On the sidelines of the 113th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, the enlarged executive committee of AASEP met on Tuesday morning 3 June 2025 at the APPART’CITY hotel in Geneva under the chairmanship of Mr Camille Mouté ABIDIAS, Honorary President of AASEP.

A number of important issues were on the agenda at the 5th session of the enlarged AASEP Executive Committee.
These included the adoption of the association’s amended statutes; the operationalisation of the Permanent Secretariat, based in Yaoundé (Cameroon), and of the Regional Academy of Public Employment Services, based in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire); the appointment of the Treasurer and the Auditor; and the organisation of the 7th training session for AASEP Employment Advisers, to be held in September.

At the opening of the meeting, Minister Oumou SALL SECK, in a pre-recorded speech, expressed her sincere thanks to the Swiss authorities

In his speech, Honorary President Camille Mouté Abidias, Director General of the National Employment Fund of Cameroon, renewed his confidence in Director General Ibrahim Ag NOCK for the renewal of his mandate at the head of the African Association of Public Employment Services, before thanking the Minister for National Entrepreneurship, Employment and Vocational Training for agreeing to open the 5th enlarged committee of AASEP in the presence of 12 African states.
The Honorary President also outlined the history of the birth of the association, which has made enormous progress in terms of innovation, with major projects and training programmes including the Boulevard Africain de l’Intermédiation (BAI) and the training of employment advisers.

In conclusion, he paid tribute to the Malian authorities, who continue to fight on a daily basis for more job creation and the development of young people.