12.08.2022

BGN 56 MILLION IS BEING INVESTED AGAINST YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT

With BGN 56 million from the Recovery and Sustainability Plan, skills will be developed among young people up to the age of 29 who are unemployed, have dropped out of the education system or are at risk of leaving school. This was announced by the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) on its Facebook page.

They will be trained in youth centers that will work in partnership with businesses. BGN 40 million has been earmarked for the construction of these centers in regional cities. The rest of the funds will be for cities that are not regional centers.

It is envisaged that the youth centers will have classrooms for training in digital and media literacy, identifying fake news and language courses.

In parallel with the trainings, activities for business consulting, support of youth entrepreneurship, consultations and other assistance for developing own business ideas are planned. An opportunity will also be created to involve young people in volunteer activities.