Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 26
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
Up to 300 jobs can be opened in each Azerbaijani district, Salim Muslimov, the Azerbaijani Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population, told reporters Jan. 26.
"This can be achieved by attracting people to labor work based on six-month contracts," he said.
Muslimov said that the ministry has been collecting information about the available number of employees, employment and the number of the unemployed in different districts of the country.
"At present, this process is nearing completion," he said. "One of the main issues on the agenda is to attract employees to the economic life in the different districts of the country."
"Initially, this can be done by involving the unemployed in public work on the basis of six-month and one-year contracts and filling of vacancies in various public enterprises financed from the state budget, as well as state-owned large companies," he said. "There are great opportunities for creating new jobs. We will deal with this."
He said that a broad meeting with representatives of SOCAR (State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and Azerigaz production association will be held at the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection Jan. 26.
"We will be able to find out the number of additional jobs in different districts of the country and announce their openings," he said. "Similar meetings will be held with other state agencies and the vacancies will be filled."
"According to the initial estimates, up to 300 additional jobs may be created in each district of Azerbaijan by involving individuals in public work, based on six-month contracts," he said. "This issue is being considered by the ministry."