(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, March 7. Azerbaijan's
Shusha city has hosted a roundtable event on the "Organization of
vocational training of the population" within the framework of the
'I State Program on the Great Return to the liberated territories
of Azerbaijan', Trend reports.
The event emphasized that such initiatives provide crucial
support in ensuring employment for citizens relocating to the
liberated regions, and noted that within the working group of the
mentioned state program, a study was conducted (covering
demographic, labor, and social indicators), meetings were held with
256 employers, the demand for labor was assessed, and employment
has already been secured for 1,495 people, with ongoing efforts to
ensure employment for 979 more.
Participants of the event were briefed on professional courses
that the State Employment Agency plans to organize for residents of
the liberated territories to acquire new skills.
The event also highlighted that the initial goal is to involve
12,000 people in vocational training, and the Karabakh Regional
Center for Vocational Training, opened in Barda last year, plays a
significant role in this area.
The discussion topics included engaging private educational
institutions in activities in the liberated territories and
supporting the activities of these institutions by government
bodies in the liberated areas, and proposals were discussed to
enhance employment and organize vocational training.
The event was jointly organized by the State Employment Agency
under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population
and the Special Representative Office of the President of
Azerbaijan for the Karabakh Economic Region, except Shusha
district.
The participants included the Deputy Special Representative of
the President of Azerbaijan for the Karabakh Economic Region,
except Shusha district Bashir Hajiyev, Chairman of the Board of the
State Employment Agency Mustafa Abbasbayli, personnel of the
Special Representative Office of the President of Azerbaijan for
the Shusha district, the State Committee for Affairs of Refugees
and IDPs, the Small and Medium Business Development Agency, other
government agencies and private educational institutions.
Following the liberation of its territories from Armenian
occupation in 2020, Azerbaijan initiated the long-awaited 'Great
Return' program, which envisions the return of IDPs to their native
lands.
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