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Analysis of the Results of the Targeted Program for Promoting Employment for the Population of Minatom Closed Administrative-Territorial Zones for 1998-2000
Pages 8-21

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From page 8...
... The active implementation of measures included in programs providing employment assistance to the population has had a substantial impact in reducing tensions in the registered labor market. The process of layoffs at enterprises and organizations has slowed, while the number of individuals placed in temporary jobs has increased.
From page 9...
... 448, Appendix 1, pages 21-22.) SITUATION IN THE EMPLOYMENT SPHERE From 1994 through 2000 the number of unemployed persons in the Minatom closed zones registered by local employment service agencies of the Russian Ministry of Labor rose to 4.8 percent in 1996 and fell to 2.2 percent in 2000 (see Tables 1 and 2~.
From page 10...
... , Region 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Russian Federation 2.3 3.3 3.6 2.9 2.9 1.8 1.4 Zheleznogorsk 2.0 6.0 6.0 5.8 3.1 1.5 1.1 Krasnoyarsk Territory 3.8 3.8 4.3 3.4 2.6 Zarechny 6.2 8.8 8.2 6.8 7.9 5.8 3.1 Penza Oblast 6.2 5.7 3.8 1.9 1.6 Zheleznogorsk 2.6 2.3 3.1 2.0 2.9 2.7 2.7 Krasnoyarsk Oblast 3.8 3.8 4.3 3.4 2.6 Lesnoi 2.7 3.7 4.0 2.9 5.5 3.8 3.6 Sverdlovsk Oblast 3.3 2.7 2.7 1.5 1.5 Novouralsk 0.5 2.6 4.7 4.7 6.3 4.2 2.9 Sverdlovsk Oblast 3.3 2.7 2.7 1.5 1.5 Ozyorsk 1.0 1.9 3.6 4.6 5.8 3.2 2.3 Chelyabinsk Oblast 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.1 0.9 Sarov 0.5 1.5 2.3 1.7 2.4 2.0 1.2 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 3.1 2.6 2.4 1.0 0.7 Seversk 3.7 6.3 7.3 5.9 5.1 3.6 2.0 Tomsk Oblast 3.8 3.6 4.0 2.4 2.0 Snezhinsk 1.8 2.2 2.8 1.8 2.7 1.4 0.8 Chelyabinsk Oblast 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.1 0.9 Tryokhgorny 3.4 6.0 5.4 6.9 5.8 4.5 2.7 Chelyabinsk Oblast 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.1 0.9 NOTE: Figures are shown for registered unemployment rates in Minatom cities (closed zones) in which unemployment levels exceed levels for the regions in which the cities are located.
From page 11...
... LABOR DEMAND OUTLOOK A critical situation could develop in the labor market in the closed zones during implementation of the Federal Targeted Program for Reform of Atomic Industry Enterprises (Nuclear Weapons Complex) for 2001-2005 and for the period up to 2010.
From page 12...
... KEY PROBLEMS REGARDING EMPLOYMENT OF THE POPULATION IN MINATOM CLOSED ZONES According to provisions of the subprogram Reform of Atomic Industry Enterprises (Nuclear Weapons Complex) for the period to 2010 of the Federal Targeted Program for Reform of the Defense Industrial Complex for the period to 2010, the following represent key problems regarding employment of the population and personnel and social policy in the Minatom closed zones: · preserving and developing collectives of highly skilled specialists and workers · consolidating personnel around the fundamental development tasks for the industry · sharply increasing labor productivity (output per worker)
From page 13...
... PROMOTING EMPLOYMENT 13 · improving efforts to organize and equip workplaces, developing and implementing measures to improve workplace safety and safety equipment, and systematically improving qualifications as foundations for increasing labor productivity · preserving existing jobs and creating new ones during the process of enterprise conversion and reconstruction and placing top priority on the development of high-tech science-intensive production facilities · developing and improving the system of interaction of Minatom with government agencies at the federal, local, and Federation-subject levels in the aim of developing and implementing programs to create conditions favorable for outside investors, preserve and foster scientific and industrial potential, and create new manufacturing enterprises · preserving and developing the industry-wide corporate system for ensuring social protection of workers in the industry, providing for their medical-sanitary and pension needs, and organizing worthy conditions for work and rest · developing cooperation with regional government agencies on questions of employment of the population, socioeconomic development, education, culture, housing construction, social insurance, and so forth · establishing mechanisms for the granting of housing on credit at enterprises of the industry, including mortgage lending, that will guarantee the provision of housing to workers and their family members, especially young specialists Social and personnel efforts in the industry should make it increasingly attractive in the aim of maintaining collectives of highly qualified specialists. The objectives established in social and personnel policy are pursued through the use of consolidated financial assets and include the following key points: · implementing a uniform industry-wide corporate system of social protection for workers in the industry that provides for their pensions and medical care and ensures the organization of comfortable conditions for work and rest · preserving and effectively augmenting the personnel potential of the industry and coordinating efforts regarding the training of young specialists and scientific staff and the selection and placement of managers · expanding interaction with local government agencies in the closed administrative-territorial zones regarding employment of the population, social insurance, housing construction, and socioeconomic development · preserving the existing system of social insurance for workers in the industry · preparing and adopting the necessary regulatory measures ensuring completion of a certain amount of housing space annually to improve housing conditions for workers in the industry
From page 14...
... With the implementation of major projects in the regions to create new science-intensive and innovative production facilities using civilian nuclear technologies in cooperation with regional governments and domestic and foreign partners, the enterprises of the Minatom closed zones will gain new business and be able to use their significant technological and industrial potential more effectively. GOALS AND TASKS OF THE PROGRAM The goals and tasks of the program are determined by the Federal Targeted Program for Promoting Employment for the Population of the Russian Federation for 1998-2000, which was authorized by Resolution No.828 of the Government of the Russian Federation dated tune 24, 1998.
From page 15...
... · creating and preserving jobs · increasing the efficiency of labor utilization · reorganizing and reforming production (basic activity) as a source of jobs · promoting improvement of the qualifications and professional mobility of personnel and working with the vocational education system to improve the professional skill structure of personnel in the closed zones · ensuring staff rotation to replace highly qualified specialists who have retired from the industry · providing employment assistance for vocational school graduates and young specialists · developing labor markets at the industry, municipal, and enterprise levels and providing employment assistance for laid-off workers, especially those from enterprises around which the closed zones are based, by resettling them in other regions, placing them in jobs at other industry enterprises, and providing them with housing · organizing temporary jobs and public works projects · developing social partnership in the industry, in municipal organizations, and at enterprises · expanding interaction of closed-zone enterprises with executivebranch agencies of Russian Federation subjects and regional agencies of the Russian Ministry of Labor regarding employment-related issues
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... To ensure stable socioeconomic development and provide jobs for the population, local government agencies in the Minatom closed zones are carrying out investment projects to support and develop entrepreneurship and self-employment among the population. These projects are being carried out with funds from local budgets and from outside investments.
From page 20...
... MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION Fundamental control of program implementation is carried out by the Minatom industry commission that directed the development of the program. Local government administrations in the closed zones and regional employment offices of the Russian Ministry of Labor also participate in this work, along with the Union of Employers in Atomic Engineering, Industry, and Science of the Russian Federation (SRMAE)
From page 21...
... One of the most important organizational-economic conditions promoting successful implementation of the program is its inclusion in the Federal Targeted Program of Employment Assistance to the Population for 2002-2005 and the distribution of the corresponding forms of state support to the enterprises participating in realization of the program.


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