"Youth Business Workshop"

"Youth Business Workshop"

A new project is being launched with the joint partnership of the Azerbaijan Public Employment Agency under the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, the Small and Medium Business Development Agency and the State Agency for Vocational Education under the Ministry of Education.

 

The purposes of the project called "Youth Business Workshop" are development of business skills of young people studying in vocational training centers and encouragement to entrepreneurship, ensuring self-employment, increasing the number of young people who received vocational education among micro and small entrepreneurs, supporting new business initiatives and increasing interest in vocational education.

 

In the initial stage of the project, which will cover the years 2021-2023, students of the final year of vocational education in Gabala, Aghdam and Jalilabad regions will participate. Within the project, young people who receive vocational education in such fields as tailoring, plant and animal husbandry, carpet making, agrotechnical services, carpenter, locksmith, cook, confectioner, tourism and welding will be involved in business training and they will be provided with appropriate equipment for setting up a micro-business within the framework of the self-employment program.