Azernews.Az

Tuesday March 19 2024

Azerbaijan continues to employ martyr family members, war veterans

25 May 2022 17:19 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan continues to employ martyr family members, war veterans

the State Employment Agency under the Labour and Social Security Ministry continues to involve martyrs' family members and war veterans in the self-employment program, Azernews reports.

In the past week, about 100 people of these categories were involved in the program. At the initial stage, they were provided with training to acquire knowledge and skills on how to organize and manage small businesses. After the training, they were provided with assets in the form of goods, materials, and equipment needed to establish small family farms and businesses in their chosen economic activity. With these assets, they create small businesses mainly in the agriculture, manufacturing, and services spheres.

After the end of the 44-day war, on President Ilham Aliyev's instructions, the Labour and Social Security Ministry has been carrying out large-scale measures of social support to members of martyrs’ families, war veterans, and civilians affected by the Armenian aggression. One of the directions of these measures is to create conditions for their access to small businesses through a self-employment program.

Last year, about 4,300 young people were involved in the self-employment program and created small businesses. The number of people involved in the self-employment program increased by 13.8 times to 16,232 last year.

Over the past four years and in the first quarter of this year, more than 44,000 people were involved in the program and created small farms and businesses.

The paid public works program, which increases employment opportunities for the unemployed and job seekers, has also expanded significantly. Some 56,000 people have been employed through the program.

Within this framework, employment measures were also taken with regard to 11,000 martyrs’ family members and disabled war veterans. Half of them were involved in self-employment programs and were given the opportunity to start small family farms.

Additionally, more than 2,000 martyr family members and disabled war veterans were hired within the framework of the employment marathon.

The ministry takes consistent measures to provide social support to vulnerable groups of the population, including martyr families, war veterans, and civilians affected by the war.

Social support measures taken by Azerbaijan’s Labor and Social Security Ministry covered more than 30,000 citizens, including members of martyrs’ families, war veterans, and civilians affected by the Armenian aggression since the end of the 44-day war with Armenia in November 2020.

--

Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz

Loading...
Latest See more