These are the general figures for the shock plan of active employment policies that the Department of Business and Labor has launched. A shock plan to overcome the impact of Covid-19 in the labor world, recover as soon as possible the jobs lost due to the pandemic, adapt training to new labor realities and strengthen sectors that are in full reconversion.
The 917 million euros (72% more than the budget allocated to employment policies last year) represent a record investment that will allow the execution of the most ambitious plan ever promoted by the Government of Catalonia to combat unemployment and offer a dignified labor future to all workers. The purpose is to put people at the center of the recovery and transform the productive model to make it more resilient, competitive and capable of generating well-being and prosperity for all. And in this 'everyone', the Government will pay special attention to those groups (young people, women, over 45s...) with greater difficulties in entering or re-entering the labor market.
The purpose of this shock plan is to put people at the center of the recovery and transform the productive model to make it more resilient, competitive and capable of generating well-being and prosperity for allAround half a million people will benefit from the actionsprovided for in this shock plan, of which112,000 are young people, 263,500 women, 141,000 over 45 years old, and more than 65,500 people with disabilitiesThese are unprecedented figures, which make visible the effort of the Government to accompany and help workers and entrepreneurs on the path of socioeconomic transformation that it is promoting.
The objective is to achieve more work and greater opportunities for citizens. For this reason, the plan will finance up to 50,000 employment contracts, with aid starting from 5,000 euros per company for one year of hiring, with a commitment to maintaining the job, through programs aimed mainly at young people, those over 45 and 55, women and single-parent families. It also contemplates carrying out some 22,000 training actions to adjust the skills of workers to what companies require in new work environments. And there will be 1,300 professionals to provide career guidance to unemployed people and those who are active and want to reorient themselves professionally.
The shock plan regarding active employment policies also incorporates, among others, actions in terms of support for insertion, local economic development, and promotion of the social economy and cooperativism.
All these actions will be promoted through the Servei Públic d'Ocupació de Catalunya, the General Directorate of Social and Solidarity Economy, Third Sector and Cooperatives, and the General Directorate of Labor Relations, Self-Employment, Safety and Occupational Health.
"Our responsibility is to combat the structural inequalities of the labor world, to provide a way out of the crisis without leaving anyone behind and, at the same time, transform the Catalan productive model, with the aim of making it more resilient, sustainable and competitive in terms of quality of work," highlighted the Minister of Business and Labor, Roger Torrent i Ramió.The Minister of Business and Labor, Roger Torrent i Ramió, highlighted that: "Our responsibility is to combat structural inequalities in the world of work, to provide a way out of the crisis without leaving anyone behindand, at the same time, transform the Catalan productive model, with the aim of making it more resilient, sustainable, and competitive in terms of quality of work."
Minister Torrent emphasized that "every person who manages to advance, build a dignified life project, with a job under dignified conditions, represents a victory for our society."
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