16.05.2022

THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM OF THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA FOR 2022 HAS STARTED

In pursuance of the National Action Plan for Employment in 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has launched a procedure for developing regional employment programs. The programs are an effective tool of active labor market policy, which supports the regions and ensures employment of unemployed people from vulnerable groups.

The Employment Promotion Act provides for the implementation of a regional program for each administrative district on the basis of proposals from the district and municipal administrations.

In 2022, regional programs will promote the creation of sustainable jobs and contribute to the recovery of employment. In each Regional Program, subsidized employment for the target group must be planned, based on partnerships with private sector enterprises. Unemployed persons registered with the labor offices for reasons related to the Kovid crisis are included in the subsidized employment as a priority. In order to boost local development, it is important that the program addresses measures in sectors with growth potential. Employment partnerships with employers carrying out green transition activities are also important.

Interested employers from the Municipality of Montana can declare their labor needs to the Mayor of the Municipality of Montana until May 16, 2022 in 102 rooms until 5.30 pm for inclusion in the Employment Program of the Municipality of Montana, which is part of the Regional Employment Program. Montana area. Unemployed persons who have not worked for the same employer in the last 6 months can be employed at each job created under the regional programs.

The developed project proposals should be submitted by May 17, 2022, after which a commission appointed by the District Governor will evaluate them and develop the Regional Employment Program for the District of Montana for 2022.

The significantly larger financial resource this year also implies a wide territorial scope of the regional programs. The aim is to create jobs in all settlements in the district, where there are suitable registered unemployed for them, in order to give a chance and to create conditions for employment in the most remote from the economic centers areas.

The programs can also provide employment in jobs related to home care (food delivery and/or preparation, food assistance, self-service support, movement and mobility, shopping and other daily and household activities) to persons with permanent disabilities and the elderly who do not fall within the scope of currently existing measures, services and programs financed from the state budget or European funds, or funds from international programs and projects, including the Personal Assistance Mechanism.

The distribution of the funds from the budget of the MLSP for active policy by districts in the National Action Plan for Employment in 2022 has been approved, for the district of Montana they amount to BGN 2,504,420.

Until 20.05.2022 is the deadline for the Chairman of the Employment Commission to present to the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy for approval the Regional Employment Program of the District of Montana for 2022.

The deadline for implementation of the regional program is December 9, 2022.

For more information: Montana Labor Office Directorate.