The fifth Career Development Center, that will train qualified unemployed people, returning emigrants and graduates to get a job in Moldova, was launched in Comrat, in the framework of the “Innovative entrepreneurship for sustainable employment” project implemented by the United National Development Program in Moldova (UNDP) with the support of the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Moldova, IPN reports.
Four similar Centers operate in Chisinau, Cahul, Rezina and Balti, in which over 300 people benefitted of training and individual consultations and finally were employed in the labor market. The centers apply the SYSLAB methodology, developed by SYSLAB International AS from Norway, which combines team work, advice and professional training, promotion of entrepreneurship and establishment of partnership networks between employers and potential employees.
Dafina GERCHEVA, UNDP Resident Representative in the Republic of Moldova, said that UNDP’s efforts to promote employment generation and bridge the gap between labor market supply and demand through SYSLAB career centers network is an investment in the right direction.
According to the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Moldova Philip BATSON said that sometimes, regardless of how good we are at what we do, we feel the necessity to acquire new skills that contribute to our further development. For unemployed people, this is particularly important, as unemployment is one of the top three pressing problems faced by Moldovans.
In 2014 the unemployment rate in the Republic of Moldova reached 5.1%, lower in comparison to the previous year (5.6%). In Gagauzia, the level of official unemployment in 2014 was 7.2%, which decreased as compared to the previous year (8.4%), the Gagauz Employment Agency having registered as of today over 900 unemployed people. Moreover, according to the same data, yearly about 70% graduates of higher education institutions remain unemployed.
