YEREVAN, February 15. /ARKA/. The government of Armenia plans to unveil next week a new concept of how it is going to cut unemployment rate, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said at a Cabinet session today. He said the concept is dubbed ‘Down to work, Armenia.’

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told the session that one of the priorities in this era is to take stock of all the vacancies across the country with the proposed wages, the requirements and addresses of employers.

He told corresponding government agencies to create centers for personnel retraining in accordance with the requirements of the labor market and to activate all those projects which are focused on teaching business skills.

Avinyan said all initiatives will be implemented as part of a single program. He said that along with the high level of unemployment rate there are many vacancies. 

The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zaruhi Batoyan, noted that the ministry’s Employment Center has already registered 2,200 vacancies, but the demand for them is low because of low wages.-0-