TIRANA, March 22 /ATA/ – Providing incentives to encourage job-seekers to apply for employment instead of unemployment cash assistance is a top a top priority for the government as part of its ambitious program to increase employment rate and lift needy families out of poverty.
Providing real employment opportunities instead of social assistance is an objective of the government to help poor families through collaboration with business community and the national employment service.
Via a video posted on Facebook on Thursday, Prime Minister Edi Rama highlights the example of a 31-year old man, who has been removed from the social assistance program and is now employed in construction sector.
“Good morning and through this simple example showing that employment instead of social welfare benefit for the poor individuals is a real opportunity I would like to wish everyone a very good day,” Rama wrote on his Facebook page.
The video features Amarildo Janushi who explains how he found a job thanks to the assistance from the national employment office.
“I received some 30 thousand lek in social assistance payment. This amount was not enough and therefore I addressed to the employment service that helped me to find a job at the company AlbStar,” Janushi said.
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