Nadiya

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Kozaki premier, Yaryna Livytska, in an interview for the national public broadcaster, KNM, said that her government is looking into possible actions to tackle the currently high unemployment in the country, after months of a hardline pro-austerity position from the confederal Nadiyan government. According to Livytska, the most recent announcement from the Nadiyan Central Bank on the reduction of the debt and the possibility for the government to have a deficit budget eases the work and expands the possibilities, but the options are still rather limited. 

"Currently, the most obvious option for us is to invest in the job market, create the best environment for private enterprises or corporations to come to our republic, and do business here, creating those very same jobs. And we are currently doing just that, we have a tax reform coming ahead, lower taxes and less regulated and oppressive government machina", said the Prime Minister. "And at the same time, we have other major projects, in cooperation with the Nadiyan central government, like Project Polaris, as well as the Zarvosopol Metro, that can and are already creating hundreds of workplaces for people of all ages and genders to participate in".

Litytska says that the Kozaki government is currently working with the economists and other experts on the creation of a social programme to support jobseekers, as well as lay the foundation for a strategy to tackle youth unemployment too, as the rising amount of population and children in the republic, could very well become a problem in the future, so government's proposal here is to play a long game, and begin addressing the issue as of right now. "With the limited amount of finance we can afford to use without going too deep into deficit, we still wish to support both those who look for a job, and those who find people for a job", the premier said. According to her, the programme Council of Ministers is currently developing, and includes systematic support for the employers, by giving them a clearer platform to ask for help, and later, the agency responsible for the programme, or national employment in general, will look into the unemployed candidates, and recommend them to the employer for a three-years-long training, with the government having to pay for social benefits, while the employer funds the the other part.

Overall, the Kozaki government is determined to act, but its resources are limited. Livytska says that her government is basically "scouting" all possible funds and businesses that are ready to cooperate with the republican government and tackle the issue together, as the rising unemployement is a problem that affects the whole nation, especially the private sector.