Over 5,000 ‘green jobs’ to be created

 

SOME 5,500 new job posts will be created this year in sectors dealing with the environment, labour minister Sotiroulla Charalambous said yesterday.

Another 5,500 jobs will be made available because of the need to replace outgoing people, bringing the figure of available jobs to 11,000, Charalambous said referring to an unpublished survey by the Human Resource Development Authority (AnAD).

The AnAD survey will be published at a later stage, Charalambous said but did not specify when.

She said that a number of programmes were in place targeting youth unemployment, including schemes from AnAD, and called on people to make use of available resources.

“I would like to point out that now is the time for young people to use their knowledge and experience but also be inventive and take better advantage of the opportunities offered, geared towards securing employment,” she said.

Youth unemployment accounts for 20.8 per cent of the jobless rate even and comes to about 11,142 people, Charalambous said.

“The risk against young people remaining unemployed can be reversed depending on their qualifications, knowledge, and skills,” she added. 

Charalambous’ statements were made during a trade union DEOK conference and were read out by a labour ministry official.

 

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