Integration however is not an apolitical subject and the further up the integration rung it gets, the more the need for an appropriate political framework to guide the way and take vital decisions. Administrative and technical personnel cannot take the lead in pushing forward integration. It lies solely in the hands of the political elite.
Programmes to encourage firms to hire young people have so far not yielded the desired results. Our view is that it is possible to incentivise firms to hire younger people without the threat of displacing more experienced workers.