Promotional event for signing a Memorandum for Cooperation on Supporting Internship of the USAID Social Inclusion through Technology Project

On the 26th of October in TCC Grand Plaza Hotel, a promotional event for signing a Memorandum for Cooperation on Supporting Internship of the USAID Social Inclusion through Technology Project Participants was held.

The Minister of Labor and Social Policy Mila Carovska, the State Labor Inspectorate Director Alajdin Havziu and the USAID Macedonia representative Edvard Gonzalez addressed the audience.

The Memorandum on Supporting Internship for Persons with Disabilities was signed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, USAID, the State Labor Inspectorate and the iVote Foundation.

This initiative provides the opportunity for internships for the people with disabilities in the business sector. The goal is to inform the companies about the benefits of employment of people with disabilities as equally effective employees and as a part of the labor market, as well as to affirm further consideration and adoption of a new internship law that will enable young people to improve their skills for employment.