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Friday, 29.03.2024, 09:03
Campaign to bring together Russian-speaking employees and public sector employers in Estonia
With the aid of the campaign
events, Russian-speaking young people will be informed of potential career
opportunities in the public sector,told the Integration Foundatio. In addition
to that, managers in the public sector will be notified of the expectations of
young people towards public sector employers. The topic will also be covered in
social media.
According to Dmitri Burnasev, director of the Integration and Migration
Foundation, the long-term aim of the events is to create better opportunities
for Estonian citizens with a different native language to work in the public
sector. "Today, only about 5% of the staff in the public sector have a
different native language, which, considering the Estonian population, is a
disproportionately small part. With this campaign, we aim to increase the
general awareness of the potential career opportunities within the public
sector and in the long run to increase the number of employees and public
servants with a native language other than Estonian," Burnasev said.
Various information events,
geared towards both high school and university students, are planned within the
framework of the campaign. During the day of diversity, the Ministry of Social
Affairs will be sharing experiences on the topic of staff diversity. In
collaboration with the Government Office and the Ministry of Finance,
information seminars will be organized in schools and universities to introduce
career opportunities in the public sector.
A series of broadcasts titled
"Day of Shadowing," to be aired on ETV+, will show a Russian-speaking
young person shadowing a government official during their workday. The first
episode of the series portrays the workday of Dmitri Jegorov, deputy secretary general
of tax and customs policy at the Ministry of Finance.
The campaign was initiated by the
Ministry of Culture and the Integration and Migration Foundation and is
supported by the European Social Fund. The campaign will kick off on Wednesday
and campaign events will continue until June.