The International Labor Organization (ILO) started the first Local Employment Partnership for Moldova project in Cahul town. The initiative aims to create workplaces for young people exposed to social exclusion, new opportunities for developing businesses and possibilities for training the unemployed at the workplace and to facilitate the formation of groups of producers, IPN reports, quoting a press release of the ILO.
“The Local Employment Partnership envisions the creation and formalization of over 260 jobs and the launch of 106 businesses in beekeeping, creative industry and handcrafting. Approximately 670 persons from Cahul district, including persons exposed to a social exclusion risk, will directly benefit from the opportunities offered by the project and about 1,000 persons from the community will become indirect beneficiaries,” stated Violeta Vrabie, coordinator of the ILO project “Promoting Youth Employment”.
The Local Employment Partnership in Cahul aims to involve about 20 national and local public and private partners. The cost of the project is almost US$ 404,000, nearly US$ 184,000 of which is the ILO’s contribution, while US$ 15,000 is the contribution of local players. The Organization for the Development of the Sector of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises will contribute over US$ 204,000 through grant schemes.
The Local Employment Partnership is a model created by the European Union that is successfully implemented by the ILO in Bosnia and Hertegovina.
