Ouyahia’s plan submitted to Parliament

Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia presented his plan of action to the National Assembly (APN) Sunday for the execution of the president’s program.

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• Trade control measures
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• In his plan of action, Ouyahia plans to continue the reinforcement of trade control and protection of consumers against fraud.
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• The plan mentions that the government will make progress in the revision of legislation and regulation intended to market control and fraud sanction.
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• “A total of 35 wholesale and 700 retail markets will be created as part of a five-year plan program,” says Ouyahia.
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• 3.1 million new jobs
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• A total of 3.1 million new jobs were created in 2004-2007, according to figures announced in the plan of action.
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• Unemployment rate reached 29 percent in 1999 and dropped to 15.3 percent in 2005 while it was estimated at11.8 percent in 2007, said the same figures.
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• On the other hand, the prime minister says unemployment “remains burdensome” in Algeria especially among young people.
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• “That motivates efforts to increase job offers.”
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• In that regard, the plan of action highlighted the reinforcement of public mechanisms in 2008 along with the help of the professional integration system (DAIP).
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• DAIP helped more than 100,000 unemployed people to find jobs in the economic sector between the end of June and October, according to Ouyahia.
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• Deep mutation at high education
• Ouyahia plans to continue “deep mutation” at Algerian universities, launched few years ago.
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• The government started generalizing LMD system (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate) already applied in 49 universities.
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• The plan of action points out the increasing reception capacities of Algerian universities which are being prepared to receive 2 million students in 2015.