Matambo launches Labour Market Observatory

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The Minister of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), Kenneth Matambo, launched the Botswana Labour Market Observatory (LMO) at the Gaborone Sun yesterday.

Its Chairman, Mathews Phiri, said MFDP, the Botswana Training Authority (BOTA) and the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs had collaborated in 2003 to establish an LMO. 

A committee comprising these organisations was formed and had expanded over time to include other relevant bodies such as the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), the Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC), the Tertiary Education Council (TEC), the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU), Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM), the Directorate of Public Service Management and the Department of Local Government Service and Management.

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