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Venelin Terziev
COVID-19 AND THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT PLAN IN BULGARIA - ANALYSIS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE
JEL: J01, J08, J48, H12

Keywords: labour market, employment action plan, COVID-19, social system, social policies.

Summary: This paper is the second part of an extensive study which analyzes and examines the processes on the Bulgarian market that unfold in the emergency situation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemics. The focus is on the state of the labour market before the pandemic crisis and the subsequent changes in the current national employment plan in view of the challenges of the situation caused by COVID-19. It proposes measures and supports actions for restructuring the financial resource for adaptation of the plan to the new challenge to the labour market in Bulgaria.
Venelin Terziev
THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT PLAN IN BULGARIA - POLICIES, PRIORITIES AND NECESSARY CHANGES DUE TO COVID-19
JEL: J01, J08, J48, H12

Keywords: labour market, employment action plan, social system, development, social policies.

Summary: The paper comprises two interrelated parts and focuses on the analysis and study of the processes on the Bulgarian market, which unfold in the emergency situation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemics. In the first part, an attempt is made for a systematic analysis of the current national employment plan, its priorities and the needed revisions thereof in the conditions of a critical situation.