ANAPEC: Promoting Moroccan Workers in Europe
15 July 2008
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A "National Agency Abroad" – the name is vague, but its goals are not. This new cooperation structure between Morocco and the EU, scheduled to launch in October 2005, is part of a project to organize the legal flow of Moroccan workers to EU countries.
The project aims to "promote Moroccan workers abroad." Funded by the European Commission, its goal is to support Moroccan institutions in structuring the legal movement of people for work (CLPT) to the European Union countries. More broadly, it aims to facilitate and organize the legal movement and migration of people in both directions. "The project would partly combat the illegal trafficking of labor and the criminal networks that make the Mediterranean the world's largest cemetery today," says Abdelhamid El Jamri, an international project engineering expert who worked on developing the project. The idea originated in 1998 as part of the implementation of the cooperation program between Morocco and the EU, which provided for the development of two projects. The first focused on combating illegal migration, and the second on legal migration through the regulation and structuring of the movement of people between Morocco and the EU. For the latter, the European Commission offered the Moroccan government, particularly the Ministry of Employment, institutional but especially financial support to benefit from its young and skilled workforce.
Since 2001, the project has been entrusted to a group of international experts led by Moroccan Abdelhamid El Jamri, also director of a training and development institute in France. The report of this expert mission, finalized in November 2002, was approved by the Moroccan government and the European Commission. Negotiations and "final touches" have been underway since then before the final approval of the project. "According to the information we have, the project indicates that there are no more obstacles to its implementation and that the launch is scheduled for next fall," says Abdelhamid El Jamri.
ANAPEC Involved
The project implementation, scheduled for October 2005, has been entrusted to ANAPEC (National Agency for Employment and Skills Promotion). "The choice to entrust the project to ANAPEC was made after an assessment of the agency," the project manager commented. However, the expert group, as well as the Moroccan government and the European Commission, did not ignore the potential impact of the "Najat" affair on the success of such an ambitious project.
The project's structuring within ANAPEC would focus on "restructuring human resources and technical assistance." To this end, the project plans to create a "National Agency Abroad" with a branch in Brussels and five other local branches in different Moroccan cities. The agency's activities would revolve around five services. First, the information service, whose role will be to communicate about the agency's new mission. The legal service, acting as the agency's legal counsel regarding legislation and administrative procedures in Morocco and in the 25 EU countries. The agency will also have a vocational training service for departing candidates. Another service will focus on prospecting, exploring recruitment opportunities within European companies. The National Agency Abroad will also assist the return of Moroccans living abroad (MREs) who wish to reintegrate into the professional life in Morocco.
Published November 13, 2007
Bladi.net
The project aims to "promote Moroccan workers abroad." Funded by the European Commission, its goal is to support Moroccan institutions in structuring the legal movement of people for work (CLPT) to the European Union countries. More broadly, it aims to facilitate and organize the legal movement and migration of people in both directions. "The project would partly combat the illegal trafficking of labor and the criminal networks that make the Mediterranean the world's largest cemetery today," says Abdelhamid El Jamri, an international project engineering expert who worked on developing the project. The idea originated in 1998 as part of the implementation of the cooperation program between Morocco and the EU, which provided for the development of two projects. The first focused on combating illegal migration, and the second on legal migration through the regulation and structuring of the movement of people between Morocco and the EU. For the latter, the European Commission offered the Moroccan government, particularly the Ministry of Employment, institutional but especially financial support to benefit from its young and skilled workforce.
Since 2001, the project has been entrusted to a group of international experts led by Moroccan Abdelhamid El Jamri, also director of a training and development institute in France. The report of this expert mission, finalized in November 2002, was approved by the Moroccan government and the European Commission. Negotiations and "final touches" have been underway since then before the final approval of the project. "According to the information we have, the project indicates that there are no more obstacles to its implementation and that the launch is scheduled for next fall," says Abdelhamid El Jamri.
ANAPEC Involved
The project implementation, scheduled for October 2005, has been entrusted to ANAPEC (National Agency for Employment and Skills Promotion). "The choice to entrust the project to ANAPEC was made after an assessment of the agency," the project manager commented. However, the expert group, as well as the Moroccan government and the European Commission, did not ignore the potential impact of the "Najat" affair on the success of such an ambitious project.
The project's structuring within ANAPEC would focus on "restructuring human resources and technical assistance." To this end, the project plans to create a "National Agency Abroad" with a branch in Brussels and five other local branches in different Moroccan cities. The agency's activities would revolve around five services. First, the information service, whose role will be to communicate about the agency's new mission. The legal service, acting as the agency's legal counsel regarding legislation and administrative procedures in Morocco and in the 25 EU countries. The agency will also have a vocational training service for departing candidates. Another service will focus on prospecting, exploring recruitment opportunities within European companies. The National Agency Abroad will also assist the return of Moroccans living abroad (MREs) who wish to reintegrate into the professional life in Morocco.
Published November 13, 2007
Bladi.net
