The transformations in the labor market, social security, social assistance and human resources development as well as the relations between different public systems are issues of special consideration in recent years because of the dynamic changes in economic and social environment in...

The transformations in the labor market, social security, social assistance and human resources development as well as the relations between different public systems are issues of special consideration in recent years because of the dynamic changes in economic and social environment in...

The paper discusses the role and the challenges before Public Employment Services (PES) of the European Union in contemporary conditions of dynamically changed economic and social environment. Recent trends on labor markets (in European and national Bulgarian scope) are analyzed outlining the...

In recent decades in each EU member state there is an increasingly strong view that public employment services should play a more active role on labor markets. In response to fundamental changes in economic and social sphere a new set of functions is assumed to them which impose the search and...

The labor market policy in the Republic of Bulgaria in the transition period and nowadays has in different extents reflected the needs of the economy. Initially developing along with the labor market, its character is mainly preventive. Later, it includes more active programs and activities...

Nowadays, public employment services face a number of urgent tasks as raising the employment rate and reducing the number of vacant jobs for which is difficult to find enough qualified workers. New realities on labour market and dynamic environment require adequate actions, rational and timely...

The political changes of the early 90-s of the twentieth century in Bulgaria lay the foundations for the development of a real labor market and major reforms in the hitherto existing social protection systems and the development of human capital. The transition from a centrally planned to a...

Development of active policies on the labor market nowadays is highly impacted by the goals of achieving efficiency and effectiveness. Monitoring and evaluation of the implemented policies is the key moment because of the information they provide in decision-taking, planning and management as a...

Current paper presents challenges to development of labor market and social policies in transition periods through the example the transition from planned to market economy in the Republic of Bulgaria. Some important implications are made about passive and active social programs as a whole and...

Unfavorable negative demographic trends in the country leading to processes of decreasing and aging of labor resources, sustainably unbalanced character of labor market, characterized by high unemployment and low labor demand, the availability of vulnerable groups and significant regional...