In order to face the increase of unemployment, the Government approved of an extraordinary plan containing a set of orientation, professional training and labour market insertion measures last April 2008.
This extraordinary plan is in force in the whole country and it will be run by the National Employment Department and by those Automous Regions whose statutes contemplate competences in the labour and training area.

The plan contemplates the hiring of 1,500 advisors who will carry out support tasks in labour search departments. Similarly, the plan contemplates specific subsidies for the labour search process and also to enhance geographical mobility; these subsidies will be integrated into the plan and add up to the existing advisory, training and labour insertion measures and they will serve to strengthen them.
The aids to geographical mobility will be intended for formerly unemployed workers accepting a new job and having to move due to this, and different aids to cover the moving, the journeys, the accommodation and the kindergarten.

Beneficiaries

More than 400,000 unemployed workers will benefit from the advisory services that will be strengthened thanks to the resources provided by this Plan.

Development

This has already come into force. It was approved of by virtue of Royal Decree 2/2008, dated 21 April, on measures for the promotion of economy (www.boe.es/boe/dias/2008/04/22/pdfs/A20740-20748.pdf). The 1,500 advisors have already been hired and they are already helping the unemployed search for work opportunities.