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Pershendetje te gjitheve,
mendova se ky artikull do ta ndihmonte kete diskutim, prandaj dhe e solla. Eshte nje shembull shume i mire per te na treguar qe, do ngelemi gjithmon ne fund, nqs vetem do flasim, e flasim,... e ankohemi per gjithcka..., por kurr nuk marrim inisiativen te bejme dicka sic bejne te pakten fqinjet tane, qe flasin me pak dhe bejne me shume, pa xhelozira e sharje por duke bashkpunuar.
Ju uroj gjith te mirat,
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p.s.Artikulli eshte marre ketu:
http://www.balkantimes.com/html2/english/030123-SVETLA-002.htm
Bulgaria Launches "Coming Home" Project
Bulgarian Finance Minister Milen Velchev (left), seen here with IMF Mission Leader for Bulgaria Jerald Schiff, is one of a number of Bulgarian professionals who left a successful career abroad to return home. [Standart News]
By Svetla Dimitrova for Southeast European Times in Sofia - 04/02/03
Over the past 12 years, between 300,000 and 900,000 people are estimated to have left Bulgaria for Western Europe and North America. Many of these highly-skilled and well-educated emigrants have proven successful in their professional careers. Nevertheless, a large number are believed to be willing to return home to help their country pave its way to a better future. But few are likely to make that decision without being clear about employment opportunities back home.
Taking this into account, the Ministry of Economy, the government's Agency for Bulgarians Abroad (ABA) and JobTiger OOD launched the Coming Home project on 21 January as part of a national career guidance programme they initiated last year. Through various planned initiatives, the Bulgarian Dream programme seeks to provide opportunities for young Bulgarian professionals and undergraduate economists to improve their skills and qualifications and achieve professional realisation.
The goal of the Coming Home project is to provide full and continuously updated information about the Bulgarian job market that young professionals would need when considering a possible return home. By using a professional and systematic approach, the best comprehensive job bank and interactive information tools, and the most advanced technology, the three project co-ordinating institutions hope to draw more young Bulgarians back home.
Two of the three signatories of the project agreement, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Nikolay Vassilev and ABA head Anton Piralkov, are themselves among the number of Bulgarian professionals who left a successful career abroad to return home. Vassilev, for example, was Senior Vice President and Director for Central and Eastern Europe Studies at Lazard Capital Markets in London prior to joining the cabinet in 2001. His colleague, Finance Minister Milen Velchev, also left a similarly attractive job in London as Emerging Markets Vice President at Merrill Lynch to take a cabinet post. These are not isolated cases. The majority of Vassilev's advisors also had well-established careers before returning to Bulgaria. There are other similar examples in both public administration and the private sector.
More foreign investments will eventually encourage more people to come back, JobTiger Manager Thomas Higgins says. A not-for-profit company, JobTiger is fully owned by the Bulgarian-American Enterprise Fund. It was established in late 2000 to provide reliable and integrated Internet-based recruitment solutions. Over time it has developed a vast database, serving its over 80,000 registered users and more than 2,400 registered Bulgarian companies. The company received the annual Bulgarian award for Best Website for Online Services for 2001 and was selected by an international jury as the Most Successful Debut of the Year.
With its comprehensive database and good contacts with Bulgarian embassies abroad, businesses and expatriate clubs and associations, churches and cultural organisations, ABA is also expected to contribute significantly to this long-term co-ordinated effort.
