site.btaSofia Investment Agency Developing Platform to Boost Ukrainian Refugee Employment

The Sofia Investment Agency (SIA) is developing a platform that will help Ukrainian refugees who seek jobs, SIA Director Maria Hristova told BTA. She added that a few days ago Sofia Municipal Councillor and Chair of the SIA Supervisory Board Nikolay Stojnev started an initiative to share information with refugees about available jobs, training, retraining, and to directly connect them with employers.

Hristova told BTA that SIA’s platform will go online within weeks. The Agency is working with Ukrainian communities, who are the first recipients of information that could benefit the refugees. Ukrainians do not have to wait for the platform to start but can directly turn to the Agency for assistance when searching for a job.

SIA has signed memoranda with the Bulgarian cities of Varna, Burgas, Ruse, Veliko Tarnovo, Plovdiv, Stara Zagora pledging to exchange staff, in case a jobseeker fails to find a job in Sofia.