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1 TTHHEE UUNNIITTEEDD RREEPPUUBBLLIICC ooff ttaannzzaanniiaa MMIINNIISSTTRRYY ooff LLAABBOOUURR,, EEMMPPLLOOYYMMEENNTTAANNDD YYOOUUTTHH DDEEVVEELLOOPPMMEENNTT NNAATTIIOONNAALL YYOOUUTTHH DDEEVVEELLOOPPMMEENNTT PPOOLLIICCYY DDEECCEEMMBBEERR,, 22000077 CO NTENTS(i) ABBREVIATIONS(iv) PREFACE OF THE MINISTRY OF LABO UR, EMPLOYMENT AND YOUTH DEVELOPM EN T(v) CHAPTER O INTRO DUCTI ON The Status of Youth in Tanzania The National Youth Dev el opment Policy (199 6): Issu e o f concern 7CH APTER RATIONALE Scope Visio n Miss ion Objective of the Policy 9 CHAPTER TH POLIC Y ISSUES AND STATEMENTS10 Common definition of youth Youth living under difficul t conditions Mec hanism to prepare youth t o meet obligatio ns in so ciety 11 Resour ces which create economic empowerment for You th Development Yout h in hazardous worki ng environment Yout h as the most infec ted by HIV/AIDS Information Communicati on T echnology (lCT) t o yo uth 133:8 Acces s to information communication and kno wled ge 143.

2 9 Yout h and employment opport unities Youth participation and good go vernance14 The body to organize youth Youth and informal sect or Regulatory framework for yout h development Gender dimension in youth development Rights of youth Fina ncial servi ces del ivery for poverty reduct io Co ver age of youth issues by Local Government an d Regional Adm inis tration (LG RA) St ructures. In volv ement of youth in agri cult ure and animal husb and ry En vir onment and natural resour ces Arts and culture Communication and medi a Sports, games, leisure a nd out door activities Family life education and adolescent reproductive h ealth Youth, education and training 20 Special youth groups 21 Volunteerism and youth dev el opment 21 Health services for youth22 Youth and regional cooperation and globalization 22 Youth with disabiliti es 22 CH APTER ROLES OF STAKEHOLDERS 23 Parents and guardians 23 Community Based Organizations, Non-Gover nmen tal Orga nizations.

3 Religi ous Inst it ut ions and Private Sector 23 Local government and regional adm inistration 23 Cen tral Gov ernment 23 Development Partners 23 CH APTER FIV IMP LEMENTATION ARRAN GEMENTS 24 Public Service delivery 24 Progr am m anagement moni tori ng and evaluatio n 24 iiiAIDS - ACQUIRED IMMUNO-DEFFICIENCY SYNDROME CDR - CRUDE DEA TH RATE CEDA W-CONV ENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FO RM S O F D ISCRI MI NA TION AGAI NST WO MEN CRC - CONV ENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF T HE C HILD HIV - HUMAN IMMU NO VIRUS ILFS - INTERG RAT ED LABO UR FORC E SUR VEY IMR - INF ANT MORTALITY RATE. LGRA - LOCAL GOVERN MENT AND R EGIONAL ADMI NISTRATION.

4 MOEC - MINISTRY OF EDU CA TION AND CULTURE. NA CP - NATIONAL AID S CONTROL PROGRAMME. PEDP - PRI MA RY EDU CATI ON DEVELOPMENT PRO GR AM ME PRS - POV ER TY RED UCTION STRATEGY ivAB BR EVI ATI ONSTh is is a second version of the Nationa l You th Deve lo pme nt Po licy inTa nzania. The need of National Yo ut h D eve lopment Po li cy revie w wasinfluenced by many factors, parti cul arly at this material time when yo ungme n and women, community and o th er st akeh old er s are livin g andoper ating in a w orld of fast socio-economic changes in which amo ng o th erthings ha ve res ulted into both economic and soc ial p ro blems which need auniq ue solution to a new gener ati on. Th is new ve rsio n of Nat ional Yo ut h De ve lop men t Po licy is an in str umen twh ich addresses many issue s re la ted t o th e an ever- in cr ea sing ad ver seim pacts of social- economic p roble ms s uc h as u nem ploy me nt, po ver ty,HIV/AIDS and other diseases, envi ronmental degrad ation and d rug abu se.

5 I am happy that this new p olicy docum ent h as m ade a n imp or tan t stepah ead. One peculiar aspect in th is re vised p olicy is the wa y it in vo lvesvar ious s takeholders in promoting, f acilitati ng and ad dr essin g yo uth issu this context, there is a reasonable articulation o f bo th poli cy issu esand statements. As this is a ge nu ine pr oduct of a nu mber of stakeholder s, th eGove rnment of the United Repu blic of Ta nzan ia is full y co mmit ted t o ens urethat the policy iss ues, st atement s, progr ams and strategies are achieved. Hon. Capt. John Chi li gati (MP. ) MIN ISTER FO R LABOUR, EMPLOYM ENT AN D YOUTH INTRODUCTION Th e G overnment developed the Nat io na l Yo uth Deve lo pmen t Po licy in199 6.

6 T he imple me ntati on of t his po licy ( Nat iona l Yout h De velopm ent Policyof 1996) h as fa ce d various nati ona l and gl obal ch al le nges. New nati onaland globa l issu es have emer ged which incl ude ch angi ng life st yl es, newcu ltures , new v alues and orientati ons . Thi s has c reated th e n eed fo r r eviewof t he policy and develops ne w v isi on , m is si on a nd stra te gies for yo uthdevelopment. In this millennium of science and t echnology, young m en and w omen areth e greatest as set fo r t he present and f uture. They rep resen t th e d riving fo rcebehind social economic and polit ical reforms in the sphere o f rap id glo balchanges. Our society s progress is determined amon g o th er th ings by ho wmuc h we in vol ve t hem i n bu ildi ng t he futu re.

7 It is im po rtant the refo re topr epare the se you ng people as lead ers, deci si on- ma ke rs, entre prene urs,parents and g ua rdians be caus e t hey hav e v ita l role to pl ay in the socio -eco nomic development of the nat po lic y therefore shall pr ovid e dir ect io n to yout h, pa rt ne rs and ot he rstakeholders on youth development issues. The Status of Youth in TanzaniaThe global, social, economic and political envir on men t has influen ced theyou th status in Tanzania and also determined their welfare and well b ce y ou th development is a cro sscu ttin g i ss ue , var iou s macr o-se ctralpolicies have contribut ed to the exi st ing ulationAccording to the 2002 Populat ion and Housing C ensu s, the po pu lation o fTan za nia mainland was 8 million p eop le.

8 The tot al numbe r of y ou thbetween 15 and 3 5 was 11,770,5 32 or 35% of the population. Am ong them5,552,294 are boys (which is 47. 17 percent) and 6,2 18,2 38 are girls (whichis 5 percent). Em pl oyment SituationTanzania's labour force has been growing steadily since early 1960's at an Chapter Onean nual aver age rate of betwe en an d 5. 8 p erc ent. Accor din g to th e2000/01 Integr ated Labour Forc e Su rve y ( lL FS), th e la bo ur forc e wasestimated to be million peopl e of w hom abou t 6 5 per cen t wer e yo ungpeople between the age grou p of 15 and s urv ey r esults ha ve revealed t hat unemploymen t fo r th e wh ole co untr ywas per cent and almost hal f of the unemployed wer e living in urb anare as.

9 Dar e s Sal aam a lo ne had 46. 5 p er c en t o f i ts lab our for ce un emp loyedand other urban areas had per cent of their lab our fo rce unemp loyed .Unemployment in the rural areas was per surv ey res ults have also shown t hat the youth were mo re vu lnerab le toth e u nemployment problem. The pro blem of u ne mploym ent is hig he stam ongst the age group below 35 year s of age. As a result of ins ufficient labour market services and d iffer en ces in r egio naldeve lo pment , rura l-urb an migration espe cia lly for th e yo uth has been themain feat ur e of labour migrat ion i n Tanzania. The prop ortion o f p op ulatio nliving in urban areas increased from 5 percent in 1967 to 13 per ce nt in 1978and from 21 percent in 1988 t o percent in 2002.

10 The migr ation of people from rural to urban areas in creases the bu rden ofurban pub lic ser vices and social infr astructure and results in imbalances inallocation of labour, hence a rapid growth of the urb an info rmal sector an dincreasing incidences of hazardous employment for th e you th. The Gov er nment is supporting pri vat e sector investment so that job cr eatio nand opportunities can be increased. It is reported in th e Po ver ty Redu ctionStrategy third pr ogress report that in the year 2002 , the T an zania InvestmentCe nte r appr oved 311 pr iva te s ect or in vestmen t pr ojects in the m anu factu ringsector, which had potential o f empl oying 33,132 p eop plo yment creation is also promoted through.