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Average salary in November 100,738.00 dinars
The average net salary in Serbia for November amounted to 100,738 dinars, while the average gross salary, including taxes and contributions, was 138,911 dinars, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia announced today. The growth of gross salaries in the period from January to November 2024, compared to the same period last year, was […]
Read moreKazakhstan’s wages the highest among Central Asia, data says
Kazakhstan ranks first among Central Asian countries in average wages, according to ranking.kz. The country’s average salary is nearly double that of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports. According to the data, the average nominal salary in Kazakhstan was $817.2 as of September last year. This figure is nearly double that of Uzbekistan […]
Read moreGeorgian Parliament Speaker slams EU’s visa-free travel suspension for diplomatic passport holders as “hypocritical”
Papuashvili accused Brussels of “targeting Georgia while ignoring the historical context” behind the original visa agreements. Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday criticised the European Council’s decision to suspend visa liberalisation for holders of Georgian diplomatic and service passports, calling its basis “false and hypocritical”. The EU body on Monday announced the suspension as […]
Read moreShorena Kopaleishvili says that some IT companies have preferred Slovakia and Armenia to Georgia
Shorena Kopaleishvili, Chairman of the Association of Georgian Virtual Zone, assessed 2024 as a negative year for the IT sector due to gradual disappearance of the trend of turning Georgia into a regional center that developed over the years. The reasons of that are leaving of foreign companies from the country and difficulties with the support of existing ones. Kopaleishvili told Сommersant that the unstable business environment had mainly caused this situation.
According to Kopaleishvili, small and medium-sized international companies mainly represent an IT intra-industry called the Association of Georgian Virtual Zones. In 2024 the growth declined both in terms of interests and the trend of existing companies to leave Georgia compared to the boom in the sector and even compared to the 2023 figures. There were other prerequisites with companies with the status of a virtual zone, because they had had a two-year dispute with the tax authorities, although positive dynamics was still maintained in spite of the unstable environment and political and economic fluctuations. They set some parameters for the IT sector, and this business strives for as well as it needs to meet certain needs.
Several factors, such as the preferential regimes established by the state for the virtual zone and international IT companies, let Georgia become regional leader in this area several years ago. This made many successful or start-up IT companies get interested in entering the jurisdiction of Georgia. Moreover, activity in the country was stable and predictable in addition to that. As Shorena Kopaleishvili notes, the combination of these parameters for a certain period of time boosted the attraction of financial resources.
It is highlighted by IT intra-industry that, in spite of preservation of favorable conditions, the business and economic environment is still the main thing. Neighboring Armenia has been chosen for settling in by some IT representatives who have left Georgia.
In fact, the development of the IT sector has been hampered by the current situation in the country, although the preferential regime in Georgia remains and has not changed. Other preferential regimes are being looked for by companies. Slovakia, as well as Armenia, which is very actively working on changing and improving legislation, have been chosen by some of member companies that have left Georgia.
Shorena Kopaleishvili, Chairperson of the Georgian Virtual Zone Association, emphasizes the impossibility to attract companies only with benefits and tax preferences, without preservation of the existing ones either, in an interview with Commersant.
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Read moreUkraine needs to quickly attract foreigners to rebuild economy – expert’s opinion
As the war ends, Ukraine will need to attract not only Ukrainians but foreign citizens (as employees, taxpayers and investors) to rebuild the country’s economy. The relevant statement was made by Andrii Haidutskyi, an economist and migration policy expert, in an interview with Ukrinform. “If Ukraine does not solve the issue of attracting people with […]
Read moreHow much will the minimum wage be in 2025?
Starting from 1 January 2025, a new minimum wage rate came into effect. Excluding taxes and contributions for mandatory social insurance, this year it amounts to 308 dinars (net) per working hour, the Serbian Employers’ Association reminds. The Socio-Economic Council of the Republic of Serbia has adopted a decision to increase the minimum hourly wage […]
Read moreMore than 50% of specialists of working professions employed in agro-industrial complex
Minister of Agriculture Aidarbek Saparov at the Government session reported that in the agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan today are more than 300 thousand producers, which provide employment for 1.1 million people, including professionals working professions 595 thousand people or 55%. He noted that taking into account the coefficient of family, each specialist employed in the […]
Read moreSome IT companies have left Georgia and are trying to find other preferential regimes, for example, in Slovakia and Armenia – Shorena Kopaleishvili
According to Shorena Kopaleishvili, Chairman of the Association of Georgian Virtual Zone, 2024 was a negative year for the IT sector. The trend that has developed over the years of turning Georgia into a regional center is gradually disappearing, since not only do foreign companies not come to the country, but existing ones are also […]
Read moreA Digital Map of Enterprises is to be launched in Kazakhstan to identify financial, social and labour risks
The Action Plan within the framework of the Year of Vocational Occupations, initiated by the Head of State, was considered during the Government session chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov. As the Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan Svetlana Zhakupova said, more than half of all working Kazakhstanis have vocational or technical education. There are 2.3 million people of more than 2 thousand working professions and more than 270,000 of vacancies, especially in the transport, trade, industry and agriculture sectors.
The Innovative Project Navigator has been developed by the Ministry in order to plan personnel training more effectively. It possible to forecast human resources needs and synchronise labour market demands with the training of specialists in TVET organisations and synchronise training with projects implemented at the expense of the State budget due to this platform.
1,600 professional standards for working professions and 87 per cent of educational programmes have been updated by the Ministry of Labour.
More than 12,000 skills were included in an electronic Skills Bank according to the European standard (ESCO).
4 independent Centres launched assessment of qualifications recognition.
They are actively developing vocational and on-the-job training at the request of employers.
An internship function on the Electronic Labour Exchange launched to provide students with practical skills and practical courses using VR and AR technologies in working professions and for industrial practice are implemented in career centers in the cities of Konaev, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Turkestan, Astana and Shymkent.
Mechanisms for preventing occupational injuries will be improved through digital monitoring in the field of occupational safety and health, integral assessment of occupational risks and strengthening requirements for training and knowledge testing.
The transparency and legality of labour relations will be ensured due to mechanisms for the declaration of labour relations in an electronic format.
They will implement a joint action plan to promote the principles of decent work in the framework of cooperation with the International Labour Organization.
They approved a methodology for setting the minimum wage last year and plan to ratify the ILO Convention on the Establishment of Minimum Wages with Special Reference to Developing Countries this year.
The Digital Enterprise Map that makes it possible to identify risks in enterprises in real time in advance and to implement preventive measures is one of the most important projects in the field of working professions.
If employers combine the Digital Enterprise Map with the Digital Family Map, they can automatically identify risks. Businesses can implement the principles of social responsibility by using the Digital Enterprise Card.
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Read moreThe State Employment Center announced the official number of unemployed in Ukraine.
According to the director of the State Employment Center, Yuliya Zhovtyak, there are currently 100 thousand unemployed registered in Ukraine, which is a significant decrease compared to 2024, when there were 400 thousand such citizens. «If we talk about the official statistics of the State Employment Service, we currently have 100 thousand of our citizens […]
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