08.07.2024

ABOUT 2,800 UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WILL START WORK UNDER THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS FOR 2024

About 2,800 unemployed people will start work in 2024 under the regional employment programs, which are financed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.

The funds foreseen in the budget for an active policy on the labor market amount to over BGN 13.5 million. They will be used to subsidize the jobs created for a period of up to five months.

Under the regional employment programs, socially beneficial activities will be implemented for the maintenance and protection of municipal and state property - schools, kindergartens, roads, cultural monuments, as well as for the maintenance and cleaning of parks and inter-block spaces. Environmental activities such as waste collection and removal, landscaping, etc. will also be carried out, adds the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.

The Employment Promotion Act provides for the implementation of one Regional Program for each administrative region of Bulgaria.

The aim is to reduce unemployment at the local level and to overcome differences in the demand and supply of labor in individual regions, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy specifies.

The regional programs are part of the National Plan for the promotion of employment. It provides that in 2024 a total of about 10,000 people will be employed, and more than 9,000 will be included in training.

A budget of BGN 88 million has been provided for the implementation of the programs and measures included in it, which is BGN 15 million more than in 2023, reports the Ministry of Social Affairs.

At the end of May, the Employment Agency started accepting applications for vouchers for free training for workers.