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 Armenia Works to Address Labor Migration Issues
On April 29, 2008, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) in cooperation with the Armenian non-governmental organization (NGO) Zinvori Mair convened a two-day conference in Yerevan on labor migration from Armenia to Russia... Read More ...
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 Entrepreneurship Support Fund Builds Souvenir Businesses
Praskovia Tanova, disabled from birth, had few job prospects in her hometown of Bolgrad in southern Ukraine. Craft-making had been her lifelong hobby, but she had never considered it a viable career option... Read More ...
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 Community Connections Alumna Opens Trade School in Baku
Kubra Aliyeva, an entrepreneur and arts scholar, opened a vocational school and architecture, design and handicrafts business in Baku, Azerbaijan after returning home from a USAID Community Connections Handicraft Production and Marketing Exchange trip... Read More ...
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 Marketable Skills Give Young Chechen Men a Future
For the community of Urus-Martan, Chechnya, unemployment is a grave issue. Unemployment rates in the republic have reached nearly 80 percent following two successive wars... Read More ...
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 Apprentice Program Teaches Unemployed Youth Marketable Skills
On June 16, unemployed youth in the community of Halmion, in southern Kyrgyzstan, received Category III status in electro-gas welding as part of the USAID-funded Collaborative Development Initiative (CDI) project, implemented by Mercy Corps... Read More ...
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 Number of Certified Accountants Grows in Turkmenistan
In a ceremony on March 10, the Union of Accountants of Turkmenistan conferred Certified Accounting Practitioner (CAP) status to twenty-four new accountants, bringing the number of
these certified professionals in the country to 90... Read More ...
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 USAID Initiative Matches Macedonian Grads with Employers
Matching university graduates with professional employment opportunities that require a baccalaureate or higher degree is the goal of a new initiative established by Macedonia’s South East European University (SEEU) with support from USAID... Read More ...
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 Young Apprentices Learn Marketable Skills
In December, 37 young people from Jalalabat area in south Kyrgyzstan completed vocational courses administered by USAID and the Mercy Corps Collaborative Development Initiative project... Read More ...
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 Turkmen Accounting Association Gains Full Council Membership
In early July, the Turkmen Union of Accountants upgraded its status to full membership with the Eurasian Council of Certified Accountants and Auditors (ECCAA)... Read More ...
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 USAID-supported Accounting Exams Continue Enjoying Popularity
in the Region
Nearly 3,000 men and women took Certified Accounting Practitioner or Certified International Professional Accountant level exams in 21 cities across Central Asia earlier this month... Read More ...
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 Turkmenistan’s Best Accountants Lauded
In a June 19th ceremony, the Union of Accountants of Turkmenistan recognized the best trainers and accountants of the past year. The union is the country’s first independent, professional accounting association... Read More ...
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USAID Helps Georgian State TV Create Security Net For Excessed Workers
In 2004, the Georgian State TV Company was forced to dramatically downsize their work force, laying off about half of their employees. In a country already suffering from high unemployment... Read More ...
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