Deputy Minister of Economy Tetyana Berezhna said that one of the government's priorities is to return economically inactive Ukrainians to the labour market, which currently numbers about 8 million people in the country.
She said this during a speech at the Kyiv Economic International Forum, Ukrinform reports.
"There are about 8 million economically inactive people in Ukraine today. These are people who are not looking for work for various reasons. Among them are people with disabilities, veterans who have not found themselves in the labour market, women who cannot combine family and work responsibilities. Therefore, a huge concentration of our efforts as a state should be aimed at activating these groups of the population," Berezhna said.
According to her, the government, the public sector, and international partners have developed and implemented many programmes to encourage Ukrainians to become more competitive in the labour market.
For example, the Employment Service offers vouchers for retraining, and the Coursera platform has launched the ReSkill UA project, which provides 30,000 scholarships.
"But, given the global shortage of personnel in the market, this is a drop in the bucket. Therefore, our common task should be to increase the number of programmes that will help Ukrainians be more competitive in the labour market," the Deputy Minister added.