Morocco Employment Lab’s Evidence Sharing Seminar: Using Evidence to Improve Youth Economic Inclusion in Morocco
Partners:
The Morocco Employment Lab (MEL), led by J-PAL and Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) at the Harvard Kennedy School, in partnership with the Millennium Challenge Account Morocco Agency, and hosted at the Policy Center for the New South, is organizing an evidence sharing seminar on youth economic inclusion. The event will be held in collaboration with MCA-Morocco, the National Labor Market Observatory, the Policy Center for the New South and the World Bank Group team in Morocco.
The seminar will focus on youth economic inclusion, including three panel discussions led by senior policymakers, academics, and MEL staff covering:
- Youth skills and training
- Job search assistance and transition into the labor market
- Job creation – Public works, wage subsidies and entrepreneurship
Each panel discussion will present evidence on priority topics and discuss plans for future experimentations and evaluations to run in Morocco.
This event will be available to watch via live stream.
Speakers and Agenda
9:30–10:00 am
Welcome
10:00–10:45
Opening session
Speakers:
- Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills
- Malika Laasri, General Director, MCA-Morocco
- Carrie Monohan, Resident Country Director of MCC in Morocco
- Karim El Aynaoui, Managing Director, Policy Center for the New South
- Jesko Hentschel, Director for the Maghreb and Malta, the World Bank
- Rema Hanna, Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South East Asia Studies at Harvard and Scientific Director of the Morocco Employment Lab
10:45–11:45
Panel 1: Youth skills and training
Speakers:
- Ahmed El Sayed, Senior Researcher, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and Research Director, J-PAL MENA
- Souad Ellouzi, Director of Training, Office of Vocational Training and Work Promotion
- Houda Barakate, Chief Executive Officer, Education for Employment
11:45–12:00
Coffee Break
12:00–13:00
Panel 2: Job search assistance and transition to the labor market
Speakers:
- Mohamed Achiq, General Director, National Agency for the Promotion of Jobs and Skills (ANAPEC)
- Stefano Caria, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
- Wafa Berny Mezouar, General Director, Association Al Jisr
- Abderrazak Ben Saga, National Coordinator of Career Centers central unit, Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation
13:00–14:00
Lunch
14:00–14:45
Breakout sessions on evidence-based approaches in Morocco
- Evaluation of the E-prospection program and hiring assistance in partnership with ANAPEC, Morocco Employment Lab
- Evaluation project of rural preschools in partnership with INDH, ONDH and Morocco Employment Lab
14:45–15:00
Coffee break
15:00–16:00
Panel 3: Job creation – Public works, wage subsidies and youth entrepreneurship
Speakers
- Bruno Crépon, Professor of Economics at ENSAE and Ecole Polytechnique and Scientific Director of the Morocco Employment Lab
- Mohamed Hazim, Director of the National Observatory of the Labor Market, Ministry of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills
- Younes Eteib, Expert at the National Coordination, National Initiative for Human Development (INDH)
- Federica Saliola, Lead Economist, The World Bank
- Yasmina Laasri, Executive Vice President, Injaz Al-Maghrib
16:00–16:30
Closing session
Speaker:
- Bruno Crépon, Professor of Economics at ENSAE and Ecole Polytechnique and Scientific Director of the Morocco Employment Lab