More than 49 thousand new jobs are planned to be created this year in the Karaganda region

This year, it is planned to employ more than 49 thousand residents in the Karaganda region, increase the number of operating SMEs to 95.2 thousand. At a meeting of the Party Control Committee, the head of the region, Yermaganbet Bulekpayev, reported on the results of the implementation of the Roadmap of the AMANAT party's election program and plans.

Last year, 985 grants and micro-loans were issued in the region. 1957 SME projects were funded, more than 4 and a half thousand start-up entrepreneurs were trained, 2777 new small and medium-sized businesses were created. The indicators of the election program have been exceeded by 30%.

– This year, the task has been set to issue 601 grants and micro-loans, finance 1.7 thousand SME projects, create more than 49 thousand jobs, increase the number of existing SME enterprises to 95.2 thousand, ensure an increase in the number of employed to 222.7 thousand people. According to the indicator of annual youth employment, the obligations will be exceeded by almost 2 times, – said Ermaganbet Bulekpayev. – The coverage of children in preschool education has been increased by opening seven organizations and expanding existing private organizations to 1,379 places. Another 350 new places are planned to be commissioned by the end of the year.

More than 75 thousand children are provided with free hot meals. These are elementary school students and children from socially vulnerable segments of the population. To solve the problems of dilapidated and emergency schools in the Taldy and Atameken villages of Karkaraly and Bukhar-Zhyrau districts, two new schools for 350 places are being built at the expense of the regional budget. Also, within the framework of the National project "Comfortable School", 10 more schools with 7,100 places will be introduced.

The head of the region also spoke about the development of the healthcare system, solving problems in the field of agriculture and housing and communal services, and focused on the economic indicators of the region.

The meeting was moderated by Pavel Kazantsev, Chairman of the AMANAT Party Control Committee. He stressed the need to fulfill all the indicators of the party's election program and recalled the personal responsibility of government agencies for its implementation.

– A lot of responsible work has been done. Much of what is in the program has already been implemented. However, we still have a lot to do. Shortcomings can have a very serious impact on the quality and completeness of the execution of the election program. Therefore, it is important for us now, through the joint efforts of party members and executive and representative government agencies, to identify the existing risks, discuss the problems that have arisen and work out ways to solve them," Pavel Kazantsev said.