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Relevant policy and programs

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Relevant policy and programs

The National Employment Strategy (2019-2030) was approved by the President in October 2018, enabling better management of Azerbaijan’s labor resources, employment and social protection. The goal of the strategy is to ensure the transition from employment policy to intensive phase, increase employment, provide full employment, support decent work and increase labor productivity. As a result, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population will be better able to manage labor resources, employment and social protection. Under the employment strategy, 530 Ministry staff responsible for job placement, vocational training, retraining and career guidance gained important new skills through ILO supported training. This will enable them to provide better services, particularly to young job seekers.

Proceeding from Presidential Decree dated April 7, 2016 on “Additional measures for ensuring self-employment of population” self-employment program has been launched by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population in order to ensure self-employment for able-bodied people. 13440 small-scale businesses (agriculture, services, production related) succeeded in the realization of their business ideas within this program from 2016 to present. The program is still ongoing.

State Program on Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development. Recognizing poverty as a multidimensional problem, the core program for poverty reduction in Azerbaijan is geared toward inclusive growth. The overarching goal is to achieve the status of a high-income country by 2023. Based on this vision, the following nine strategic goals were formulated:

ensuring sustainable economic development through maintaining macroeconomic stability and balanced development of the non-oil sector;
increasing income-generating opportunities and achieving substantial reduction in the poorest sections of the population;
reducing social risks for old age groups, low-income families and vulnerable groups by developing an effective social protection system;
continuing systematic implementation of activities aimed at improving the living conditions of refugees and IDPs;
improving the quality of and ensuring equal access to affordable basic health and education services; (vi) developing social infrastructure, and improving the public utilities system; (vii) improving the environment and ensuring sustainable management of the environment; (viii) promoting and protecting gender equality;
continuing institutional reforms and improving good governance.

State Program on Socioeconomic Development of Regions, 2014–2018. About 80% of the population lives outside of Baku. Job creation in the regions is a key concern as about 38% of the total workforce is employed in agriculture, producing only 7.5% of the gross domestic product. To tackle widespread regional disparities, the government undertook an analysis of the regions in 2003. Based on the results, the State Program on Socioeconomic Development of Regions, 2004–2008 was drafted and implemented. A successive regional program covered 2009 to 2013. The third state program is building on the success of the previous programs.

“Azerbaijan 2020—Look into the Future”. Endorsed in early 2013, the strategy document constitutes the main overall policy guidance for Azerbaijan’s development. It aims at creating a knowledge-based economy, increasing the country’s competitiveness and diversifying the economy to attain sustainable economic growth. Infrastructure and technology play a prominent role in the concept, including transport, energy and finance. The middle class is to be expanded and regional inequality reduced.

In June 2019 the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population, State Employment Service of Azerbaijan (SES) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) announced the start of the Self-Employment Programme for Persons with Disabilities.

The Self-Employment Programme is part of the Creating Inclusive and Decent Jobs for Socially Vulnerable Groups Project implemented by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population, State Employment Service of Azerbaijan and supported by the UNDP. The aim is to support 500 unemployed persons with disabilities who have the desire and vision to start their own business. To help the unemployed bring their business ideas to life, the programme provides free training in entrepreneurship, advice and financial support in the form of equipment and/or materials. In 2019-2020, the programme will be piloted in the following regions of Azerbaijan: Ganja, Mingachevir, Sumgayit, Shamkir, Zaqatala, Goychay, Barda, Shamakhi, Fizuli, Absheron, Sabunchu and Binagadi regions. All unemployed persons with disabilities registered in the State Employment Centers in these regions are eligible to participate.

Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (in Azerbaijani Dayanıqlı və Operativ Sosial Təminat Agentliyi (DOST)) is a governmental agency which was created by order N 229 of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (on 9 August 2018) in order to improve governance in employment, social protection, labor. It is guided by the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, international treaties to which the Republic is a party, laws of the Republic, decrees and orders of the President, decisions and resolutions of the Cabinet of Azerbaijan, other normative legal acts and agency's Charter. It collects all the services of the MLSPP at one place using Single Window System. The first agency center is opened in Yasamal, Baku city. "DOST" centers are established to provide employment services, labor, social protection and guarantees, as well as other services in accordance with the activities of the MLSPP.

DOST centers also allow providing methodological assistance to employers and employees. DOST centers have the competence of registration of labor contracts. Furthermore, in special cases agency is providing unemployed people with an opportunity of self-employment, although providing a new system of disability determination. DOST centers also have a duty to create and update the unified portal for vacancies, registering CV-s of jobseekers and unemployed. DOST agency is operating on a commercial basis (self-financing autonomous principle) and most of the services are paid.

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