14.12.2023

SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Under the project "Youth Employment+" the Employment Agency will support young people by providing the opportunity for internship, training and providing employment, which will contribute to the acquisition of professional experience and practical skills for their realization in the labor market.

An application for participation in the activities may submit young people aged 16 to 29 incl. Who are inactive (uninsured, not registered as job seekers and are not in formal education or training) or registered as unemployed.

The young people will be given the opportunity to internship with an employer for a period of 6 to 9 months, with his designated mentors. Working during work is also up to 6 months. Subsidized employment is also provided for a period of up to 9 months with a mentor provided. Also, young people can undergo training to acquire "soft skills" by key competence 5 "Personal and Social Competence and Learning Skills", or key competence 7 "Initiative and Entrepreneurship", and the training can be held in the period of provision of provision Employment. During the first month of young people, public transport funds are provided to and from the workplace.

All employers, with the exception of those of the agricultural, forest and fishery sectors, can request participation in the project by hiring young people on a 4-hour or 8-hour working day. The cost of remuneration, incl. the social security contributions at the expense of the employer, for each employed young man will be restored in the form of a standard table for a unit of expense. The standard unit table coverage table covers the three -month labor cost of the employer for employee in the economic sector (the economic activity of the enterprise in which the person is employed according to the classification of economic activities (KID) 2008) with a minimum of 85% worked for the period for the period for the period , including. The days in which the person takes paid annual leave. Employers who conclude an indefinite employment contract with an internship youth for a position that corresponds to the trainee's qualification will receive incentives in the amount of their insurance costs for a period of 6 months from the beginning of the contract.

Applications for inclusion in the project and their annexes shall be submitted through the system for secure electronic service to the Labor Office Directorate in the territory on which the activities will be implemented. The information on the conditions of the project is available on the official site of the Employment Agency, www.az.government.bg, as well as on the spot in Labor Office Directorate - Berkovitsa.

The Youth Employment + Project is implemented with the financial support of the Human Resources Development Program 2021-2027. The project budget is BGN 188 million. It is planned to cover at least 15,200 young people by 2027, and over 9,000 young people are in employment after the end of the project.