Over 64 thousand people participate in Employment Program
Almaty. August 23. Kazakhstan Today - Over 64 thousand people became participants of the Employment - 2020 Program over 7 months of this year, Kazakhstan Today reports.
As the Prime MinisterИs official website writes, the Employment - 2020 Program is implemented in Kazakhstan. It is aimed to develop labor potential by means of training and employing unemployed citizens.
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev set a task to start large-scale implementation of the Employment program this year in his Address to the Nation. He also gave specific instructions on further improvement of labor relations in his article "Social Modernization of Kazakhstan: 20 Steps toward Society of Universal Labor".
As the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population reports, 64.7 thousand Kazakhstanis became participants of the Program and signed social contracts over 7 months of this year. Thereat, 8.5 thousand people were employed at the vacant positions without additional training.
There are 46522 unemployed people among those who signed social contracts. The share of self-employed population makes 23%, low-income people - 4.4%, the Ministry informs.
It is worth noting that over 49.7 thousand people were trained within the first direction of the Program providing for training and employment assistance. 38.2 thousand people underwent professional development courses, 9.7 thousand people - retraining. 9.8 thousand people found permanent jobs after training.
The highest indicators of the population employment are registered in Kostanay, Atyrau, South Kazakhstan, west Kazakhstan, Akmola and North Kazakhstan regions.
3364 people obtained micro credits under the second direction aimed at development of rural entrepreneurship. Presently, over 2.5 thousand people started their business. 3.7 thousand people underwent business fundamentals courses.
427 houses out of 1115 planned houses were built within the third direction. 251 houses were populated by the Program participants. The construction of 497 houses is currently underway.
Infrastructural projects in villages with low and high potential for socio-economic development are implemented within the fourth direction.
About 4.8 thousand new jobs were created in the rural areas in 7 months of this year. To date, 4771 people were employed. Besides, repair of 309 social facilities is planned. Reconstruction of engineering and utility facilities and landscaping of villages is underway all over the country.
Implementation of the activities on creation of new jobs, training and social support of unemployed people will have a positive impact on the main indicators of the labor market. As the Statistics Agency informs, the number of employed people increased by 471 thousand reaching 8.5 million people compared to 2010.
The increase of the population employment rate is one of the priority goals of the Government of Kazakhstan aimed at sustainable economic growth, labor market development and improvement of the peopleИs welfare.
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