Moldovan government approves national programme on employment for 2022-2026

Chisinau, 16 November /MOLDPRES/ - The rate of women’s employment will be increased by 4 per cent and to this end, decision-makers plan to develop alternative child-care services – family-type crèches, backing employees who create their own crèches, as well as extending the supply of child-care services, at accessible prices, in all regions of Moldova. At the same time, the rate of employment of people with disabilities will be extended.   
The goals are provided for in the national programme on employment for 2022-2026 and the action plan for its implementation, approved by the cabinet today, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.  
Another priority is to reduce the informal employment through the reorganization of the State Labour Inspectorate, enforcing stimulating measures, in order to facilitate the switch of economic agents from the informal sector to the formal one, regulation of the non-standard forms of labour, including of seasonal activities of day workers, as well as enhancement of the degree of awareness of the negative effects of the non-declared labour by residents.      
Also, emphasis is put on the employment of people with special needs, with more actions planned on the purpose: enhancing the accessibility of disabled people to the active services and measures of employment, establishing partnerships with non-governmental organizations and employers for the economic integration of these categories of people.    
Strengthening the institutional capacities of the National Employment Agency (ANOFM), optimizing the financing, digitalization and automation of services and measures of employment are other benchmarks of the national programme on employment for 2022-2026. Through enforcing these actions, decision-makers rely on the cutting of the deficit of qualified labour force, triggered by the excessive migration abroad, as well as on the increase in the number of active population and of opportunities of employment in the rural environment.  
The cost of the programme’s implementation is estimated at about 274 million lei, due to be covered from the state budget, as well as from means of development partners: International Labour Organization, United Nations Population Fund, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).     
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