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Introduction
UNDP Libya has commissioned Tatweer Research and M&C Saatchi World Services to undertake a Labor Market Assessment (LMA) in Libya to assist in the development of the private sector with a focus on host communities. This aims to complement a parallel IOM report focusing on migrant communities, with an overall aim of better engaging the private sector in order to boost economic activity in the country. In a 2016 report entitled “SMEs in Libya’s Reconstruction”, the OECD noted that small and medium enterprises (SMEs), typically in the private sector, are particularly important for economic recovery. This is because of their potential to generate jobs particularly because they are more likely to employ vulnerable segments of the population such as women, youth, and refugees and/or internally displaced people.2 However, existing evidence on the private sector in Libya is limited, and comprehensive official records of private sector businesses across the board are challenging to verify.
3.1 Objectives The LMA aims to provide a detailed analysis of the labor market in specific areas of Libya, as well as the various skill sets of their respective labor force in order to inform a private sector demand driven labor mobility strategy. The overall objective of this Labor Market Assessment (LMA) of Libya is to gain a better understanding of the scale and nature of the private sector. Specifically, the role that host communities play in their local economies and in Libya as a whole. In addition to this, the LMA will seek to map out the country’s primary private sector industries and businesses in key economic regions, as well as additional areas of interest. Which aims to evidence growth areas (and opportunities) to increase the engagement and participation of the migrant and domestic workforce in private sector industries. Ultimately, this will strive to enhance the economic activity and social cohesion in priority regions in Libya. Following this, evidence-based recommendations will be made to aid UNDP Libya in determining the best avenues to support economic activities within the Libyan private sector, in order to build community trust, (economic) cooperation and interdependence (with a focus on engaging women and youth).
2 The Libya Public Financial Management (2017) Libya Workforce Market Survey Report
