The Libyan Ministry of Labour announced on Wednesday the signing of an agreement between the National Rehabilitation and Reintegration Project, under the ministry and the Libyan-Korean Training Center.
According to the Ministry, the agreement, in its initial phase, involves the rehabilitation of 50 young men with a previous history of carrying arms, and 20 women who lost their husbands or sons in the civil war.
The training course will commence on 25 December to train the first group for two months, covering both theoretical and practical aspects.
The signing ceremony took place at the Libyan-Korean Center.
This agreement is part of the implementation of the Muta’alleq project (brilliant), supported by the European Union, the French Embassy in Libya, and the French organization “Super Nova.”
In January 2022, Labour Minister, Ali Al-Abed stated that the Libyan government plans to integrate youths currently belonging to militias, into the military and police. In a step to unify Libyan institutions, and rehabilitate youth involved in the civil war.
Al-Abed said that young men whose health status does not enable them to join the security institutions, will be reintegrated into society and be provided with an appropriate job in a state institution.
“There is more than one way to integrate them into institutions, or even to provide small and medium enterprises through the Libyan Financial Facilities Fund and the Human Resources Fund at the ministry,” Al-Abed explained.
He added that the young men will be trained for the labour market, and will receive a suitable job.
The Minister noted that the integration of these youths depends on the stability of the government and relative stability in the country. As well as a comprehensive national reconciliation process.
Last year, the official spokesman for the Ministry Abdul-Qadir Abu Shannaf, said that the number of job seekers in Libya has reached 250,000.