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20 March 2020 [18:09] - Today.Az
By Ofeliya Afandiyeva
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of
Population will develop 400 occupational and qualification standards, local
media reported citing the ministry on March 19.
According to the provided information, the draft proposals will
be prepared in accordance with the Employment Strategy Action Plan for
2020-2025 approved by the presidential decree of February 13, 2020.
As Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population
reported these occupations are key professions of the labor market in key
sectors of the economy.
The Action Plan envisages the improvement of 500 occupational
and qualification standards in 2020-2025. The standards will be discussed and
adopted in the sections formed by representatives of the relevant institutions,
leading enterprises and associations launched in different sectors of the
economy.
Occupational and qualification standards serve to ensure that
vocational education meets the requirements of the labor market, increasing the
competitiveness of the workforce and the formation of human resources in
accordance with international standards.
Some 289 occupational and 63 qualification standards were
developed and put into operation by employers within the framework of the
“Social Protection Development” project of the Ministry of Labor and Social
Protection of Population and the World Bank in 2010-2015.
Moreover, as of cooperation with the World Bank, the ministry
has been implementing the "Pension and Social Assistance Reform in the
Republic of Azerbaijan", "Pension and Social Security
Project".
Employment Strategy Action Plan aims at forming a long-term
state employment policy aimed at ensuring effective employment on the basis of
the country’s demographic aspects, development prospects and economic
priorities of the country.
The strategy aims to ensure the transition of employment policy
from extensive to an intensive phase, to increase the employment level of the
population, to provide full employment, to support decent work and increase labor
productivity.
The implementation of the strategy is also aimed at supporting
micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as the development of the
labor market.
The
strategy envisages decreasing unemployment rate to 4 percent, bringing official
employment (except of the agricultural sector) to 80 percent, reducing the
percentage of young people (aged 15-24) who are not employed in the labor
market and in education to 15 percent, as well as increasing the number of
regional vocational education centers to 10.
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