About 11,000 unemployed and working people will improve their skills with funds from the state budget

03.06.2022

ABOUT 11,000 UNEMPLOYED AND WORKING PEOPLE WILL IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS WITH FUNDS FROM THE STATE BUDGET

Nearly 11,000 unemployed and working people can acquire a new profession or new key competencies by joining free trainings. They are organized by the Employment Agency and are financed from the state budget within the National Action Plan for Employment for 2022. Trainings for acquiring professional qualifications and key competencies of the unemployed will be held throughout the country - in over 110 settlements places.

Over 450 unemployed people from unequal groups on the labor market will be able to undergo training for a new professional qualification in the 4 branches of the State Enterprise "Bulgarian-German Center for Vocational Training" (SE BGCPO) in Pleven, Pazardzhik, Smolyan and Stara Zagora of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. Courses will also be held at the Center for Human Resources Development and Regional Initiatives.

In the summer, the branch of BGCPO in Pazardzhik will host courses for acquiring the professional qualification of cashier, office manager, organizer of Internet applications, computer schedule, office secretary, programmer, electrician, assistant educator.

The company's office in Stara Zagora offers summer courses for assistant educator, cook, installer of plumbing networks, computer schedule, transport technician, organizer of Internet applications, computer operator, welder, tax and customs broker, welder.

In the period June-August in Smolyan will be held trainings for manicurist-pedicurist, welder, construction technician, baker-confectioner, tax and customs intermediary, programmer, operational accountant, graphic designer, translator from and into Bulgarian sign language, beautician, internet organizer applications.

The summer trainings of the branch of BGCPO in Pleven will be in the professions of computer operator, welder, plumber, builder, graphic designer, hairdresser, cook, electrician.

The state-owned enterprise "Bulgarian-German Center for Vocational Training" provides accommodation for each student in a dormitory. The unemployed receive BGN 10 per day for each day of training, as well as funds for travel expenses.

All schedules for the trainings can be seen here: https://www.az.government.bg/pages/grafici-za-obuchenia/.

Additional information and consultation can be obtained on the spot - in any directorate "Labor Office" in the country.