Nazarbayev: Ensuring employment is main priority
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Stimulation of entrepreneurship and creation of new job places must be a priority [for the Government - editor], according to President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
"Every time, when I visit regions, local authorities report to me about employment situation. This is the biggest favor which we can do for our people - to let them work and earn money," said Nursultan Nazarbayev during the Government's extended meeting in Astana today.
In his opinion, development of mass entrepreneurship must be a priority for the Government. "Tens, thousands of SMEs have received support under the Government's "Business Road Map 2020" program over 6 years of its functioning. The overall amount of funds spent on them reached 270bln tenge," noted the President.
He added that 450bln tenge had been allocated for the Employment Road Map 2020 program's implementation in the past five years. The volume of financing this year made 218bln tenge.
"722,000 people have been employed under these programs to date, 518,000 of which have been provided with permanent job positions. We must further develop these programs and improve the instruments of support," Nursultan Nazarbayev stressed.