Report on unemployment in Black Sea Region adopted in Moldovan capital

Chisinau, 21 October /MOLDPRES/ - The participants in the 53rd meeting of the Cultural, Education and Social Affairs Committee of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Parliamentary Assembly (BSEC PA), held in Chisinau, have adopted a report titled, Unemployment in BSEC member states. State’s role in the promotion of jobs’ creation, as well as a draft recommendation on this report, the parliament’s communication and public relations department has reported.     

The state of things concerning the unemployment in the member states and proposals to improve the situation in this respect is unveiled in the report.

As for Moldova, the report reads that one of the priorities of the Association Agreement with EU is the contribution to the implement of efficient measures in the labour force employment sector from the viewpoint of enhancement of the degree of labour force’s education and level of adaptation to the labour market’s needs.

Also, the document shows that, in February 2019,the law on labour force’s employment and unemployment insurance entered into force, which establishes concrete measures of improving the situation as to the labour force employment.    

The report also speaks about the national labour force employment strategy for 2017-2021. The strategy’s goal is to enhance the level of formal employment based on economic competitiveness, proper competence and qualifications in conditions of sustainable development and inclusion. The measures also refer to the motivation of young specialists with pedagogical education, extending the network of industrial parks, stimulating the employment in the agro-industrial sector and in the rural tourism field.

The participants in the meeting adopted a draft recommendation to the report, which, inter alia, recommends to the parliaments and governments of the member states to undertake measures to meet the needs of the society’s vulnerable groups, such as women, young people, persons with disabilities, elderly employees and fight the discrimination based on age.  

Also, the member state’s authorities should start reforms to improve the business environment and back small- and medium-sized enterprises to provide a sound business climate, which to its turn, will help create jobs and for the economic growth.   

The efforts to attract foreign investments through the improvement of the business and investment climate, removing obstacles to the creation of new enterprises and new jobs, etc. fit in the same context.

The report also recommends maintaining a close cooperation between the institutions on the labour market and the business environment, trade unions, higher education institutions, in order to establish strategic priorities and settle the  specific problems dealing with unemployment.  

”The policy in the labour force employment sector must be complemented with reforms in other sectors too, which should be related to the strengthening of the macroeconomic security, developing the private sector, education system, social protection, etc. In this respect, the regional cooperation acquires a special importance, to provide an exchange of information and experience, in order to cut the number of foreign citizens who work illegally and prevent worsening on the labour market,” the document also reads.   

The draft recommendation is to be submitted to the plenary meeting of the BSEC PA General Assembly for approval.  

The autumn session of the 54th BSEC PA’s General Assembly will be held in Bulgaria on 19-21 November 2019. The delegation of Moldova is made up of Petru Burduja – delegation head (faction of the Party of Socialists), delegation members Alexandru Slusari (faction of the Dignity and Truth Platform, ACUM bloc), Sergiu Litvinenco (Action and Solidarity Party’s faction, ACUM bloc), Violeta Ivanov (Democratic Party’s faction).