14 February 2020 – This is confirmed by the data of the National Agency for Employment (NAE) presented by the director of NAE at the meeting of the Working Group 6 Development of the Labor Market within the Economic Council. According to Raisa Dogaru, if in 2018, 870 migrants applied for a residence permit in our country for employment purposes, then in April 2019 this figure amounts to 1980 persons.

In the last two years, Moldova has taken a series of measures in the context of labor market liberalization, including amending the legislation to simplify the procedure for obtaining a work permit.

The liberalization of the labor market is especially necessary in the context of the exodus of the labor force from Moldova and the reduction of the number of students, mentioned the director of NAE. And this is in the context where jobs in Moldova exist in commerce, manufacturing, health, construction, agriculture and transport.

The Moldovan economic agents have to cooperate with the state institutions in the context of developing the education guidelines. That would help universities prepare specialists for national economy needs.

Dual education would be a solution in this regard, said the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sergiu Harea, the coordinator of the Working Group 6.

During the meeting, the Roadmap of the activities of Working Group 6 was approved. Among these examining the final draft of the Law of Apprenticeship.

The Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister is  supported  by  the  European  Bank  for  Reconstruction  and  Development, funded by the UK Government’s Good Governance Fund, and the World Bank Group project “Investment Climate Reform”, funded by the Sweden.

The Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, funded by the UK Government’s Good Governance Fund.