The annual "Course on Arbitration Issues for Lawyers" is coming up, which will start on 23.03.22. The organizer of the upcoming event is the Court of Arbitration at the BCCI, and the course will have a practical focus on the specifics of the process.
The gross monthly salary in the IT sector last year reached BGN 4,857, which is an increase of BGN 500 per year and is 3.2 times higher than the average salary in the country. This is shown by the data of the Bulgarian Association of Software Companies (BASCOM), which every year publishes the annual report "Barometer".
On 09.02.2022, AOBR sent its proposal to amend the model of the electricity market in Bulgaria to Prime Minister Kiril Petkov. The letter is published in its original form.
Thanks to Cohesion Policy funding, GDP per capita in less developed regions is expected to grow by up to 5 % by 2023. The same investments have also contributed to a 3.5 % reduction in the gap in GDP per capita of the population between 10 % least developed regions and 10 % most developed regions.
The Association of Bulgarian Employers' Organizations (AOBR) sent a proposal to the Minister of Education and Science to update the Methodology for the National Map of Higher Education of the Republic of Bulgaria by including new indicators for the data provided by the Rating System of Higher Education Institutions in Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, together with the Embassy of India in Sofia and the Indian Council for the Promotion of the Export of Pharmaceutical Products, organized a webinar on "Cooperation between Bulgaria and India in the pharmaceutical sector" and bilateral meetings with companies.
The Employment Agency has launched the first study for 2022 of employers' labor needs in Bulgaria. It is held for the fifth year in a row on the basis of Article 10 of the Employment Promotion Act, together with the Employment Commissions of the Regional Development Councils in the 28 regions of the country.
As of January 1, 2022, 21 of the 27 EU member states have national minimum wages. Exceptions are Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden. Based on their levels in euro, these 21 Member States can be divided into three main groups.
Bulgaria is among the European countries with a serious shortage of labor force skills. This assessment reflects the problems with acquiring practical knowledge from vocational and higher education, the lack of widespread digital skills and the low scope of qualification and retraining.
MTSP: Support for businesses under the 60/40 measure continues in 2022, and for the time being, its effect has been extended until the end of February. The expectations are to keep the jobs of over 75,000 workers and employees on average per month, for which about BGN 120 million will be needed.
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