ILO Country Office Director Mr. Frederick Muia meets with senior officials of Employment Department

 

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office Director for Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, and the Seychelles, Mr. Frederick Muia, met with officials of Employment Department on Tuesday 15^th April 2025. The meeting was held with  Chief Policy Analyst, Ms. Susan Morel, Principal Planning Officer, Mr. Mario Dupres, and Senior Cooperation Officer, Ms. Elaine Naiken.

Mr. Muia’s discussions with the Department centered on the upcoming ILO led Ministerial Round Table, regrouping the Ministers of labour and employment of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) for which the organisation counts on the Ministry’s support. Ms. Morel on her part highlighted progress of activities undertaken as part of the 2^nd Generation of the Seychelles Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) in collaboration with the ILO which will come to an end in December 2025 and key agenda of the upcoming 113^th Session of the International Labour Conference.

Mr. Muia expressed his deep satisfaction with work being undertaken by the Employment Department, the tangible progress made and anticipates continued and fruitful collaboration. Ms. Morel also expressed the sincere gratitude of the Department to the Director for assistance provided by the ILO and reassured of the Department’s unwavering support.

Mr. Muia was in Seychelles, attending the 39^th Meeting of Council of Ministers of Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), held from 14^th to 17^th April.

THE MINSITRY OF EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT

 

INVITATION TO TENDER

 

The Employment Department of the Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs invites tenders to bid for the Procurement of One (1) Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV).

                                                                                                                                             

Source of Finance: The Employment Department

 

Project Title: Procurement of One (1) Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)

 

Eligibility: The following are eligible to tender on equal terms. All licensed Motor Vehicle dealers operating in Seychelles.

 

Subject: The vehicle is to be used by the Labour Inspectorate Section within the Employment Department, in the delivery of its functions that has to do with monitoring and enforcement.

                                                 

Period of Delivery: Within Three (3) months from the date of confirmation of award     

 

Access to tender Dossier: Tender Dossiers can be obtained at the Employment Department, Independence House Annex Building, 4^th Floor, Victoria, or via email from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as of Monday 14^th October 2024 to Friday18^th October 2024 from 09:00 a.m. to 03:00 p.m.

 

 

Note: The tender dossier is available for free for all interested bidders.

 

Submission of Tenders:

 

TENDERS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL TENDER BOARD (NTB) SECRETARIAT BY ACCESSING THE PORTAL https://www.ntb.sc/tenders/em-p-procurement-of-one-1-sport-utility-vehicle-suv

WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE NTB’s WEBSITE NOT LATER THAN 1100HRS (SEYCHELLES TIME) ON MONDAY 28^TH OCTOBER, 2024. BIDDERS ARE REQUESTED TO CLEARLY STATE THE PROJECT TITLE “PROCUREMENT OF ONE (1) SPORT UNTILITY VEHICLE (SUV) FOR THE EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT” IN THE EMAIL SUBJECT. TENDERS WILL BE OPENED IMMEDIATELY AFTER CLOSING AT 1100HRS (SEYCHELLES TIME) AT THE NATIONAL TENDER BOARD (NTB) SECRETARIAT, ATTIC FLOOR, CARE HOUSE.  

BIDDERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE (S) ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE TENDER OPENING SESSION.

 

ANY BID RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL BE RETURNED UNOPENED TO THE BIDDER AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

 

Interested bidders can also view this notice on www.pou.gov.sc or www.ntb.sc

 

All enquiries regarding the tender, please contact

The Director General, Labour Relations Division, Employment Department, Independence House Annex, 4^th Floor, Mahe, Seychelles

Tel: 4297218, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

The Technical Specialist on Blue Economy and Green Jobs at the International Labour Organisation, Mr. Fayçal Boureima, has on 5^th – 6^th February 2024 conducted a Validation Workshop on A Rapid Skills Assessment conducted in regards to the Circular Economy.  

The Report is part of a Joint Programme supported by the ILO to advance Seychelles’ green and blue economy agenda, specifically the Circular Economy so as to drive sustainable growth and job creation.

As such the report seeks to assess the current and emerging skills supply and demand for the circular economy in Seychelles. Furthermore, while the report acknowledges that Seychelles is committed to waste management through recycling and the development of the circular economy, this should also be supported with skills and human resource planning to further enable the implementation of the country’s ambitions

Circular Economy is a model for sustainability in resource use and consumption and is founded on the produce-use-service-reuse principle. One of its principles is to rely more on reuse, repair, and recycling while reducing the extraction of raw materials.

Participants also developed a roadmap for the establishment and institutionalization of a social dialogue mechanism on Just Transition to a circular and blue economy. They also validated a project proposal on the subject with special attention to skills development.

The two-day validation workshop held at Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort and Casino brought together tripartite participation of both Government, Employers’ and Workers’ Union.

Mr. Fayçal Boureima, also paid a courtesy call on the Director General of Labour Relations at the Employment Department, Mr. Steve Monnaie on Wednesday 6^th February to brief him about the outcomes of his working visit to the country, especially in regards to the importance of social dialogue in moving forward.

In concluding his mission, Mr. Boureima and officials from the Employment Department, met with Ms. Kim Samy, Programme Development Officer of the Department of Blue Economy who provided a brief overview of the work undertaken thus far in regards to the development of the circular economy.

Mr. Boureima, on the other hand provided insight on possible assistance the ILO can provide to the country in furthering circular economy in Seychelles.

 

 

The Employment Department recently met with stakeholders to validate the draft state party report on the United Nations Convention ‘protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families’ at the Department’s conference room.

The Convention was ratified by Seychelles in 1994 and initial state party report was submitted in 2015.

The validation focused on responding to the list of issues prior to reporting raised by the Convention’s Committee. Participants had the opportunity to provide additional information, clarify existing laws, policies and practices of their respective organization and provide statistics related to migration.

It was noted that migrant workers represent an important component of the Seychelles employed population due to labour demand and skills shortages. Notable achievements have been made during the reporting period to protect the rights of migrant workers and facilitate their social integration.

Seychellois residing abroad (diaspora) has also been further recognized. It is anticipated that further domestication will be carried out in terms of promotion of the Convention, finalization of national legislation, addressing data gaps and enforcement of human rights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stakeholders participate in validation workshop on determining drivers of informality research

 

The Employment Department in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a validation workshop on Tuesday 28^th November 2023 at the Coral Strand Hotel conference room, to discuss the findings and recommendations of the research on ‘determining drivers of informality and legislative framework for formalization of the informal economy in Seychelles.’

 

The aims of the research were to analyse the barriers to formalization of informal businesses and informal employment and also assess the factors leading the informal economy. The research was conducted by an international Consultant Mr Stephane Reuse following consultations made with national stakeholders in March of this year and it is also supporting objectives of the National Employment Policy, the Employment Department’s Strategic plan and the Seychelles Decent Work Country Programme (2019- 2023).

 

Informal employment is one of the key challenges of the labour market alongside youth unemployment. The Quarterly Labour Force Survey published by the National Bureau of Statistics show the annual informal employment rate of 16.9% in 2020 with males being predominately represented at 25.3% compared to females at 8.8%. Youths are equally affected with an annual informal employment of 19.5%, males being 27.8% and females 11.7%.

 

Participants of the workshop proposed an action plan of priority interventions in the next coming years that Seychelles could implement to address informality under the four main branches affecting informality; Regulation, Production, Representation and Social Welfare and employment conditions.

 

20 participants were in attendance representing various institutions; Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs, National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Education, Seychelles Pension Fund, Seychelles Revenue Commission, Seychelles Licensing Authority, Entrepreneurship Department, Agriculture Department, Fisheries Department, Trade Department, Tourism Department, United workers Seychelles, and General Employers Trade Union of Seychelles.

 

 

Labour Market Information System for Seychelles

Data Preparation workshop

 

 

A one-week workshop is underway to complete the capacity building activities for the implementation of the Labour Market Information System (LMIS) for Seychelles - a system to enhance labour market efficiency by providing actors with relevant and timely information for decision-making.

 

It provides an essential basis for employment and labour policies, including the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies that are better focused and targeted, while at the same time consolidating labour market data collected from different providers in the public and private sectors.

 

The project being developed in phases, is spearheaded by the Employment Department in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics, the Department of Information and Communication Technology and the International Labour Organisation.

 

It is being facilitated by Mr Edgardo Greising – the Head of Unit of Knowledge Management Solutions, department of statistics of the International Labour Organisation.

 

 

A master plan has been built with the definition of the indicators that will be part of the first dissemination phase of the LMIS, whose conceptual framework will be the Decent Work Indicators framework, complemented with other indicators compiled from different available data sources.

 

After the SDMX and Data modelling workshop held in November 2022, the Team working on the project prepared the structural metadata according to the Master Plan. During the 5-day workshop, the data model is being assessed and data managers are being trained in the process of data preparation and upload.

 

19 participants, including statisticians, IT producers and LMIS IT Specialists from different local institutions are attending the sessions at Coral Strand Hotel which ends on Friday 24th November.

 

They are from the Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs, National Bureau of Statistics, Department of Information Communications Technology, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Seychelles Pension Fund, Seychelles Revenue Commission, Central Bank of Seychelles, Immigration Department, Seychelles Licensing Authority, Entrepreneurship Department, Registrar Division, and Economic Planning Department.