des années à venir, le gouvernement et les partenaires sociaux ont renouvelé leur engagement quant à la mise en œuvre du PPTD et l’occasion a été une opportunité pour les mandants mauriciens de se concerter sur les étapes et actions prioritaires à mener. La cérémonie d’ouverture officielle de la revue a vu la présence respective de Son Excellence Dr. Arvin Boolell, Ministre des Affaires étrangères et Ministre du Travail par interim et de M. Christian Ntsay, Directeur Pays de l'OIT pour Comores, Djibouti, Madagascar, Maurice et Seychelles.
Dans son discours, M. Ntsay a exprimé sa satisfaction sur la qualité de la coopération entre Maurice et le BIT et insisté sur la nécessité d’un leadership fort, d'une meilleure appropriation et d'un partenariat élargi pour une mise en oeuvre efficace et efficiente du Programme Pays. Cet important évènement a été suivi d’un atelier de renforcement de capacités en gestion axée sur les résultats, en Suivi-Evaluation et en mobilisation de ressources : celui-ci a permis aux mandants d’acquérir plus de connaissances et de renforcer leurs capacités en vue de l'extension du PPTD actuel ainsi que de la préparation du processus de formulation de la deuxième génération du PPTD pour Maurice qui débutera en 2015.
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Mauritius Decent Work Country Programme Review
27 October 2014
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Opening Remarks by Christian Ntsay, Director,
ILO Country Office for Comoros, Djibouti, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles
Honourable Arvin Boolell, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister in charge of the Ministry of Labour
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment
Distinguished Representatives of Ministries
Distinguished Representatives of Mauritius Employers Federation
Distinguished Leaders of Trade Unions
Dear Shirine Jeetoo, Principal Labour and Industrial Relations Officer
Dear consultant
Dear Colleagues from ILO
Dear Participants
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the ILO, I am very pleased to meet you all today, you all as key stakeholders of the Decent Work Country Programme for Mauritius. I just recall that ILO is one of the main actors of the Mauritius DWCP as we have signed on November 2012 the Memorandum of Understanding supporting the implementation of the programme.
Indeed, we are here today to proceed with the mid-term review of the programme in order to assess achievements made so far and from the lessons learnt, to make recommendations and challenges to determine what will be the best way forward for the remaining period and further extension one.
Honourable Minister,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me thank all those who have done their best to contribute to the achievements of the DWCP priorities and objectives through its implementation even if none of them has been fully completed so far according to the preliminary report. I am confident that from this evaluation exercise, all stakeholders could accelerate the implementation process with deadlines and milestones reframed, as you do not start from scratch but build on the achievements from lessons learnt.
As you know, ILO has done its best, in addition to the funds from the Government and the social partners, to support the implementation of the DWCP along with the technical contribution by mobilizing resources and expertise from the Country Office in Antananarivo, the Decent Work Team in Pretoria, the Regional Office for Africa and the Headquarters in Geneva. We have got a successful collaboration in this side and let me emphasize on the very much appreciated high quality of the technical cooperation between Mauritius and ILO.
The DWCP belongs to Mauritius and all stakeholders should reinforce their commitments to better implementing the Programme and to challenging full achievements and I would like to urge you all to reinforce the leadership, the ownership and the partnership for the DWCP.
In this regard, I think that the planned capacity building workshop on Result Based Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Resource Mobilization for DWCP during the next two days will be an important opportunity to really upgrade the capacity of all involved actors by upscaling the capacity of mobilizing partnerships.
Honourable Minister
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Finally, I would like to ask you, Honourable Minister, to convey my greatest thanks to Mr Shakeel Mohamed, Minister of Labour, for his commitment enabling the holding of this review today. I would reiterate my thanks to the technical team of the Ministry of Labour for the good work done.
Allow me to extend my gratitude to the social partners (Employers and Trade unions) for their commitment and their precious inputs in this process.
ILO also appreciates the collaboration of Dr Jooseery who is the consultant supporting technically this review.
Last but not least, I would like to thank my colleague Gugsa Farice, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Official from the Regional Office for Africa in Addis Ababa for his continued and relevant support in this process of review over all countries I cover. Thanks also to my colleague Clara Ramaromanana, Monitoring and Evaluation Focal Point at ILO Antananarivo Office for the good coordination with Mauritius in preparing and facilitating the review process. Many thanks as well to Hareeta Koolomuth for her very efficient follow-up work in the field here in Mauritius.
I wish this review will be fully constructive and I hope your active participation in all discussions during this workshop would definitely provide relevant inputs to be considered for the way forward.
From my side, I confirm that ILO always remains available to reinforce technical cooperation with Mauritius.
Thank you.