The Deputy Minister of Economy and Labor, Maran Risteski, addressed an expert conference on the topic "Creating Green Jobs in Macedonia", organized by the Embassy of Austria and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection.
The conference will be addressed by a large number of representatives of Ministries and state bodies and institutions in the field of labor from both countries, where experiences and positive examples of measures and activities in the field of the green economy, transition and the creation of new green jobs will be exchanged.
- “The need for green transformation is necessary today, climate change is already affecting our economy, energy and everyday life. Therefore, let us accept it not only as an obligation, but also as an opportunity for economic development, new investments and new jobs. As the Ministry of Economy and Labor, we are strongly committed to the process of green transition, or rather transition to a green economy, which is a system which priorities are environmental sustainability, social justice and economic growth, which implies growth that will meet the needs of the present without endangering future generations” - said Deputy Minister Risteski.
In his address, Risteski referred to the activities of the Government and the Ministry of Economy and Labor through which the process of the green transition of domestic companies and the creation of green jobs is promoted and supported.
- “Within the framework of the Operational Plan for Employment, through the measure "Support for the creation of new jobs through green investments", we provide support to domestic companies that invest in green technologies and practices with the aim of creating new jobs. With this, we encourage the creation of new jobs in the private sector by introducing green products, services, technologies or processes in enterprises, and in the four years since we have been implementing it together with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), it has resulted in around 400 new green jobs in 228 companies” - added Risteski.
Within the frames of today's expert conference, the Ambassador of Austria H.E. Martin Pamer, the Mayor of the City of Skopje Orce Gjorgievski, the Deputy Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union Ben Nupnau, the Director of the Public Employment Service in Austria Petra Draxl, as well as the Director of the Employment Agency Seljatin Beljuli also gave their addresses and presentations.
