Human resources 27 January, 2011 - The labour ministry released yesterday in Thimphu the country’s first national human resource development policy (NHRDP) that will, among other things, try and solve the “mis-match” in labour demand and supply.
This will be addressed by making the education and vocational training systems more relevant to the labour market. “The policy will provide much ‘clarity’ on the country’s human resource issues,” labour minister Dorji Wangdi, said.
Calling it a “major milestone” in the country’s human resource development efforts, labour minister Dorji Wangdi, pointed out two main reasons why such a policy had to be formulated.
One is the lack of a single agency responsible for coordinating and guiding national human resource development. The policy places the labour ministry as the apex organisation on human resources development and will be responsible for providing overall policy directions and guidelines on the issue.
The second major reason, the minister pointed out, is that the present market is more complex and that a better system to guide and manage it, is required.
The policy will strengthen existing system and create more human resource development institutions and also support and enable better coordination among human resource departments.
Periodic studies of the labour market and making projections of future labour demand and supply is another major objective of the policy. Increasing the employability of employment of Bhutanese youth is also another expected outcome of the policy document.
Areas covered by the policy include the renewable natural resources, private and corporate, tourism, hydropower, construction, ICT, financial services, social and civil service sectors.
According to a news release from the ministry the successful implementation of the policy will “largely depend on cooperation from all the sectors as they implement their human resource plans and programs under the guidance of the national human resource development policy in a manner adaptable and responsive to the changing knowledge, values and skills need of the economy”.
The policy took two years to develop and was funded by the UNDP.
A report on the human resource needs of the country, along with a human resource master plan for the private and corporate sector was also released along with the policy.
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