11.08.2022

OVER 3,000 UNEMPLOYED WILL ADDITIONALLY START WORK UNDER THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT PLAN

The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy provided nearly BGN 5.7 million under the National Employment Action Plan. Additional funds will be directed to employment and training programs and measures for people from vulnerable groups on the labor market. Providing the funds will enable 3,097 unemployed people to start work, and 257 people to be included in training.

The redistribution of the financial resource was approved today at a meeting of the National Council for the Promotion of Employment. The predominant part of the funds will be used for the inclusion in employment of young people, long-term unemployed, people with disabilities, unemployed in pre-retirement age and people entitled to temporary protection.

In this way, the total number of people who will start work under programs and measures of the National Employment Action Plan in 2022 will reach 25,051 people. Those included in the trainings will increase to 10,743 people.