20,000 employed since launch of public programme for socially vulnerable citizens
The National Food Agency announced earlier today a total of 464 beneficiaries were employed in their organisation out of 532 positions. Photo: Georgian Health Ministry
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The Government-initiated public employment programme for socially vulnerable citizens has given jobs to about 20,000 people, including 1,000 contracts issued by agencies of the country’s Agriculture Ministry, the Labour Ministry announced on Friday.
Labour Minister Zurab Azarashvili and Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia met beneficiaries of the programme earlier today in the country’s western Imereti region, including those employed at the National Forestry Agency, National Food Agency and Agency of Protected Areas.
The National Food Agency announced earlier today a total of 464 beneficiaries were employed in their organisation out of 532 positions.
Aiming to employ people who are fit for work and receive social assistance, the public employment programme provides jobs for socially vulnerable citizens without cancelling their social status for four years.
The programme first was announced by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili late last year, and launched in February.
A total of 14,382 vacancies were announced in the new government-initiated public employment programme as of March 1, the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs said on Wednesday.
The Georgian government’s job programme will aim to involve 100,000 citizens this year, offering them work instead of social assistance, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Wednesday.
The government initiative of launching a previously announced employment programme that will replace social benefits with jobs for up to 200,000 citizens will commence on March 1, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced at the government meeting on Monday.
A total of 20,000 vacancies were announced as the new Government-initiated public employment programme launched on Monday, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili revealed at the weekly Government meeting.
Unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by four percent in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the same quarter of the previous year and equalled 18.1 percent across the country, data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia shows.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said the public employment programme for the country’s socially vulnerable individuals had given jobs to about 30,000 people since March.