In the past three years, 360,000 job creation projects have been implemented in different regions of the country, of which 750 projects have been industrial enterprises, and efforts are being made to implement 200,000 projects this year (began March 21), Hossein Madani, head of the Foundation, said.

He announced that the total number of jobs created by the Barekat Foundation will reach up to 600,000 by the end of this year.

The jobs were in the fields of technology, services, animal husbandry, agriculture, and handicrafts, he added.

He went on to note that “in the capital city of Tehran, we have generated 10,000 jobs so far; This year, another 1,500 projects will be implemented throughout the province.”

Recently, the Foundation announced to open up 9,300 jobs for persons with disabilities.

Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam was founded in 1989. In the Iranian calendar year, 1386 (March 2017-March 2018) Barekat Charity Foundation- the social arm of the organization- with the aim of promoting social justice was established.

Socio-economic empowerment of communities by encouraging entrepreneurship prioritizing breadwinner women, developing infrastructures such as water supply and power grids, building roads, constructing schools and increasing educational spaces, promoting health for all, granting non-repayable loans and insurance especially in less developed areas and regions most affected by 1980s war and natural disasters are of the priorities of the charity foundation.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) –  With the beginning of the new government, considering the new strategic policy and the approach to achieving a stronger nation-state, with more prosperity and security, it is recommended that addressing the elimination and reduction of social harms be a priority in research programs and policy makers. Management of Social Transformation, A serious effort should be made to strengthen the linkage between research and policy making.

the issues of youth self-confidence and identity, opportunity building, job creation, addiction, health crisis, value confusion in the family and divorce crisis, disaster of disregard for environmental protection and water crisis and climate change leading to desertification, drought, The influx of rural migration to cities and the rise of false jobs and risky middlemen to make the economy sick, the decline of intangible cultural heritage due to lack of rural development and disregard for the traditional culture of rural civilization, as well as ignoring the capacities and talents of women in social responsibilities, Are serious and effective crises that cultivate the main roots of an unhealthy, depressed and unsuccessful society, and on the contrary, paying attention to these issues with a motivational and serious attitude will lead to the revival of the constructive jihadist culture.

Also, ignoring the capacities and talents of women in social responsibilities is a serious and effective crisis that cultivates the main roots of an unhealthy, gloomy and unsuccessful society, and on the contrary, paying attention to these issues with a motivational and serious attitude will revive the constructive jihadist culture.

The first feature and requirement of this framework is a multidimensional and interdisciplinary concept of social ills. A purely social approach and purely sociological roots are not enough. Social harms must be rooted in economic, cultural, political and social reasons, and certainly the solutions will be multidimensional and interdisciplinary.

The second feature of this framework is the actual monitoring of social harms without clearing the issue and addressing social harms at the right time and without delay with the right decision is very important and vital.

The third requirement in the conceptual framework of dealing with social harms, legalizing and enforcing social and cultural attachments to any development plan.

The fourth feature is the use of specialists from different scientific disciplines to root out and reduce social ills. Superficial approaches and showcase and show solutions will not solve the problem.

The fifth feature is benefiting from the experiences of other countries in dealing with these injuries. In designing a conceptual framework for its application in dealing with and resolving social ills, it is necessary to use the previous experiences that have been associated with success, so that failed solutions are not re-encountered and successful solutions with less risk are used.

Given that there are gaps and errors in the existing policy-making system, efforts should be made to make the necessary reforms, but the main problem is that not only is there no active need-based system in the field of social protection, but also cross-sectoral coordination is very weak. And all the executive bodies are involved in relief, protection, and rehabilitation measures and providing insurance coverage (which is not very effective) and less institutions are thinking of preventing citizens from suffering from poverty, deprivation and social harm.

Reduce the number of people with social ills and, consequently, the costs of providing relief, treatment, and rehabilitation services. In order to recognize the social harms in Iran and prevent its increase in the short term and reduce its scope and depth in the long term, a suitable and desirable conceptual framework is needed to identify and solve them and address the least costly solution based on Promoting national education and awareness at the institutional, governmental and non-governmental, individual, collective and organizational levels.

The author is a professor of international relations, an advisor for international affairs for Iranology Foundation, and an advisor for social sciences studies for the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO

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“Despite the two major challenges of sanctions and coronavirus pandemic, which imposed severe restrictions on the country, we tried to activate domestic capacities by turning to localizing the technology of manufacturing parts and equipment”, Ali Rasoulian stated.

Sanctions have caused problems for financial exchanges and the export of goods to other countries, he said, adding, “The negative effects of coronavirus pandemic on various parts of the country, including industry, are not hidden from anyone, and the economic growth of some countries has reached below zero during this period.”

Iran is proud that despite these restrictions and pressure from these two important challenges, its industry has grown by more than seven percent, according to the statistics and reports from various sectors, the official further highlighted.

In April, Rasoulian stated that Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry plans to revive 1,600 idle industrial units throughout the country in the current Iranian calendar year.

He said that these units are generally stagnant or operating below capacity for a variety of reasons.

Referring to reviving 1,557 idle units in the country during the past Iranian calendar year, the official said that 59 percent of those units’ problem was due to the financing.

With the aim of reactivating stagnant units or units that are operating below capacity, 900 consultants from the private sector and knowledge-based companies were selected in the form of industry clinics across the country to recognize the weaknesses of these units, the official stated.

He also informed that the new incentive package of ISIPO, which has also been approved by the minister of industry, mining and trade, has been announced.

Deputy Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Mehdi Sadeqi Niaraki has said that over 6,500 new industrial units were established across the country during the past year which created jobs for over 121,000 people.

Touching upon the Industry Ministry’s plans for the realization of the motto of the current year which is named the year of “Production: support and the elimination of obstacles” by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, the official said: “In the year that has been dedicated to the production sector by the Leader of the revolution, the orientation of all government organizations and executive bodies should be towards supporting the country’s industrial and mining units.”

Niaraki pointed to a 40-percent increase in the issuance of establishment licenses for industrial units in the previous year, saying: “The number of establishment licenses increased to more than 36,000 last year, which shows that people are encouraged to invest in the productive sectors.”

He also mentioned an 85-percent rise in the allocation of land for establishing industrial units across the country and noted that over 4,500 hectares of land were handed over to applicants in the previous calendar year.

According to the official, there are over 46,000 small and medium-sized industrial units in Iran’s industrial parks and zones, of them about 9,200 units are inactive.

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As he informed, the government has also implemented eight major macroeconomic plans to activate domestic production sector.

“Renovation of dilapidated areas, agriculture sector, cultural heritage, industry and mining besides culture and art are the sectors in center of attention of the said eight programs,” as he described.

“The government tries to created 270,000 job opportunities in industry and mining sector,” he added.

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As reported, however, some 464,000 jobs were created in the previous Iranian calendar year.

From among major policies applied by the Rouhani administration preparing the annual budget bill has been controlling unemployment rate and preserving job creation.

To improve general livelihood of Iranians, spur job creation, support production, and reinforce budget discipline this year’s budget bill is aimed also at increasing the salaries of government’s employees and the retired besides continuing implementation of the planned programs to combat absolute poverty and improve healthcare.

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Following the implementation of job plans some 5,600 employment opportunities will open up in less developed areas of the province.

Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, also known as Setad-e Ejraiye Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, was founded in 1989. In the Iranian calendar year 1386 (March 2017-March 2018) Barekat charity foundation- the social arm of the organization- with the aim of promoting social justice was established.

Socio-economic empowerment of the communities by encouraging entrepreneurship prioritizing breadwinner women, developing infrastructure such as water supply schemes, power grid, and road building, constructing schools and increasing educational spaces, promoting health for all, granting non-repayable loans and insurance especially in less developed areas and regions most affected by 1980s war and natural disasters are of the priorities of the charity foundation.

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The excerpts of the proposed plan include: holding internship plan for university graduates, supporting entrepreneurs and employers via implementing a contributory plan, holding skill-training plans in real work environments to make trainees ready for entering the market, implementing wage subsidy plan to support employment of work force in deprived areas and by private sector, and also implementing microfinance plan via linking an official financial institute with a local non-financial one.
The proposed program also includes expansion and supporting home jobs besides developing job creation in housing, agriculture and industry sectors. The government is also intended to finance renovation of completely knocked down (CKD) vehicles of public transportation system across the country.

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The knowledge-based product trade and job creation for educated people are important factors, which can be considered for evaluation of innovation ecosystem.

About 5,000 knowledge-based companies have been established in science parks and incubators affiliated to Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research and Technology until the end of the Iranian calendar year 1395 (March 2006-March 2007), he said.

They create job opportunities for over 30,000 people and had over 30 trillion rials (about $700 million) income during the period, he said.

The innovation ecosystem is very complicated system, which needs time to develop, however, we have a great improvement in this field, since its emergence in Iranian universities in 2001, he said.

Innovation ecosystem is the term used to describe the large number and diverse nature of participants and resources that are necessary for innovation. These include entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, university faculty, venture capitalists as well as business development and other technical service providers such as accountants, designers, contract manufacturers and providers of skills training and professional development.

TEHRAN — Innovation ecosystem has a great impact on job creation for educated people, deputy science minister Masoud Boroumand told ISNA on Saturday.

The knowledge-based product trade and job creation for educated people are important factors, which can be considered for evaluation of innovation ecosystem.

About 5,000 knowledge-based companies have been established in science parks and incubators affiliated to Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research and Technology until the end of the Iranian calendar year 1395 (March 2006-March 2007), he said.

They create job opportunities for over 30,000 people and had over 30 trillion rials (about $700 million) income during the period, he said.

The innovation ecosystem is very complicated system, which needs time to develop, however, we have a great improvement in this field, since its emergence in Iranian universities in 2001, he said.

Innovation ecosystem is the term used to describe the large number and diverse nature of participants and resources that are necessary for innovation. These include entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, university faculty, venture capitalists as well as business development and other technical service providers such as accountants, designers, contract manufacturers and providers of skills training and professional development.

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