As of October 1, 2017, the project "Orleu" involved more than 161 thousand people

In Kazakhstan, work is underway to implement the "Orleu" program. February 14, Astana and Almaty. As of October 1, 2017, 161,700 people participated in the "Orleu" project, which is 5.3 times more than in the same period last year. In active forms of employment, 32.5 thousand people or 91.7% of the total number of able-bodied participants in the "Orleu" project were involved.

It should be noted that during the reporting period, 24,861 people were employed for permanent jobs and 4,697 people were allocated to public works and social jobs. In addition, 2,660 specialists for retraining (advanced training) and youth practice.

"The right to participate in the" Orleu "project has families or individuals who applied for cash assistance if the monthly average per capita income of a family or person is less than 60 percent of the subsistence minimum and able-bodied family members agreed to the terms of the social contract, expert of the Department of Social Assistance of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Niyazov.

According to him, the project's goal is to provide assistance to those citizens who are in poverty and cannot leave it for objective reasons.

In order to test a new format of social assistance, the "Orleu" project is being implemented in the regions of the country since 2014, which allows receiving permanent state support to overcome poverty conditions. For this, the state offers assistance in organizing its own business, training and employment through employment centers.

To date, the implementation of the pilot project is led by SKO (115,645 people), Zhambyl oblast (12,045 people), East Kazakhstan region (8,247 people) and Almaty oblast (7,619 people).

As a result of participation in the project, per capita income increased 3.1 times from KZT 5,978 to KZT 18,397.