ZAGREB, Jan 9 (Hina) - The Croatian government will on Thursday discuss an employment stimulation programme which should provide more than 36,000 jobs within the next two years. The state should secure around 1.2 billion kuna for the
realisation of the programme by 2006. The programme is comprised of six separate programmes - "From University to Work", "From Classroom to Workshop", "Learning One's Way to a Job", "Making Profit Through Experience", "We Should Be Given A Chance Too", and "Jobs for War Veterans". Programmes have been designed for targeted categories of the jobless, particularly young and highly educated people, skilled and highly skilled people with completed vocational education, middle-aged unemployed persons, invalids and less employable persons, and war veterans. Each category includes measures for faster employment such as employment subsidies and self-employment. The government has pai
ZAGREB, Jan 9 (Hina) - The Croatian government will on Thursday
discuss an employment stimulation programme which should provide
more than 36,000 jobs within the next two years. The state should
secure around 1.2 billion kuna for the realisation of the programme
by 2006.
The programme is comprised of six separate programmes - "From
University to Work", "From Classroom to Workshop", "Learning One's
Way to a Job", "Making Profit Through Experience", "We Should Be
Given A Chance Too", and "Jobs for War Veterans".
Programmes have been designed for targeted categories of the
jobless, particularly young and highly educated people, skilled
and highly skilled people with completed vocational education,
middle-aged unemployed persons, invalids and less employable
persons, and war veterans.
Each category includes measures for faster employment such as
employment subsidies and self-employment.
The government has paid special attention to the employment of
young and educated people, and it assumes around 18,500 highly
educated people under the age of 27 will find jobs in 2002 and 2003.
The government is ready to give over 707 million kuna for employment
within the next four years.
The government will tomorrow also discuss a bill on ratifying an
agreement with the World Bank on a Structural Adjustment Loan (SAL)
worth USD202 million. The loan is intended for structural
adjustment and supports the government's programme of structural
and institutional reforms. It covers five areas, including
increased fiscal discipline, a more flexible labour market and
better social security.
The loan has been approved for a period of 15 years, with a five year
grace period. The first tranche should be paid after the agreement
goes into force. The second tranche will be paid after certain
conditions from the agreement are met, approximately a year after
the first tranche.
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