The unemployment rate in the Vitebsk region as of June 1 was 1.1%

June 10, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The unemployment rate in the Vitebsk region as of June 1, according to preliminary data, was 1.1%, Irina Matveeva, Deputy Chairperson of the Committee for Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent. In January-May, 10.1 thousand new jobs were created in the region, 13.1 thousand citizens were employed, including 1.2 thousand people with additional guarantees in the field of employment. 1.9 thousand people were sent for vocational training and retraining. 655 unemployed people were trained according to employers' applications. 6.1 thousand people were involved in paid public works. Assistance in organizing entrepreneurial activities was provided to 270 unemployed people. Over 10 thousand people received unemployment benefits. By the end of 2010, the number of employed population in the economy in the Vitebsk region is expected to be 582 thousand people. In January-April, this target was achieved by 97.1% (565.2 thousand citizens). At the same time, there is a downward trend in the number of workers employed in forestry, trade and public catering, education, and culture, and a decrease in the number of individual entrepreneurs. In terms of regions, a decrease in employment was observed in Orsha, Braslavsky, Gluboksky, Tolochinsky, Gorodoksky, Postavsky, Chashniksky, Shumilinsky, and Sharkovshchinsky districts. In small and medium-sized urban settlements in the first quarter, 125.1 thousand people were employed, which is 99.4% of the annual target. The work on organizing employment is most successfully established in 23 out of 40 settlements of this type. The annual employment target has already been met in these settlements. -0-