21.12.2021

670,000 BULGARIANS WILL IMPROVE THEIR DIGITAL SKILLS UNDER MLSP PROGRAMS

About 670,000 Bulgarians will undergo training to improve their digital skills under programs of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. We plan in the next few years mass trainings for the entire active population in the country. This was stated by the Minister of Labor and Social Policy Georgi Gokov during the closing of the campaign of the Operational Program for Human Resources Development (OPHRD) "Get in the Network", which took place on December 16 at the National Palace of Culture.

The training of 500,000 Bulgarians who have no or almost no digital skills will be funded by the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan. Another 170,000 people will improve their digital skills under OPHRD. "A platform for online training will be built so that every Bulgarian can gain new knowledge," said Minister Gokov.

The Networking campaign is part of the Conference on the Future of Europe and aims to provoke a debate on the topic of digital transformation. The initiative took place in Plovdiv, Ruse, Varna, Stara Zagora, Burgas, Sandanski and Sofia. During the events, more than 2,100 surveys were completed with people's opinions and recommendations for the future of the digital age. The results will be summarized and sent to the European Commission for inclusion in the debate on the future of Europe in the area of ​​digital transformation during the French Presidency in 2022.

The initiative was supported by the hosts of all events of the campaign Katerina Evro and Alexander Kadiev, snowboarder Alexandra Zhekova, conductor Maxim Eshkenazi, journalist Georgi Toshev, producers Ivan Hristov and Andrey Arnaudov, chef Ivan Manchev and poet Maria Doneva. Children from 51 Elisaveta Bagryan High School also took part.