Ghana sets up $30m World Bank-funded labour market information system  

The Government is preparing to operationalise the Ghana Labour Market Information System (GLMIS) in September 2023, the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) has announced.

The US$30 million World Bank-funded advanced technology platform is to serve as a one-stop shop for all labour market information and connect job seekers from both the formal and informal sectors of the economy to employers.

Ghana’s move is in conformity with the standards of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which encourages good practice in the development and use of labour market information for human resources development and programme planning and suggests strategies for overcoming the barriers to its use.

Nana Amoako Bonti Kakra Asante, a Management and Information System (MIS) Specialist for the Ghana Jobs and Skills Project at the Ministry, said the system would “allow jobs seekers and employers to trade and market themselves.”

“The whole idea is to make the system a one-stop platform so it will be easier for people who are seeking jobs while informing the government and other entities on policy-making decisions on employment and labour issues,” he said.

Nana Asante said this on Thursday when the Ministry engaged personnel from some media houses in Accra as part of its stakeholder interactions ahead of the official launch of the digital labour market information platform by September.

He said he was confident that with the implementation of the Ghana Labour Market Information System, disparities in labour and employment data in the country would be solved and called on all stakeholders to support it.