BENEFICIARIES

Working-age individuals from families that have monthly income lower than 130 percent of the threshold limit that grants the right to receive poverty benefit per one calculated family member according to the law "On State Benefits" and the procedure approved by point 1 of Decision N 27-N of January 9, 2025 of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, and are recognized as socially vulnerable by the family poverty assessment system, who are not included in other state employment programs with the support of the territorial center of the Unified Social Service. The beneficiary must be registered on the e-work.am platform and submit an application to participate in the program through the platform, indicating in which field of work implementation they prefer to be involved. In case of desire to participate in the program, the employer must fill out a program proposal for the implementation of paid public works on the platform.
This describes eligibility criteria for a public works program, with additional requirements that beneficiaries not be enrolled in other state employment programs and must specify their preferred work field.

CONTENT

After the employer’s program proposal is approved, within one working day the territorial center signs a contract with the employer for organizing paid public works, and then signs employment contracts with the beneficiaries under a standard working time regime (full-time).
Within the framework of the program, the employer is provided with 7,000 AMD per person/day of work for each participant, including income tax, stamp duty, and, in cases prescribed by law, social contributions.
The duration of the program is up to 12 months, and it applies to contracts concluded until June 1, 2026.

https://www.arlis.am/hy/acts/222994

LIMITATIONS

Within the framework of the program, the areas for organizing paid public works are:

1. Urban development and infrastructure maintenance, including the renovation of social infrastructure facilities (schools, kindergartens, medical institutions, social protection institutions, cultural centers) and improvement of adjacent areas, as well as the improvement of intercommunity and intracommunity roads, highways, sidewalks, gardens, parks, playgrounds, including sanitation and cleaning works.

2. Social and community services, including the provision of non-professional services (care and assistance) to elderly individuals living alone and other persons in need of care.

3. Agriculture and forestry, including work related to agricultural production, cultivation and irrigation of crops in rural areas, as well as restoration of forests and green areas, afforestation, and maintenance activities.

4. Culture and tourism, including improvement of areas adjacent to monuments, museums, and churches, construction and improvement of hiking trails, including sanitation and cleaning works.

5. Education, including work as teacher assistants, as well as technical and other non-specialized work in educational institutions.