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Funds are provided for the employment of people with disabilities in Bulgaria from the budget and the European Social Fund

by AI | 03.Dec 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The acting social minister said that job preparation, upskilling, and reskilling will be funded with over 300 million BGN.

photo: Minko Chernev/BTA

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SOFIA – More than 300 million BGN from the state budget and the European Social Fund + are provided for the employment preparation of people with disabilities, increasing their qualification and retraining, mentoring, transport to and from the workplace, financial and tax measures to support employment, funding salaries and insurances when hiring them. This was stated by the interim social minister Ivaylo Ivanov in a greeting on the occasion of today’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, published on the official Facebook page of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy (MLSP).

Ensuring adequate support for you and your relatives has always been a priority of MLSP, said Ivanov, adding that people with disabilities are an invaluable resource for the labor market. Investments in the development of your skills and adapting workplaces are investments in innovations that can contribute to increasing productivity and enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises in the context of a demographic crisis and talent shortage, commented he, added Ivanov.

He pointed out that the National Map of Social Services has already been adopted and emphasized that it guarantees their development and provides greater access to support. A large part of the planned new social services are aimed precisely at the socialization and integration of people with disabilities, as well as at providing an opportunity for their relatives, currently engaged in their care, to get a chance to return to society.

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated on December 3rd since 1992 with a resolution of the UN General Assembly, in order to raise awareness in the international community about the issues of people with disabilities and the benefits of their inclusion in various fields of social development, according to information from the “Reference” department of BTA. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 1.3 billion people worldwide have disabilities, which represents 16 percent of the global population. It is estimated that one in every six people has a disability. (December 3rd)

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