Republic of Cyprus Second Voluntary National Report - Sustainable development goals

79 REDUCED INEQUALITIES SDG 10 | Reduce income inequalitywithin and among countries Highlights – 2020 • Cyprus ranks close to the middle among EU member states in the inequalities within countries indicators. • Cyprus, as a border country of the EU, has the highest number of first-time asylum applications among the EU27. • Projects are in progress, including those drawing on European Funds, for the welfare, training, and social inclusion of asylum seekers. Covid Response • Cyprus adopted a support package for employees, the self-employed, vulnerable groups and businesses, which in 2020 amounted to €2.6 billion or 12.5% of GDP. • The country implemented 14 special schemes to provide financial help, such as wage compensation for affected employees and the unemployed, including the self-employed, working parents, and employees in small businesses and businesses, which had to suspend their operations totally or partially. The majority of employees in the private sector received some form of wage compensation. Looking Ahead • Improvement of the operational performance of Public Employment Service (PES) in order to provide better service to the unemployed and to employers. • Provision of incentives for the employment of young people Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEETs), enhancement of outreach activities for NEETs and facilitation of the integration of young registered unemployed in the labour market by promoting their coaching and career guidance through effective co-operation with academic institutions and training centres. • Drafting of the multidimensional Strategic Action Plan for the Integration of asylum seekers. EU RANK TREND INEQUALITIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES Purchasing Power Adjusted GDP per Capita 15 Adjusted Gross Disposable Income of Households per Capita 11 INEQUALITIES WITHIN COUNTRIES Relative Median At-Risk-Of- Poverty Gap 4 Income Distribution 15 Income Share of the Bottom 40% of the Population 16 MIGRATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION Asylum Applications (First Time Applicant) 27 Early Leavers from Education and Training (Citizen of Non- EU27 Reporting Countries) 11 Young People Neither in Employment nor in Education and Training (Citizen of Non- EU27 Reporting Countries) 13 Employment Rate (Citizen of Non-EU27 Reporting Countries) 11 Note: Data comes from the Statistical Service of Cyprus. EU rank presents the rank of Cyprus among the EU member states, for the most recent available year. Trend presents the 10-year trend from 2010-2019. Pos, Neg, Neg-Pos, and, Pos-Neg indicate a positive, a negative, a U-shape and an inverse U-shape trend, respectively. Green arrows indicate an improvement in the performance of Cyprus and red arrows indicate a decline in the performance of Cyprus. indicates a constant trend. : indicates that the trend is not calculated, because less than 8 years of data are available.