During a visit to the wilaya of Médéa on Thursday, the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security affirmed that, across all the country’s wilayas, the private sector accounted for 81 percent of job creation in 2025. This dynamic has been boosted by the state’s efforts to encourage investment and the guarantees offered to domestic and foreign investors.
The same trend is visible in the wilaya of Médéa, where the labour market is also witnessing real momentum, with the private sector now the main source of employment, generating a job‑creation rate “more than 50 percent higher than that recorded by the public sector,” the minister added in a statement after a briefing by provincial officials.
On this occasion, the minister laid the foundation stone for the project to build the headquarters of the National Unemployment Insurance Fund (CNAC) in the city centre of the provincial capital, and visited the headquarters of supervised social security institutions and the projects under way funded by the National Fund for the Equalization of Social Works (FNPOS) in Berrouaghia.
Regarding the activities of the National Social Security Fund (CNAS), the minister noted the progress achieved in the digitalization of the sector, the reduction of paper consumption, and the digitization of administrative procedures, as well as the online services available through the electronic portal. He also reviewed the level of support provided to citizens and the simplification of the services offered.
The minister then went to the site of the future CNAC headquarters in Médéa, where he laid the foundation stone for the project, part of the government’s policy of bringing the administration closer to citizens.
The progress made in the digitalization of the sector, the simplification of services for users of the National Retirement Fund (CNR), and the full integration of services into the national digital‑services portal shows a clear shift from the conceptual phase to practical implementation, with a direct impact on the quality of public services provided to citizens, he explained.
The same applies to the services of the National Social Security Fund for the Non‑Waged (CASNOS), where advances have been made in digitalizing the sector, cutting paper use, and digitizing administrative procedures.
On the subject of support for farmers, the minister noted that this initiative reflects the key importance the President of the Republic attaches to agriculture, which he views as a strategic sector directly linked to food security and the country’s economic sovereignty.
The minister also inspected the works on a housing project comprising 100 social housing units, 20 private homes, and 12 commercial premises, as part of an assessment of commitments and the completion rate achieved under the responsibility of the FNPOS.