Labour Ministry offers 14,382 vacancies to socially vulnerable citizens in public employment programme
Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili said 100-150 million GEL ($32-48 million/€29-43 million) had been allocated for the programme for this year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
Government agencies and local self-government bodies are offering employment as part of the programme to socially vulnerable individuals aged 18 and above and fit for work, with interested citizens asked to apply at the service centres of the State Agency for Social Service or State Employment, or call a dedicated hotline through the number 15 05.
The vacancies are announced as part of the recent initiative by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who announced the government would aim to replace social assistance with job openings for eligible individuals.
The PM said the employment programme would involve 100,000 citizens this year. Those joining the programme will keep the socially underprivileged status for four years and receive their monthly allowance. Garibashvili also said citizens involved in the programme would receive an additional 300 GEL from the government.
The head of the government said 100-150 million GEL ($32-48 million/€29-43 million) had been allocated for the programme for this year.
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 117,897 people received governmental social support package in Georgia in 2021, figures from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show. In the latest release of data from the agency, statistics for state financial aid to underprivileged citizens show 34.7 percent of recipients being women, with 65.3 percent men.
In Georgia 541,764 people, or 14.5% of the Georgian population receive social assistance from the state and this number has increased by 83,296 individuals in the last one year, announces the Social Service Agency of Georgia.
The Georgian government will present a programme in the upcoming weeks which will provide socially vulnerable citizens who are fit for work with jobs instead of social assistance, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said today.
Reforming the social policy, improving the public infrastructure and taking “specific steps” to facilitate the economic growth were topics of discussion during a meeting of the Georgian Government’s economic council, led by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, on Saturday.
The Georgian Government will increase assistance for socially vulnerable children from ₾100 ($32/€27) to ₾150 ($49/€44) starting in June, following an initiative by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Unemployment rate in Georgia increased by 2.1 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year and reached 20.6 percent across the country, data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia shows.
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.