An international event on "Active labour market policies for promoting youth employment" is held

15:31 - 3.07.2018


July 03, Fineko/abc.az. The 4th Training Course for Strengthening the Capacity of Employment Services Agencies has been launched within the framework of the "Decent Work Country Program for 2016-2020, signed between the Government of Azerbaijan and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

This next course is dedicated to the topic of "Active labour market policies for promoting youth employment".

Minister of labour and social protection of population Sahil Babayev, the chairman of Azerbaijani National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers') Organizations Mammad Musayev, the deputy chairman of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan Javanshir Alkhasov, deputy minister of social security and labour of Lithuania Mrs. Egle Radisauskiene, ILO senior specialist Mikhail Pushkin, the head of the UN Development Program group George Buma, who is on a visit to our country attended the opening of a four-day training course.

S.Babayev underlined that strengthening of measures aimed at efficient employment of the population is one of the priorities of the socio-economic policy of the President of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev and important tasks were set before the state employment agencies in this area. The minister said that one of the directions of reforms is to improve employment services based on international standards. "Decent Work Country Program for 2016-2020" created new opportunities in the reforms undertaken to establish an effective business mechanism based on the use of more effective tools for employment of unemployed and job seeker citizens in the labour market.

Speaking at the event, M. Musayev, I. Aliyev, E.Radisauskiene, M.Pushkin, G. Buma spoke about the importance of such training courses. Then, the presentation of the head of the ILO Project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the CIS” Ramiro Pizarro on "Macroeconomic approach and labour market policies supporting youth employment" was held at the event.

 

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