Minister Georgi Gyokov held a meeting with former Ministers of Labor and Social Policy. "In the preparation of the coalition agreement for the formation of the government in the social sphere, short-term, medium-term and long-term measures and goals were agreed

Nearly 51,000 young people under the age of 29 have started work and received vocational training through the subsidized employment programmess - Youth Employment and Training and Employment for Young People

The Government approved a Plan for 2021 - 2022 for the implementation of the National Strategy for Active Life of the Elderly in Bulgaria (2019 - 2030). The document includes complex activities and measures in response to the challenges posed by the aging population

Over 169,000 citizens will receive better services, and nearly 2,000 employees - better working conditions by improving the public environment and social infrastructure of 53 buildings approved for funding in 2021 under the Beautiful Bulgaria Project of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.

A total of 86 companies and 19 institutions from the central and local government will create children's corners in the workplace, which will take care of more than 1,700 children of their employees. The projects are implemented under the Children's Corners Measure of the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development”, the total value of the approved projects is over BGN 6.6 million.

The Government agreed that the Managing Authority of the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development” (OPHRD) 2014-2020 to conclude contracts for the provision of grants of up to 0.95% above the budget of the Operational Programme in connection with measures to combat COVID-19. In this way BGN 24,612,132 will be provided, which will enable timely actions to be taken to support employees.