New Social Program to Generate 3 Million Jobs Over 6 Years  http://venezuela-us.org/2012/01/09/new-social-program-to-generate-3-million-jobs-over-6-years/ 

The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, launched a new social mission on Sunday called Misión Saber y Trabajo (the Great Knowledge and Work Mission), which aims to generate about 3 million jobs over the course of the next six years.

Under the mission, about $2.3 billion will be invested in training and the creation of productive projects.

The Venezuelan president stressed that the plan does not seek to create “exploitative work, but rather, liberating and productive work.”

He also requested the active involvement of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and the Bolivarian Militia, which “have to be transformed into an army of work.”

The Gran Misión Saber y Trabajo includes four phases: training, new legal institutions, the platform of the productive model and the registration of beneficiaries.

Registration begins this Saturday, January 14th, in the states of Miranda, Vargas and the Capital District, and on February 11th in Trujillo, Mérida, Táchira, Lara and Falcón.

During his weekly address called “Aló Presidente,” broadcast Sunday from Anzoátegui state, President Chávez also stressed the role of the Orinoco Oil Belt in generating jobs for Venezuelans, saying that the large crude oil deposits in the area and the various projects underway there make it a chief engine for economic development. Venezuela expects to increase oil production from 3 million barrels per day to 3.5 million in 2012.

According to the Venezuelan president, the Orinoco Oil Belt will create over 300,000 jobs in the coming years.

The Bolivarian Missions were created in 2003 to speed up government assistance in priority areas for the neediest sectors of the population.

Find out more about the missions of the Venezuelan government here.

Presidential Press Office / Press Office –Venezuelan Embassy to the U.S.  / Translated by MinCI